[Verse 1]
Flag in my fist
Ink on my skin
Fifty scars across my back
All of them grin
Steel in the sky
Engines that scream
I’ve got a desk made of ash
Built on a dream
[Chorus]
I run the U.S.A
On caffeine
Teeth
And rage
Red
White
And burned-out blue
Who’s gonna run who?
I run the U.S.A
From alleyway to stage
If this ship goes down in flames
I go down in front of you
[Verse 2]
Highway veins
Pumping debt and pride
Every screen a gospel
Every doubt denied
Handshake smiles
Knives behind the ties
Signing with a broken pen
Over your lives
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
From the rust belt bones
To the glass crown coast
Every oath I spoke
Cut close to the throat
[crescendo]
You want a king?
You want a name?
You want a face
To carry your blame?
[growled]
Write it in blood
Across the Capitol stairs
Carve it in stone
I’ll still be just one of you
Scared
[Chorus]