[Verse 1] There are children under overpasses counting headlights like stars. We pass them behind tinted glass and blame them for the scars. They come hungry to the doorway. We answer with a lock. We call them wolves for showing teeth. We never ask what hunger costs. [Pre-Chorus] We built heaven with an elevator and left mercy in the street. From this high, the dead look smaller. From this high, we call it peace. [Chorus] We are cold enough to watch. Rich enough to lie. We call it law and order when another poor kid dies. Keep the gates locked. Keep the money close. If mercy costs a dollar, we can live without a soul. Here at the top, we don’t need to know. [Verse 2] Wrong tongue. Wrong country. Wrong prayer whispered at night. Wrong shade on the skin beneath our antiseptic light. We turn a pulse into a number. Turn a name into a threat. Turn away before their suffering makes us human again. [Pre-Chorus] We built heaven with an elevator so the screams could never reach. We hung a cross above the doorway then made compassion leave. [Chorus] We are cold enough to watch. Rich enough to lie. We call it law and order when another poor kid dies. Keep the gates locked. Keep the money close. If mercy costs a dollar, we can live without a soul. Here at the top, we don’t need to know. [Bridge] They are no one until one wears your mother’s face. They are nowhere until the ambulance stops at your place. You can call it someone else’s fire while breathing someone else’s smoke. But every locked door is a confession. Every cold heart knows. [Breakdown] We didn’t lose our humanity. We sold it. We didn’t miss the suffering. We chose it. We chose it. [Final Chorus] We were cold enough to watch. Rich enough to lie. Stupid enough to think the flames would never learn to climb. Now the gates are locked. Now the money burns. Mercy was a language we were too proud to learn. Here at the top, we finally feel the world. [Outro] When the fire reaches the penthouse, don’t ask the street for water.
