[Intro - immediate dirty distorted grunge riff, no atmospheric intro] Rising Sun January sixteen You faced the world Before your own And buried our tomorrow alive [Verse 1 - tense, restrained, tight syncopated grunge riff, dry vocal] You kept us waiting in the dark Bowed beneath the camera lights Fed the flames and watched them rise While we were left to pay the price No warning No consent No name upon the line You saved your public image And sacrificed our lives [Pre-Chorus - rising tension, drums building] Who lit the fire? Who paid the price? Whose future did you burn To save your own tonight? [Chorus - huge melodic grunge chorus, wide distorted guitars, raw backing shouts] You tried to erase us We will not disappear You stole our days We will never forget Our revenge draws no blood We keep the truth alive What you buried in the dark We’ll carve into history [Raw screamed vocal] REVENGE! [Two-bar dirty guitar hook - fuzzy riff, feedback and abrasive bends] [Verse 2 - new stop-start grunge riff, tense and aggressive] You hid the records of our pay Locked the proof away Changed the terms and closed the door Then made the workers pay You called an order “agreement” Called coercion “reform” The faithful took the punishment Tell me—is this not fraud? [Pre-Chorus - drums building harder, increasing vocal intensity] Break our will Bleed us dry Wait until Our memories die But what we know You cannot kill [Chorus - huge melodic grunge chorus, raw and defiant] You tried to erase us We will not disappear You stole our days We will never forget Our revenge draws no blood We keep the truth alive What you buried in the dark We’ll carve into history [Raw screamed vocal] REVENGE! [Guitar Solo - 8 bars, dirty emotional grunge solo, minor-pentatonic bends, feedback, abrasive vibrato, noisy imperfections, no technical shredding] [Bridge - dark crushing grunge groove, same tempo, increasingly desperate vocal] We loved this company That’s why we can’t forgive We believed every word That’s why we won’t forget You kill your own to save your name Then preach of human love You break their homes, destroy their pride Then speak of family love Your mighty Rock stands over us Unshaken, hard and high How many lives lie crushed below To hold it to the sky? [Final Chorus - explosive, full distorted guitars, crashing drums, strained vocal and backing shouts] You tried to erase us We will not disappear You stole our days We will never forget Our revenge draws no blood We keep the truth alive What you buried in the dark We’ll carve into history Every voice you silenced Will rise and testify [Final raw scream] REVENGE! [Full-band hard stop] [Outro - complete silence, close-mic whisper, dry vocal, no reverb] We will never forget.
