[Intro – quiet spoken delivery, dark ambient guitar drones and distant reverb, slow tension building] I'm not here to scream at you I’m here to talk with you Because something feels wrong And I think you feel it too Getting harder just to stay afloat Working more but feeling broke Everyone’s tense, nobody sleeps Am I alone in feeling defeat [Verse 1 – slow driving punk rhythm enters, gritty guitars and steady drums, tension building] When power protects its own mistakes And truth bends depending who it breaks The loudest voices own the stage While those that engage in honest rage Get pushed aside don't hit the stage Lose who we need on the same page Refuse to change worldview too strange While the numb remain held in the cage [Refrain – instruments pull back slightly, echoing chant with rising intensity] Systems fall when people see They only work through you and me [Pre-Chorus – drums building heavier, guitars swelling with tension, vocals more urgent] Right mistaken for compliant Too numb to be defiant Make the good stay quiet Unable to belong Unsure should they riot Where they stood for so long Right outnumbers the wrong Fight, shout, morality shift No corrupt could survive it Imagine what would erupt if we got along [Chorus – explosive punk hook, distorted guitars surge, gang vocals layered and powerful] Evil needs a reversal Parallel full circle revival Let love live universal [Verse 2 – instruments pull back slightly, darker tone with echoing guitar] Busy, barely a frog in the crowd By the time the warning’s loud No one remembers how to jump out It isn’t hate that fixes this It’s courage, care, and consciousness [Refrain – powerful chant returns, drums pounding underneath] Systems fall when people see They only work through you and me [Verse 3 – tempo pushes forward, aggressive guitars and urgent delivery] The good numb by the bad have done Stun anyone who had tried to run — Fear placed in rear view mirror When clear fun is drawing near — Nothing done mad carried to sad A dad proud his lad the latest grad Next step: grow debt, find love, get married Perplexed, slow resent buried glory Cash flow repeated plastic story Before just a classic obituary All anyone can say is "I'm sorry" [Verse 4 – guitars heavier, rebellious intensity rising] Decentralize parallel to the system Use our agency, question everything Till those quiet bring action over-power To make loud corruption begin to cower The wings don't exist without the bird Bring awareness out, need at most a third And we ghost their power over the herd Pass the guards who make it hard to be heard [Breakdown – cinematic moment, drums thunder slowly, distorted bass and rising noise] A billion flowers base of the tower The right shower and they will devour The tower in less than an hour And we can begin to recall how things were [Pre-Chorus 2 – tension rebuilding, layered vocals growing louder] Evil hides preys on good will Always has, always will — until... [Final Chorus – full band explosion, massive gang vocals and soaring guitars] Evil gets a needed reversal Parallel full circle revival Live love beautiful universal [Refrain – chanting voices echo with heavy drums] Systems fall when people see They only work through you and me [Final Verse – triumphant but dark, driving guitars and powerful vocal delivery] Right has become numb to wrong Bad left unchecked far too long Natural law morally raw After all aim to cause no harm Followers know right to lower arms Stop the bell when they sound the alarm The bad are the ones who don't belong We withdraw support, get along Common sense begins to sing our song Wrong men become tense as the numb overcome Knew all along we outnumber them makes us strong
