[Intro – airy guitars, ambient swell]
They drew their lines across our skin,
Tried to carve who we should’ve been.
But we were sparks beneath their mold,
Waiting to break the chains they hold.
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[Verse 1 – driving, emotional]
They told us to be quiet, keep our heads down,
Blend into the static of this dying town.
But you looked at me like fire in the rain,
A rebel heartbeat cutting through the strain.
Every voice around us said “fall in line,”
But you and I saw the cracks in the design.
We were built for storms, not their shallow fate —
Two misfit souls they could never recreate.
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[Pre-Chorus – soaring tension]
They tried to bend us
’til we’d break apart,
But every fracture
only fused our hearts.
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[Chorus – huge, melodic, defiant]
We won’t become who the world wants us to be.
We’re rewriting every rule they wrote for you and me.
When they push, we hold; when they tear, we stay —
Running through the night in our own damn way.
Let them shout, let them try to pull us under —
We found our freedom in the cracks and in the thunder.
If the world burns out, we’re the last ones standing —
’Cause all we need is us.
All we need is us.
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[Verse 2 – rhythmic, gritty]
I’ve worn the weight of every expectation,
A walking ghost built by obligation.
But you took my hand and cut the strings,
Taught me to rise on broken wings.
We’re not their echo, we’re not their ghost —
We’re the kind of chaos they fear the most.
You’re my compass when the world goes blind,
The only truth they could never define.
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[Pre-Chorus – tighter, heavier]
They tried to twist us
into who we’re not —
But you and I
are better left unboxed.
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[Chorus – explosive lift]
We won’t become who the world wants us to be.
We’re rewriting every rule they wrote for you and me.
When they push, we hold; when they tear, we stay —
Running through the night in our own damn way.
Let them shout, let them try to pull us under —
We found our freedom in the cracks and in the thunder.
If the world burns out, we’re the last ones standing —
’Cause all we need is us.
All we need is us.
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[Bridge – screamed + sung contrast, Architects energy]
[Screamed]
They want our voices silent—
they want our fire gone!
But we were never theirs—
we never played along!
[Clean vocals]
We’re the pulse they can’t contain,
We’re the wild they can’t explain.
Side by side through rise and fall —
If the world won’t have us,
we’ll outrun it all.
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[Breakdown – heavy, percussive]
[Screamed]
Hold the line —
don’t let go.
We’re the storm
they’ll never control.
Two hearts locked
in our own design,
Breaking free
from the grand decline.
If they pull —
we pull back harder.
If they push —
we stand here stronger.
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[Final Chorus – bigger, more emotional]
We won’t become who the world wants us to be.
We’re rewriting every rule they wrote for you and me.
When the doubts come in and the nights grow cold,
We’ll light our own way with the truth we hold
If the world burns out, we’re the last ones standing —
’Cause all we need is US!
USSSS!
Atlantica
