Verse 1 South Minneapolis, sirens in the rain, Streetlights flicker, thin and strained. The city hums through concrete bones. I got a number, Got a name. Another locked door In the same old game. Every road bends back again. Street names vanish near the hill, Even the wind goes quiet there, still. Pre-Chorus There’s a castle on the hill, Silent, cold. Every answer breaks apart, Every story’s already told. Chorus I can’t breathe, Under the weight of unseen hands. I can’t breathe, In a kingdom built on shifting sand. I shout at the windows, The sky doesn’t move. The castle never answers. I can’t breathe… Verse 2 Blue lights flicker on the glass, Tomorrow’s shadow wearing today’s mask. The river moves beneath the stone, Like it carries what we don’t. Some words find where they belong, Some just drift and disappear. I keep finding empty spaces Where something should be here. Pre-Chorus They keep stamping names away, Pressing pulse into paper. Every file had a heartbeat Before the numbers came. Every voice comes back thinner, Every trace dissolves to rust. It feeds on edges that won’t hold, On what it can’t explain. Chorus I can’t breathe, Under the weight of watching eyes. I can’t breathe, Buried under borrowed names. I shout at the windows, The sky stays shut. The castle never answers. It just lets someone die I can’t breathe… Bridge Somewhere above the city A room without a view. No one goes inside it, But everyone knows it's true. Maps of the city fold themselves Whenever they reach its edge. The birds refuse its rooftop. The snow avoids its ledge. I hear names carried through the street, Not asking to be saved. Just asking to exist Without having to behave. Breakdown No gate. No key. Nothing waiting for me. The castle leans into silence. The castle grows in doubt. It changes every street sign. It rewrites every map. Then disappears into the black Before you figure it out. Final Chorus I can’t breathe, But you can hear me now. I can’t breathe, I just don’t know how. I shout at the windows, The sky won’t take it. The castle never answers. It just lets time pass by. I can’t breathe… And the lights still burn above. I can’t breathe… And I don’t know what they’re for. I can’t breathe… And the hill is still the same. I can’t breathe… And I’m walking it again. I can’t breathe…
