[Verse 1]
Boot prints in the hallway dust
Door kicked in
Taste of rust
Broken toys on a bloodstained floor
"Clear the room" but I’ve been here before
Names on a chalkboard in my head
All the ghosts I never met
This cursed city calls my name
Keeps me walking through the flame
[Chorus]
This is my city made of sirens
Crying through the smoke and the violence
I wear the weight like a second skin
Hold the line
Hold the line again
Yeah
I’ve seen hell in every shelter
But I still stand in the center
One day these streets will wake up clean
I swear to God
I’ll live to see that scene
[Verse 2]
Steel on my chest
Prayer on my tongue
Radio static
Breath held in my lungs
My team at my back
Eyes gone cold
We walk where the dark things take their hold
Mothers at windows
Fists in glass
Kids trace chalk around the past
I taste iron
I taste fear
But I pull the future closer
Drag it here
[Chorus]
This is my city made of sirens
Crying through the smoke and the violence
I wear the weight like a second skin
Hold the line
Hold the line again
Yeah
I’ve seen hell in every shelter
But I still stand in the center
One day these streets will wake up clean
I swear to God
I’ll live to see that scene
[Bridge]
I talk to the night
"You don’t own us" (oh)
To the cracked brick walls and the blackened stone
Every nightmare’s just a moment
It won’t be the only home we’ve known
I’ve bled for these blocks
I’ve broken
But hope’s the loudest round I load
I keep my promise like a token
For the day this city finally lets me go
[Chorus]
This is my city made of sirens
Crying through the smoke and the violence
I wear the weight like a second skin
Hold the line
Hold the line again
Yeah
I’ve seen hell in every shelter
But I still stand in the center
One day these streets will wake up clean
I swear to God
I’ll live to see that scene
(I swear, I swear)
I swear to God
I’ll live to see that scene