[Verse 1] They took the keys from the street Put them in a clean glass case Now every promise has a fee And every rebel gets erased The orange flame got boxed up In a tower made of suits They sold the spark to the watchers And called the sellout truth [Pre-Chorus] Now the code wears a tie And the lenders get their say What was meant for the hands of the many Got fenced and priced away [Chorus] Captured chain, captured chain They put a leash on the flame Captured chain, captured chain Now it only serves their game Cold and clean, but dead inside No cypher left to ride Captured chain, captured chain They sold the dream and hid the light [Verse 2] Now it sits in polished vaults On a chart with measured cues Talked to death in boardroom mouths By the same old rent-seekers and their crews They don't spend it in the rain They don't need it in the dark They just hedge it, slice it, flip it Till the soul gets torn apart [Pre-Chorus] And the crowd learns fast How to worship number lines But the edge that made it dangerous Got paved over in their minds [Chorus] Captured chain, captured chain They put a leash on the flame Captured chain, captured chain Now it only serves their game Cold and clean, but dead inside No cypher left to ride Captured chain, captured chain They sold the dream and hid the light [Bridge] I remember a rougher code For the ones outside the gate A tool for the broke and the cornered Not a toy for the rich to take Bring back the nerve, bring back the use Bring back the peer-to-peer truth If money bends to power's hand Then what are we all supposed to lose? [Final Chorus] Captured chain, captured chain They put a leash on the flame Captured chain, captured chain Now it only serves their game Cold and clean, but dead inside No cypher left to ride Captured chain, captured chain We were made for more than price
