[Verse 1]
Red tie, blue tie
Same teeth, same smile
Shaking all these dirty hands
Sanitized denial
They sell fear like a fire sale
On your mama’s rent and my friends in jail
Paper crowns in a house of cards
Spin your pain into PR
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been quiet in the back row
Now I’m stepping through the smoke
If they’re all playing god, though
Who’s choking on the joke? (yeah)
[Chorus]
Burn it down, burn it down
All these thrones and crooked crowns
If the left and the right just circle around
Light a match to this circus town
Burn it down, burn it down
Every false messiah that we found
If “trust us” is the poison in their mouths
Turn it up, let the truth get loud
Burn it down
[Verse 2]
They pray on your paycheck
Bless your debt, then pass the tray
Smiling in the photo op
While they cut your kids’ lunch away
Red flag, blue flag
Same war, just a different tag
They sell hope in a plastic jar
Charge interest on your scars
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m done choosing from their nightmare
Dressed up like a dream
If every suit is a wolf in there
Then I’ll run with my own street
[Chorus]
Burn it down, burn it down
All these thrones and crooked crowns
If the left and the right just circle around
Light a match to this circus town
Burn it down, burn it down
Every false messiah that we found
If “trust us” is the poison in their mouths
Turn it up, let the truth get loud
Burn it down
[Bridge]
They say “hush, girl, trust the process”
I say “watch me break this lock”
If their law is just a weapon
I’ll be justice at the dock (hey!)
If the whole damn deck is loaded
Why we playing by their rules?
If the whole damn ship is sinking
Why we dying for their cruise?
[Chorus]
Burn it down, burn it down
All these thrones and crooked crowns
If the left and the right just circle around
Light a match to this circus town
Burn it down, burn it down
Every false messiah that we found
If “trust us” is the poison in their mouths
Turn it up, let the truth get loud
Burn it down (burn it down)
Burn it down