No Way Out

[Verse 1]
Blindfold on
pushed to the ledge
Every rule that they wrote
wrapped around your neck
Screen glow, cold glow
tell you what to be
They sell you the cage
and they call it "free"
Clock in, clock out
same grey sky
You scream in your head
but you smile, say "fine"
Everybody talking
but they don't say much
You reach out once
and you don't get touched
[Chorus]
System control your life
like a hand on your throat
Feel the wires in your veins
every move, every hope
You keep looking for a crack
for a door, for a route
But you can't see the light
you think there's no way out
(No way out, no way out)
You think there's no way out
[Verse 2]
Stuck in a loop
same four walls
Your name on the bills
not your name on the walls
Mind in a maze
with a sign that reads "stay"
Every path that you take
leans back the same way
Heartbeat heavy
like a kick on the floor
Anxiety knocking
like it lives at your door
They said "be strong"
but they broke your trust
You stopped reaching up
'cause the hands turned to dust
[Chorus]
System control your life
like a hand on your throat
Feel the wires in your veins
every move, every hope
You keep looking for a crack
for a door, for a route
But you can't see the light
you think there's no way out
(No way out, no way out)
You think there's no way out
[Bridge]
But what if the way out's
a whisper, not a shout? (yeah)
What if your last breath
is the one that turns you round?
One step forward
even when you shake
One small truth
they can't confiscate
[Chorus]
System control your life
but your pulse is your own
Under pressure, under fire
there is steel in your bones
You keep looking for a crack
for a door, for a route
In the middle of the dark
you scream "there's gotta be a way out"
(There’s a way out, way out)
There’s gotta be a way out

rap, Hybrid rap-rock with male vocals: tense, syncopated drums and gritty bass in the verses, palm-muted guitars building under urgent, close-mic rap. Chorus explodes with wide distorted power chords, shouted gang vocals, and a soaring top-line. Middle section strips to bass and toms for a claustrophobic feel, then returns heavier for the final hook., rock, hip hop