[Intro] With respect to After All The Time. Original lyrics. Schattenwerk Remix. To Late. ... Not war. Not hate. ... Wake up. [Verse 1] The streets are burning quiet and no one hears the sound! We built our homes on promises, now they’re sinking underground! I see the cracks in the classroom walls, cold hands reaching through empty halls! Mothers counting every cent! Fathers breaking, backs are bent! They sell us peace with a loaded tongue, while the old grow tired and the young stay numb! Flags are waving, screens ignite! Everybody’s wrong, nobody’s right! [Pre-Chorus] I don’t want fire... I don’t want graves... I want a future we don’t have to save from flames... [Sound Effect: A rapid, technical double-bass drum roll builds ultimate speed into the drop] [Chorus] WE ARE NOT BORN FOR WAR!!! WE ARE NOT MADE TO BLEED!!! BUT I CAN’T WATCH THIS HOUSE COLLAPSE WHILE THE BLIND LEAD THE WEAK!!! GIVE ME TRUTH, GIVE ME GROUND!!! GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL!!! BEFORE THE HEART OF THIS COUNTRY FORGETS HOW TO FEEL!!! [Verse 2] They call it progress, I call it rot! A broken system tied in knots! Children lost in crowded rooms! Hope gets buried under fumes! Every side is sharpening knives, turning pain into battle cries! But rage won’t fix what lies beneath! And hate won’t bring a nation peace! [Pre-Chorus] I don’t want thunder... I don’t want chains... I want the courage to tear down the lies, not people in pain... [Chorus] WE ARE NOT BORN FOR WAR!!! WE ARE NOT MADE TO BLEED!!! BUT I CAN’T WATCH THIS HOUSE COLLAPSE WHILE THE BLIND LEAD THE WEAK!!! GIVE ME TRUTH, GIVE ME GROUND!!! GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL!!! BEFORE THE HEART OF THIS COUNTRY FORGETS HOW TO FEEL!!! [Bridge] No more scapegoats... No more graves... No more children raised by blame... No more silence... No more fear... [Vocals transition from a whisper into an intense, raw gravelly building scream]: If the system is broken... THEN MAKE IT HEAR!!! I’ve seen good people turn to stone, afraid to lose the only home they’ve known... But if we answer pain with fire... WE BECOME THE THING WE SWORE TO FIGHT!!! [Breakdown] [Final Chorus] WE ARE NOT BORN FOR WAR!!! WE ARE NOT MADE TO BLEED!!! BUT I CAN’T WATCH THIS HOUSE COLLAPSE WHILE THE BLIND LEAD THE WEAK!!! GIVE ME TRUTH, GIVE ME GROUND!!! GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL!!! BEFORE THE HEART OF THIS COUNTRY FORGETS HOW TO FEEL!!! [Outro] Not war. Not hate. Wake up... before it’s too late. Before it’s too late. Schattenwerk Remix.
