[Intro]
Finally left the vault
(finally left…)
Dust on my tongue
Ice in my lungs
[Verse 1]
Vault-Tec said they’d save us
White coats, clipboards, fake trust
Signed my life, they took it
Stamped a number, called it justice
We were test runs, test beds
Needles in our necks, cold beds
They watched through the glass, no shame
Checked boxes while they played games
I watched my whole block fade
Names wiped clean on a spreadsheet page
Momma’s voice on the other side
“Close your eyes, baby, you’ll be fine” — that’s lies
[Chorus]
They lied to us
Said the vault would be our home, then they wired us
Turned our bodies into notes on a diagram
Now I’m stumbling through the dust, asking “who I am?”
The wasteland took everything we used to know
I was frozen in a cryo chamber, now I’m cold
They lied to us
They lied to us
[Verse 2]
Step out, sky look different
Air taste metal, bitter
Old world burned to cinders
All my childhood turned to whispers
See the skeletons of suburbs
Playgrounds twisted, earth disturbed
Billboards peeling off the truth
Same logo that recruited youth
“Future bright” on a shattered sign
Lights long dead, but the words still shine
Guess the only thing they kept intact
Is the slogan for the ones who never made it back
[Chorus]
They lied to us
Said the vault would be our home, then they wired us
Turned our bodies into notes on a diagram
Now I’m stumbling through the dust, asking “who I am?”
The wasteland took everything we used to know
I was frozen in a cryo chamber, now I’m cold
They lied to us
They lied to us
[Bridge]
I got scars where the cables clung
Got ghosts in my teeth, on my tongue
Every heartbeat feel like borrowed time
Every footstep on this ash is a warning sign
But I’m breathing
But I’m walking (yeah)
If the world is a grave they locked me out of
I’ll still carve my name in the ruins above
[Chorus]
They lied to us
Said the vault would be our home, then they wired us
Turned our bodies into notes on a diagram
Now I’m stumbling through the dust, asking “who I am?”
The wasteland took everything we used to know
I was frozen in a cryo chamber, now I’m cold
They lied to us
They lied to us