[Verse 1] Sun spit fire Sky went black Sirens cut through the ash-stack No more wires No turning back Grid lines dead under tractor tracks Radio silent Phone a dead weight Curfew boards nailed to the garden gate World went wild Then got caged Under watchtowers rusting with age [Chorus] Static heart beats low Drones hum over rooftops slow Messages of doubt and fear Stamped and sorted, disappear Static heart beats slow Nowhere safe to go But forward past the ration line Under a fence that hums at night [Verse 2] Dusty boots and tired feet Checkpoints crackle in the heat Little notes for greedy hands Names erased from borrowed plans Grain bins empty, stomachs growl Searchlights drag the fences out Words like tags around a wrist Making strangers out of this [Chorus] Static heart beats low Drones hum over rooftops slow Messages of doubt and fear Stamped and sorted, disappear Static heart beats slow Nowhere safe to go But forward past the ration line Under a fence that hums at night [Bridge] Saw the gleam in the mayor's eye Under cameras in the sky He sells the locks and calls it law Keeps the keys behind his wall A wicked game, a sealed-up plan To sort the weak from common hands [Chorus] Static heart beats low Drones hum over rooftops slow Messages of doubt and fear Stamped and sorted, disappear Static heart beats slow Nowhere safe to go But forward past the ration line Under a fence that hums at night [Outro] Sun spit fire, sky went black No more wires, no turning back The towers blink, the sirens sleep Concrete secrets in the keep We walk the line, we pay the cost A future traded, a home laid off
