[Verse 1]
Gold ink on a broken paper
Dead eyes in a mirrored hall
Handshake
Then they wash their fingers
Swearing oaths they never recall
You starve while they sell your future
Cheap smile for a camera flash
They toast in a tower of marble
You drown in the traffic and ash
[Chorus]
Bow to a throne of rust
Built on our bones and dust
They feed on our quiet trust
Till every last hope combusts
Raise up the shattered glass
Cut through the velvet mask
Tonight all their lies bleed black
Tear down the throne of rust (hey!)
[Verse 2]
They preach "law" while they bend it sideways
Twist truth till it looks like theirs
Spin wheels made of talking anchors
Drown doubt in rehearsed affairs
Red tape round a grieving mother
Signed off with a lazy pen
They draft your life like a budget
Then lose it and start again
[Chorus]
Bow to a throne of rust
Built on our bones and dust
They feed on our quiet trust
Till every last hope combusts
Raise up the shattered glass
Cut through the velvet mask
Tonight all their lies bleed black
Tear down the throne of rust
[Bridge]
Name one promise that didn’t fracture
Name one saint that you didn’t buy
You can cage a crowd with contracts
But you can’t handcuff the sky (woah)
[Chorus]
Bow to a throne of rust
Built on our bones and dust
They feed on our quiet trust
Till every last hope combusts
Raise up the shattered glass
Cut through the velvet mask
We’ll write our own law at last
Over your throne of rust