[Verse 1] Sirens in the distance Blood on the morning news They sell you fear in pieces Call it a “difficult choice” Smiling in their clean suits Counting every foreign corpse Wave a flag like a weapon Tell us this is “keeping order” [Chorus] We won’t die for your borders We won’t kill for your greed Tear your empire down Brick by brick By brick We won’t march for your orders We won’t swallow your script Tear your empire down Brick by brick By brick (hey!) [Verse 2] They build their thrones on ashes On bodies we never see Shake hands over mass graves Toast to “stability” Every law a loaded gun Pointed at a hungry mouth They call it “keeping peace” We call it what it is—war on the powerless [Chorus] We won’t die for your borders We won’t kill for your greed Tear your empire down Brick by brick By brick We won’t march for your orders We won’t swallow your script Tear your empire down Brick by brick By brick (woah) [Bridge] [Feedback howls Drums pounding on toms] Who gave you the right? Who gave you the right? Stamping on our backs Calling it “law and light” Hands up Heads high We’re not stepping aside You made this fire Now watch it rise [Breakdown] (No more kings!) (No more crowns!) (No more cages!) (We tear them down!) [Chorus] We won’t die for your borders We won’t kill for your greed Tear your empire down Brick by brick By brick We won’t march for your orders We won’t swallow your script Tear your empire down Brick by brick By brick (hey!) Brick by brick By brick
