Wrath: Everyone wants a war

[Intro - low, tense, almost whispered] Turn it up. No, louder. Yeah… That’s how they keep us listening. [Verse 1 - gritty, human cadence] There’s a siren bleeding through the wall again Somebody shouting in the street TV got a map with red all over Like fear is something clean My phone lights up with another fight Another mouth getting paid to yell Left side, right side, pick a side Same old room, different hell And I feel it in my hands sometimes That shake before I speak Like I swallowed all the noise outside And now it’s living inside me [Pre-Chorus - building pressure] They keep us mad They keep us sore They keep us scared Then sell us more [Chorus - big, angry, singable] Everybody wants a war Till it’s knocking at the door Everybody wants to scream Till nobody knows what for They keep lighting up the fuse Then blaming me and you Everybody wants a war And I’m tired of being used [Verse 2 - more direct, bitter] Rich men talk about sacrifice From rooms they’ll never leave Poor kids learn what borders mean When the ground won’t let them sleep Oil burns, money moves Some flag gets folded tight Another mother loses everything So somebody else feels right And here at home, we eat the rage Like dinner from a dirty plate Laugh at pain, repost the wreck Then wonder why we all feel hate [Pre-Chorus - rougher] They keep us mad They keep us sore They keep us scared Then sell us more [Chorus - heavier, cracked voice] Everybody wants a war Till it’s knocking at the door Everybody wants to scream Till nobody knows what for They keep lighting up the fuse Then blaming me and you Everybody wants a war And I’m tired of being used [Bridge - quiet, honest, sad anger] I don’t wanna hate my neighbor I don’t wanna lose my mind I don’t wanna wake up angry Every damn day of my life But anger is easy When hope feels thin And every screen around me Says I need an enemy to win I’m not proud of it No, I’m not But I get tired And I get hot [Breakdown - heavy, shouted, imperfect] Point the finger Feed the fire Name the villain Raise the wire Break the family Break the town Keep us swinging At the ground Sell the panic Count the score Tell me again Who wanted war? [Final Chorus - raw, emotional] Everybody wants a war Till it’s knocking at the door Everybody wants to scream Till nobody knows what for They keep lighting up the fuse Then blaming me and you Everybody wants a war And I’m tired of being used Everybody wants a war Yeah, but I don’t want this anymore I don’t want my heart turned mean Just to make their machine roar [Outro - fading, drained] Turn it up. No, louder. Yeah… That’s how they keep us listening.