Quiet Surrender(MIA Cover)

[Intro] [Slow, melancholic piano][Breathy] It isn't the bruise. It isn't the blade. [Verse 1] We watch the concrete crack beneath our feet. The ink is dry on laws that taste like defeat. You shout at the ceiling, you beg for a change, But the system is built to keep you in range. It’s not the sharp sting, no, it’s not the blow. It’s knowing the outcome before we go. [Pre-Chorus] Hands tied behind a back made of stone. Left in the dark to suffer alone. [Chorus] It’s not the pain that fades with the night. It’s the slow collapse of losing the fight. You pull at the chain, but it never breaks. Every breath is another mistake. It’s HELPLESSNESS. The silence leaves us wide awake. [Verse 2] The paper is piled, the promises gray. They trade all our futures for one rainy day. We’re numbers on spreadsheets, we’re dust on the shelf. How can you save them when you can’t save yourself? The WEIGHT—it pulls us down to the floor. We don't know who we are fighting for anymore. [Pre-Chorus] Eyes wide open but nothing to see. Chained to the ghosts of what we could be. [Chorus] It’s not the pain, that fades with the night. It’s the quiet surrender, the loss of the fight. When you pull at the chain, and it doesn't move. When you’re caught in the gears of a broken groove. It’s HELPLESSNESS. Yeah, it’s the silence that kills the best of us. [Bridge] [Building][Shout] Break the walls! But the walls are made of air. [Crying] Scream at the sky. But nobody's there. It’s the soft, slow, steady decay. Of watching the light just f-a-a-a-de away. [Solo] [Distorted, weeping guitar melody] [Chorus] [Loud, anthemic] It’s not the pain, that fades with the night. It’s the total surrender, the death of the light! When you pull at the chain, and it doesn't move. Nothing to lose, nothing to prove. It’s HELPLESSNESS. [Whisper] Just helplessness. [Outro] [Slow] It isn't the hit. It isn't the sting. It’s the nothingness... That makes the heart... Break. [Fade to silence]