Hollow Crown
Ashes of Eden
They said we'd be safer this way
Funny how quiet the silence became
I've been watchin' the headlines bleed
Same faces, same disease
Talk big while the streets decay
Truth gets lost in the words they say
Sirens hum like a lullaby
Telling us sleep while the angels die
We trade our trust for a little control
But the leash wraps tight till it eats your soul
You keep us locked in a glass parade
Every promise a masquerade
I see through the crown you wear
There's nothin' holy there
I won't kneel for your hollow crown
Can't breathe while you're holdin' me down
All your power, all your sound
Still can't drown us out
You can't drown us out
I don't trust what the cameras show
Every truth's just a shadow they throw
Ice in the alleys, hearts gone numb
The nation's pulse on a digital drum
Files and secrets, coded lies
They rewrite rules just to legalize
Every scar that we've learned to hide
Every tear we were told to dry
You keep us quiet with borrowed fear
But I won't fade, I'm still right here
If faith is dead, then let it burn
Maybe this time we'll learn
I won't kneel for your hollow crown
You build your thrones where the lost are found
We're not blind we're underground
You can't drown us out
Another press release, another lie
Another reason not to even try
They feed on chaos, feed on doubt
Turn the people in, turn the voices out
But I see cracks in the code you write
See ghosts in the floodlights every night
You built this cage outta guilt and sound
We're breakin' out, we're breakin' out
Breaking out!
I believed once, in something pure
I believed once, that hearts endure
Now I just fight to stay awake
In a world that forgets what it breaks
I won't kneel for your hollow crown
Your echoes fall but we won't back down
We are the static, the underground
And you can't drown us out
You, can't, drown, us, out!
You can bury the truth, but it grows in the dark