[Intro]
Drums in the distance
Smoke in the sky
News on a loop
Same tired lie
Rumble in the concrete
Sirens like a choir
Crowds on the courthouse
Holding up their flyers
[Verse 1]
Lines on the sidewalk
Chalk where a body fell
Kids learn the headlines
Before they learn to spell
You say you’re saving us
Wrapped in a blood-red flag
I see neighbors turning
On neighbors they used to tag
[Pre-Chorus]
Is this the promise
Or just a warning?
You call it order
I call it mourning
From broken borders
To burning plains
You preach your greatness
We just count the names
[Chorus]
This is the sound of a faultline breaking
Hear the ground shake under our feet
You stand proud on a world you’re razing
Calling it strong while the seams all bleed
You keep shouting that it’s great again
But I don’t see the end you say you see
This is the sound of a faultline breaking
And we’re breaking free
(we’re breaking free)
[Build]
[solo drums rumbling
Rising]
Boom in my ribcage
Fists in the air
Voices like thunder
Cracking the air
From every border
Under one sky
You can cage bodies
But you can’t cage the cry
[Drop / Chorus]
This is the sound of a faultline breaking
Hear the streets roar under the beat
You stand proud on a world you’re razing
Calling it strong while the seams all bleed
You keep shouting that it’s great again
But I don’t see the end you say you see
This is the sound of a faultline breaking
And we’re breaking free
(oh, we’re breaking free)
[Bridge]
From coast to coast
From sea to sea
It’s not your face
That defines “we”
From shattered glass
To painted hands
We are the future
You can’t command
[Final Chorus]
This is the sound of a faultline breaking
Hear the ground shake under our feet
You stand proud on a world you’re razing
Calling it strong while the seams all bleed
You keep shouting that it’s great again
But I don’t see the end you claim to see
This is the sound of a faultline breaking
And we’re breaking
We’re breaking free
(we’re breaking free, yeah)