Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 Got a head full of static and a chest full of noise Been told to be quiet since I found my voice They handed me a blueprint for a life I don't want Said "smile for the camera" but the camera's a front My mum cries on Sundays, my dad don't speak The house is full of silence and it leaks through the week I drew on my trainers, I dyed my hair red Just trying to feel something other than dead Pre-Chorus And they say "what's wrong with you?" Like being lost is something new But I've been lost since I was nine And somehow that feels just fine Chorus We're the broken kids, we're the ones they forgot We're the cigarette burns on the back of the lot We're the too-loud laugh and the three a.m. cry We're alive, we're alive, we're beautifully alive Yeah we're the broken kids, with our hearts on display We don't fit the picture but we're here anyway And if the world burns down we'll dance in the flame 'Cause broken don't mean beaten, it just means we came Verse 2 Got a girl on my street, seventeen, terrified Told her story online and they tore her inside She covers her arms with a hoodie in June And she talks to the darkness alone in her room But I know that darkness, I've been there before I've sat with the silence behind a locked door The trick that they never put up on the wall Is the bravest damn thing you can do is just call [Solo] Pre-Chorus And they say "what's wrong with you?" Like feeling pain's a residue Of being weak or being strange Nah, it's just the price of change Chorus We're the broken kids, we're the ones they forgot We're the cigarette burns on the back of the lot We're the too-loud laugh and the three a.m. cry We're alive, we're alive, we're beautifully alive Yeah we're the broken kids, with our hearts on display We don't fit the picture but we're here anyway And if the world burns down we'll dance in the flame 'Cause broken don't mean beaten, it just means we came Bridge I don't want your normal I don't want your clean I want the ugly truth of every in-between I want the shaking hands and the unsent texts I want the kids who don't know what the hell comes next Because you are not a problem You are not a phase You are every single one of your complicated days And I'll stand on this stage with my heart in my throat And scream it till the rafters fall You are not alone [Solo] Final Chorus We're the broken kids, we're the ones they forgot We're the cigarette burns on the back of the lot We're the too-loud laugh and the three a.m. cry We're alive, we're alive, we're beautifully alive Yeah we're the broken kids, with our scars and our grace We carved out a kingdom in the in-between space And if the world burns down we'll dance in the flame 'Cause broken don't mean beaten It just means we came Outro We came... we came... we came... (Spoken quietly over fading guitar) You found it. That thing inside you they tried to take. Don't give it back.
Tags
Rock, Pop, Hard Rock
Duration
4:01
Instrumental
No
Created
4/1/2026