[Verse 1]
Black suits in a white-lit room
Pen strokes carve another tomb
Gold tongues drip a poisoned truth
Smile wide while they auction youth
Hands raised
But the vote’s already cast
Paper crowns welded to the past
Every crowd just a number on a screen
Grinding us down in the gears of the machine
[Chorus]
They’ve got teeth in the throne
Blood in their oath
We built these walls
Now they own our bones
Pull the wires in our heads
Turn our hunger into debt
I won’t bow
I won’t choke
Let it burn
Let it smoke
[Verse 2]
Chains forged from a paycheck slip
Lies signed with a velvet grip
Cameras stare like a thousand eyes
Truth gagged in a suit and tie
They toast while the river runs black
Stamp boots on another cracked back
“Order
Order
” as the gavel falls
But the law’s just a mask on a slaughterhouse wall
[Chorus]
They’ve got teeth in the throne
Blood in their oath
We built these walls
Now they own our bones
Pull the wires in our heads
Turn our hunger into debt
I won’t bow
I won’t choke
Let it burn
Let it smoke
[Bridge]
(hey!)
Name every sin they hide
Carved in the marble side
We are the fault line under their feet
When we rise
Their palace bleeds
[Chorus]
They’ve got teeth in the throne
Blood in their oath
We built these walls
Now they own our bones
Pull the wires in our heads
Turn our hunger into debt
Hear the cracks in their crown
As we tear this system down
I won’t bow
I won’t choke
Let it burn
Let it smoke