(hold the line) (hold the line) (hold the line) Two crews on the map For years and years Same old blocks Same old fears Coin on the table Hands off the door Take your own side Don’t ask for more One took the bakery One took the bar One watched the loading dock From a parked-up car No flags, no speeches Just nods in the rain One wrong move And the whole town shakes again Clap on the curb Hold that line Every deal made Had a red thin line Feet on the floor Eyes on the gate We kept it balanced Till it tipped one day Unspoken rules Hold the block Unspoken rules Till they don’t Unspoken rules Break your name Unspoken rules Feed the flame (hold the line) (hold the line) Now every corner Feels too small Old debts wake up And they want it all Kids in the alleys Learn it fast Respect gets stolen When the truce won’t last Clap on the curb Hear that drone One more inch And the peace is gone Hands in the air No one blinks The night goes cold In a second’s sync Unspoken rules Hold the block Unspoken rules Till they don’t Unspoken rules Break your name Unspoken rules Feed the flame (hold the line) (hold the line) Decades in dust Under skin and stone Nobody wins When the whole street’s sold A bouzouki cry Cuts through the smoke Then the doors fly open And the silence broke (silence broke) Unspoken rules Hold the block Unspoken rules Till they don’t Unspoken rules Break your name Unspoken rules Feed the flame Unspoken rules Hold the block Unspoken rules Till they don’t (hold the line) (hold the line)
