[Intro] Streetlight twitching like a bad idea City got a pulse but it don’t sound clear Teeth in the chrome, blood in the glow Everybody smiling like they already know Something wicked in the algorithm grin Something dressed nice with a rot within I came from the dirt with a lockjaw stare Now I walk through hell like I paid rent there [Verse 1] Whole block wired on a dead-end dream Blue lights bounce in a black glass stream Kids want crowns, men want revenge Everybody hanging by a moral thread And I get it This world make monsters out of empty plates Turns good hearts cold when the check comes late Turns love to a threat, turns truth to a joke Turns hope into smoke you can’t quite hold I got scars that don’t show in the dark club flash Got rage in my ribs, got ghosts in the dash Got old regrets in the passenger seat Still telling me pain makes a man complete Maybe it did Maybe it don’t Maybe half these kings just choke on the throne Maybe being hard ain’t being whole Maybe survival’s just step one, bro [Pre-Chorus] But when the bass hits low And the night folds in I can feel my name Under all that sin [Chorus] Neon don’t pray for us It just paints the wreck real pretty We move like wolves in a broken rush Young, half-healed, and deadly Hands up high like we fear no grave But the truth still follows close We were born in a loud, mean age Where love goes missing most [Verse 2] I seen fake saints post their plastic tears Seen whole lives sold for clicks and cheers Seen bad men win in expensive clothes Seen real ones die and nobody know That’ll make your chest go winter-fast Make your faith get thin, make your trust not last Make you laugh too hard at the worst damn time Just to prove to the room that you’re doing fine But I ain’t fine, I’m focused Big difference I still got mercy under the menace Still got discipline under the damage Still got a code when the room gets frantic I don’t need applause from the counterfeit crowd They cheer too quick and they switch too loud I’d rather build slow with the ones still true Than shine one night with a snake-eyed crew [Pre-Chorus] When the floor cave in And the masks all slip I don’t run from fire I tighten my grip [Chorus] Neon don’t pray for us It just paints the wreck real pretty We move like wolves in a broken rush Young, half-healed, and deadly Hands up high like we fear no grave But the truth still follows close We were born in a loud, mean age Where love goes missing most [Bridge] Half-time heart, but the pressure peak Mind too sharp, don’t sleep for weeks Everybody talking, nobody hearing Everybody watching, nobody caring So I built a spine out of hard goodbyes And I learned real strength never screams, it decides Yeah, the night gets loud Yeah, the world gets vile But I still got soul and a crooked smile Let the low end shake every lie loose Let the dark expose what the fake ones use Let the mirror hit like a brick through pride Let the lost come back to their truer side I’m not here to drown in aesthetic doom I’m here to bring heat to a freezing room To drag one spark through the static rain And prove a bruised heart still breaks the chain [Final Chorus] Neon don’t pray for us So we learned how to pray in motion Through the panic flood and the engine crush With a violent kind of devotion Hands up high like we fear no grave But now there’s more than a ghost We were born in a loud, mean age Still, we love the hardest most [Outro] City still hissing Sky still bruised Bass still pounding But I ain’t confused There’s a road through ruin There’s a way through smoke And the ones still standing Are the ones who don’t fold
