[Instrumental Intro] [Pause] [Instrumental Breakdown Intro] [Verse 1] [Scream] Your nephew gets the office, your daughter gets the crown The shortlist was a curtain; you never wrote us down We built the stairs with bleeding hands, you rode the elevator Then called it merit, called it fate, and signed the page in favor [Pre-Chorus] [Slow, tense] You say the rules are carved in stone But carve your name beside your own [Chorus] [Catchy gang shouts] Bloodline! Buy the throne! Pass the keys from hand to hand Bloodline! Call it earned! While the worthy watch you smile and turn Your golden child, your borrowed name Same old ladder, rigged same game Bloodline! Hear us now! We won't bow, we won't bow! [Interlude] [Instrumental] [Verse 2] You pinned a medal on the boy who never took the test Then told the ones who did their best they simply weren't the best A family tree becomes a fence around the pay and praise You lock the gate, then blame the crowd for standing in the rain [Pre-Chorus 2] [Slow, tense] A sealed envelope, a practiced grin The verdict's written before we begin [Breakdown] [Guttural] WHO GETS IN? KIN GETS IN! WHO GETS PAID? KIN GETS PAID! [Chorus 2] [Gang shouts] Bloodline! Buy the throne! Pass the keys from hand to hand Bloodline! Call it earned! While the worthy watch you smile and turn Your golden child, your borrowed name Same old ladder, rigged same game Bloodline! Hear us now! We won't bow, we won't bow! [Bridge] [Ice-cold spoken] At the table, every seat was saved. Every choice had already been made. You called it tradition. We call it theft. [Build-Up Breakdown] [Whisper to scream] Open the books! Say every name! Open the books! [Breakdown] [Guttural] NO MORE FAVOR! NO MORE FICTION! NO MORE FAMILY-SEAL POSITIONS! [Instrumental Breakdown] [Chorus] [Gang shouts] Bloodline! Buy the throne! Pass the keys from hand to hand Bloodline! Call it earned! While the worthy watch you smile and turn Your golden child, your borrowed name Same old ladder, rigged same game Bloodline! Hear us now! We won't bow, we won't bow! [Final Chorus] [Full-throat scream and gang shouts] Bloodline! Lose the throne! No more keys passed hand to hand Bloodline! We have learned! No birthright makes a verdict just Your golden child, your borrowed name Can't keep standing on the same old shame Bloodline! Hear us now! We won't bow, we won't bow! We won't bow! [Outro] [Spoken] The door is open. Who gets to choose now?
