No air left in these crowded halls Every voice feels like a chain The skyline's dressed in sterile grey And freedom tastes like Novocaine They smile while feeding poison rules A thousand laws, one empty plate They teach us how to toe the line Then blame us when we suffocate There's something wrong behind their eyes A polished lie we're meant to trust We scream but the silence wins They build and we break again The rich wear masks of virtue thin While we drown in unpaid sin No gods, no kings, just rusted crowns And the weight of being kept down I walk past men with broken teeth Their dreams sold off for bread and sleep They beg like ghosts the world won't see While power talks of liberty A man in gold speaks law as truth But never felt the loss of youth He claims the pain is self-imposed From thrones that no one ever chose I feel the pressure in my chest A system dressed to crush what's left We scream but the silence wins They build and we break again The rich wear masks of virtue thin While we drown in unpaid sin No gods, no kings, just rusted crowns And the weight of being kept down What's justice but a painted wall? What's peace when fear still makes the call? I've seen the light, it burned my skin So I stay here, locked deep within Each thought I have, they'll twist and bind But I won't give them back my mind We scream but the silence wins They build and we break again The rich wear masks of virtue thin While we drown in unpaid sin No gods, no kings, just rusted crowns And the weight of being kept down