[Verse 1] They drew a line across the sky Said it's for the children, said it's for the light A thousand locks on a painted door Till nobody remembers what freedom was for A glimpse of beauty, a curve, a smile Judged like a crime after a while The warning labels multiply While stranger shadows pass them by [Pre-Chorus] Every color turned to gray Every spark gets filed away If everything is dangerous Then nothing has a name [Chorus] Painted red flags everywhere Floating through the digital air A harmless dream, a fantasy Locked behind security They blur the stars, they dim the flame And call it safety in our name But somewhere in the noise I hear The silence growing loud [Verse 2] A character born from a brush and code Can't walk the streets, can't break the road Yet people point and raise alarms At shadows dancing without harm Meanwhile the circus carries on With masks that somehow still belong The scales are bent, the mirrors cracked The lines keep moving further back [Pre-Chorus] Every color turned to gray Every spark gets filed away If everything is dangerous Then nothing has a name [Chorus] Painted red flags everywhere Floating through the digital air A harmless dream, a fantasy Locked behind security They blur the stars, they dim the flame And call it safety in our name But somewhere in the noise I hear The silence growing loud [Bridge] I'm not asking for the dark I'm not asking for the fall Only room enough to breathe Inside these narrowing walls A world afraid of every spark Will never learn to see the sun And when the filters cover all What's left for anyone? [Final Chorus] Painted red flags everywhere Floating through the digital air A harmless dream, a fantasy Turned into a casualty They blur the stars, they dim the flame And call it safety in our name But somewhere in the noise I hear The silence growing loud [Outro] Painted red across the sky Another reason, another lie Trying to protect the light By teaching it to hide.
