[Intro] (Low acoustic fingerpicking in Drop D, weeping resonator slide, steady heartbeat kick drum) (Low, gravelly spoken baritone) You lock your deadbolts at night and sleep all the way till sunrise.You never ask what kept the dark outside the door.(Kick drum hits heavy on beat one)[Verse 1]I see you complaining ’bout the coffee in your cup,Cursing at the red light when the traffic’s backing up.You talk about your rights like they fell right from the trees,Like peace is just a habit that you pick up as you please.You’ve never tasted limestone blown to powder in the heat,Never felt the shockwave lift the boots right off your feet.You get to raise your voice because a boy you never metSwallowed down his terror in an open-air trench.[Pre-Chorus]You think the world is gentle ’cause you live behind a wall,Never seen the mortar craters where the shadows fall.Somebody took the splinter so you wouldn't feel the tree—Take a look around you, son:[Chorus](Explosive dynamic lift, distorted slide guitar, heavy snare crack)Nothing stays free, and nothing comes clean!There’s blood in the seams of the life you live in!You wake up in the clover while we’re standing in the wire,Pulling out your tomorrow straight through hell and fire!Wave your little flag when the parade rolls down the street,Then walk away forgotten with the asphalt beneath your feet.Say you love your liberty, but don't look back at me—’Cause somebody paid the tab,And nothing stays free.[Verse 2]I walk the grocery aisle and I watch the people stare,Wondering why I’m checking every corner of the air. You see a man who’s quiet, maybe hardened, maybe cold,Sitting with the memories a human shouldn’t hold.You sleep beneath the blanket that we knitted out of lead,While half my squad is sleeping under granite marker beds. You get to build an empire on a quiet patch of ground’Cause we took all the thunder so your house don't hear a sound.[Pre-Chorus]You think the peace is normal, like the turning of the tide,Never had to count the brothers dead upon your side. Somebody took the bullet so you'd never have to bleed—Open up your eyes tonight:[Chorus](Full wall of sound, aggressive bass drive, raspy chest belt)Nothing stays free, and nothing comes clean!There’s blood in the seams of the life you live in!You wake up in the clover while we’re standing in the wire,Pulling out your tomorrow straight through hell and fire!Wave your little flag when the parade rolls down the street,Then walk away forgotten with the asphalt beneath your feet.Say you love your liberty, but don't look back at me—’Cause somebody paid the tab,And nothing stays free.[Bridge](Halftime groove drops out; intimate acoustic, plate reverb, weeping steel)I don’t want your pity. I don’t want a discount meal.I don’t need a handshake just to tell me what is real.Just once… put down your grievances and turn your head around,Remember that the peace you got was purchased by the pound.(Guitars slowly swell back in, snare roll crescendos)By the pound of red clay… by the pound of shattered bone…So you could live a life where you feel safe inside your homeNothing stays free, and nothing comes clean!There’s blood in the seams of the life you live in!You wake up in the clover while we’re standing in the wire,Pulling out your tomorrow straight through hell and fire!Wave your little flag when the parade rolls down the street,Then walk away forgotten with the asphalt beneath your feet.Say you love your liberty, but don't look back at me—’Cause somebody paid the tab,And nothing stays freeYeah, somebody paid the tab…Every damn cent.Turn your lights off tonight.Sleep sound.(Low final D-minor chord rings out, followed by the metallic click of dog tags)
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