[INTRO]
Listen...
The rent goes up.
The wages don't.
The trains are late.
The weather's shite.
And somehow...
We're still smiling.
[VERSE 1]
Boiler's packed in
Kitchen light flickers
Fridge making noises
Like it's talking in tongues
Neighbour's arguing
Through paper-thin walls
About money they ain't got
And a life that costs more
News says panic
Again
Phone says payment declined
Again
Everybody's selling dreams
Nobody's buying
But Friday night arrives
Right on time
[PRE-CHORUS]
And for a few stolen hours
The weight slips off our backs
No miracles
No saviours
Just us
And that's that
[CHORUS]
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT!
NOT THE NOISE
NOT THE NIGHTS
NOT THE FIRE IN OUR CHESTS
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT!
WE FOUND GOLD
IN THE CRACKS
OF A WORLD THAT'S A MESS
FUCK IT!
[BUILD]
Tell me can you feel it?
Building
Tell me can you hear it?
Calling
Every heart in the room
Beating together
Like a warning siren
[DROP]
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT
OH NO
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT
NOT TONIGHT
SO FUCK IT!
[VERSE 2]
Bus stop prophets
And corner-shop philosophers
Taxi rank legends
Talking absolute bollocks
Someone's laughing so hard
They can't stand straight
Someone's sharing chips
From a tray for eight
Nobody's winning
Nobody's rich
But somehow this feels
Like we've cheated it
The whole damn system
For one more evening
And that's enough reason
To keep believing
[MELODIC BREAKDOWN]
When the city sleeps
And the streets go quiet
I don't remember the bad weeks
Or the headlines
I remember faces
I remember names
I remember feeling
Like nothing could break
[SUPER BUILD]
If you've got somebody
Lift them up
If you've got somebody
Sing it loud
If you've got somebody
Then you know
Exactly what this is about
THEY
CAN'T
TAKE
THIS
SHIT!
[FINAL DROP]
THEY CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT
NOT THE MEMORIES
WE CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT
NOT THE MADNESS
I CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT
NOT THE PEOPLE WE'D GO TO WAR FOR
NOBODY CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT
NOT A FUCKING CHANCE!
[OUTRO]
Everything changes.
Everything leaves.
Everything fades.
Except nights like these.
JonnyOnit