AXIOM OF REFUSAL

[Intro] Spoken low, tense bass pulse underneath There comes a point Where silence has a cost There comes a line No honest heart can cross [Verse 1] They signed their names on borrowed power Behind a polished door Moved the numbers, changed the meaning Asked the poor for more They dressed the damage up as order Called the wound a plan Raised a flag above the fire Then blamed the common man But in the streets below their towers Something starts to turn Not a riot, not a whisper But a lesson they must learn [Pre-Chorus] Step by step Breath by breath We are closer To the edge When the verdict serves the liar Then the crowd becomes the judge [Chorus] Raise your fist Hold your ground Make them hear The warning sound When injustice becomes law Resistance becomes duty Stand as one Do not move There are lines They cannot prove When injustice becomes law Resistance becomes duty [Verse 2] They sent their voices through the speakers Calm and cold and clean Told us pain was necessary For the gears inside the machine They measured lives in empty columns Stamped the paper, closed the case Built a wall of explanation With no mercy in its face But every street has its memory Every town remembers names Every hand that once was trembling Can become a living flame [Pre-Chorus] Step by step Breath by breath We are closer To the edge When the order serves corruption Then refusal becomes strength [Chorus] Raise your fist Hold your ground Make them hear The warning sound When injustice becomes law Resistance becomes duty Stand as one Do not move There are lines They cannot prove When injustice becomes law Resistance becomes duty [Instrumental Interlude] Hypnotic bass riff in 7/8 Tribal drums build like marching thunder Muted guitar pulses Heavy riff enters slowly Crowd chant grows in the distance [Bridge] Spoken / chanted This is not hatred This is the line This is not chaos This is the spine This is not vengeance This is the cost Of every voice They thought was lost [Heavy Bridge] Slow, massive, aggressive groove We are the pressure Under the floor We are the knock At every door We are the question They cannot kill We are the answer Standing still No more bending No more shame No more silence In our name No more waiting For the fall We are the writing On the wall [Final Chorus] Raise your fist Hold your ground Make them hear The warning sound When injustice becomes law Resistance becomes duty Stand as one Do not move There are lines They cannot prove When injustice becomes law Resistance becomes duty Raise your fist Face the storm This is where A people forms When injustice becomes law Resistance becomes duty [Outro] Spoken, fading There comes a point Where silence has a cost There comes a line No honest heart can cross