Breathing Underground

[Intro] [Bass alone with a powerful riff] [Verse] Got my head down, keeping quiet Ain't no trouble on my street But the ground beneath is shifting And the air tastes bittersweet They're drawing lines across the ocean Selling flags and renting fear I just wanted simple living Now the sky ain't sounding clear [Pre-Chorus] [build up] I know what's coming through the static I can read the smoke they're stacking high Every nation moving pieces While the people wonder why [Chorus] I can't breathe but I'm still standing World's on fire and they keep fanning Got this rage stuck in my throat Watching empires rock the boat And I'm powerless but I see it all Waiting for the hammer's fall [Instrumental Solo] [Extended Virtuosic Hammond Solo, Aggressive percussive organ runs, fast Leslie speed, heavy distortion, Arlan Schierbaum style] [Building intensity and chaos] [Break: Drum and Guitar Battle] [Drum Solo: short aggressive snare/kick stabs] [Guitar Response: sharp overdriven blues lick] [Drum Solo: fast tom fills] [Guitar Response: screaming high-note bend] [Bridge] [hushed vocals, building up] One man can't stop an army One truth can't kill a lie But if I don't say nothing now Then I'm already dead inside [Chorus] I can't breathe but I'm still standing World's on fire and they keep fanning Got this rage stuck in my throat Watching empires rock the boat And I'm powerless but I see it all Waiting for the hammer's fall [Outro] [Final organ growl] I see it all... [Sudden stop] [End]