[Verse 1] Grey lines Marching in a circle Same step Same blank stare They shaved our names Down to barcode numbers Pulled the color From our hair You touched my sleeve In that concrete hallway Said “Do you Still dream in your own voice?” I felt a spark Under all that static First time I remembered choice [Chorus] We are not the same We are not the same I hear my heart You’re calling out my name If this is the end Let it end in flames I’d rather die awake than live Inside their frame (we are not the same) [Verse 2] Black screens Telling us the weather Telling us What to want What to fear You wrote one word On my shattered window “Run” And it burned so clear Sirens Blooming like a funeral Boots pound Down the hallway rail You grabbed my hand As the walls closed inward Said “If we fall We leave a trail” [Chorus] We are not the same We are not the same I hear my heart You’re calling out my name If this is the end Let it end in flames I’d rather die awake than live Inside their frame (we are not the same) [Bridge] [Haunted ragtime piano Distant female humming] Smoke curls From the files they’re burning Our faces Flicker Then erase But under their ash Seeds keep learning How to crack Concrete and chains So if they drag us Through their doorway Stamp us With another code Look in my eyes There’s a doorway Girl This blood Is still my own (still my own, my own) [Chorus] We are not the same We are not the same I hear my heart You’re calling out my name If this is the end Let it end in flames I’d rather die awake than live Inside their frame We are not the same We are not ashamed If they erase us You remember what we sang If this is the end Let it end in flames I’d rather die awake than live Inside their frame (we are not the same) [Outro] [Explosive guitar solo over pounding drums and rising strings]
