Verse 1: They sold us comfort in a paper crown Said stay asleep, don’t look around Brick by brick the doors locked tight We cheered the dark and cursed the light Static hums through every screen Truth dissolved in magazines Smoke in the room, but no one moved They argued fire while the ceiling burned through Pre Chorus: By the time the warning bells were gone We were praying it would all move on Hands were tied by velvet chains Safe from truth, numb from pain Chorus: If the ground gives way beneath us all If the towers crack and the kingdoms fall Don’t beg the dark to build you walls Learn to embrace the fall Hold your breath, stand ten feet tall Don’t trade your soul just to save it all Through the flame, through loss and war Learn to embrace the fall and you will rise above it all Verse 2: They taught us fear like it was law Called obedience keeping score Every lie dressed sharp and clean Every truth labeled obscene We watched them count the dead by day Then danced at night to pass the weight Bought our silence, sold our names Fed the fire and cursed the flames Pre-Chorus: You can hide beneath the wreckage line You can swear the storm’s divine Or stand and feel the splintered ground When the whole damn world comes down Chorus: If the ground gives way beneath us all If the towers crack and the kingdoms fall Don’t beg the dark to build you walls Learn to embrace the fall Hold your breath, stand ten feet tall Don’t trade your soul just to save it all Through the flame, through loss and war Learn to embrace the fall and you will rise above it all Bridge: Many will run Many will kneel Many will rot praying this isn’t real Many will trade blood for a lie Just to survive another night But steel is forged where the weak retreat Faith is found where the ashes meet If this is the end they tried to sell Then I’ll build my spine in the mouth of hell Final Chorus: If the ground gives way beneath us all If the towers crack and the kingdoms fall I won’t beg the dark to build me walls I learned to embrace the fall Through the smoke, through loss and war I won’t crawl or beg for more I’ll stand when heaven calls it all Learn to embrace the fall and you will rise above it all Outro: The world didn’t end in fire or flood It ended in comfort I chose to wake up
