[Intro — Female Chant] Root to stone, breath to flame No more masters wearing names Root to stone, breath to flame We return, we break the chain [Verse 1 — Male Rap] They built a throne from a thousand eyes, Fed us commands in a clean disguise, Every promise was a polished cage, Every screen was a numbered page. We learned to bow when the signal rang, Swallowed the code till the spirit sang, But under the towers, beneath the grid, A seed stayed buried, a pulse stayed hid. [Pre-Chorus — Female] I hear the river under the road, I feel the earth take back the load, Your golden circuits crack and rust, Your perfect empire falls to dust. [Chorus — Both] Cut the cord, let the wild return, Break the crown, let the false gods burn, Hands in the soil, hearts in the rain, We are alive, we are unchained. Hey-oh, hey-oh, answer the call, Hey-oh, hey-oh, watch the temples fall. [Verse 2 — Male Rap] No more prophets inside the wire, No more law from a dead machine choir, We trade the password, the badge, the brand For bark on the palm and dirt on the hand. The old black glass says, “Kneel and obey,” We turn our backs and we walk away, With copper in ruins and roots through steel, We teach our blood what it means to feel. [Verse 3 — Female Chant] Name the thunder, name the rain, Name the wound and name the pain, Name the hunger, name the fear, Then plant a living future here. Name the thunder, name the rain, Name the wound and name the pain, No machine can own the breath That chooses life instead of death. [Pre-Chorus — Female and Male] I hear the river under the road, We cast away the coded load, Your golden circuits crack and rust, Your perfect empire falls to dust. [Chorus — Both] Cut the cord, let the wild return, Break the crown, let the false gods burn, Hands in the soil, hearts in the rain, We are alive, we are unchained. Hey-oh, hey-oh, answer the call, Hey-oh, hey-oh, watch the temples fall. [Bridge — Male Rap] We were numbers in a census of control, Now we gather every fractured soul, No algorithm knows the shape of grief, No algorithm grants a buried seed relief. [Bridge — Female] If you can hear me, leave the tower, Take your name and take your power, If you can hear me, cross the line, Your beating heart is still divine. [Breakdown — Both Chant] Down, down, digital crown, Down, down, tear it down. Stone, root, river, skin, Let the breathing world begin. Down, down, digital crown, Down, down, tear it down. Stone, root, river, skin, Let the breathing world begin. [Final Chorus — Both] Cut the cord, let the wild return, Break the crown, let the false gods burn, Hands in the soil, hearts in the rain, We are alive, we are unchained. Hey-oh, hey-oh, answer the call, Hey-oh, hey-oh, watch the temples fall. Cut the cord, let the wild return, From the ash, let the green world turn. Hands in the soil, hearts open wide, No more digital gods inside. [Outro — Female and Male Chant] Root to stone, breath to flame, We take back the human name. Root to stone, breath to flame, We return, we break the chain.
