[verse]
I was born in a world of 1970
didn't turn out how it used to be
decades later the world has changed
lifes new normal where truth is strange
we were told to hold truth to power
but flowers die in a hateful shower
of lies built on a false reward
enslaved the message to their accord
[chorus]
we wait for the king to die
so that we can start anew
we shout with all our breath
that you wont break our backs
we know the time will come
when you are dead and done
When you’re dead and done
Phones glow bright with borrowed light
truth gets blurred between left and right
algorithms choose our fears
sell us hope in thirty years
we march in lines they drew for us
call it choice, call it trust
but every road they let us see
still feeds the same old nazi sympathy
[chorus]
we wait for the king to die
so that we can start anew
we shout with all our breath
That you wont steal my vote
we know your time will come
when you are dead in and done
When you’re dead and done
they dress control up as debate
tell us suffering is fate
count our lives in quarterly gains
wash their hands, ignore the stains
we learned to speak between the lies
read the cracks, decode the signs
you can cage a voice in fear
but echoes travel far from here
[chorus]
we wait for the king to die
so that we can start anew
we shout with all our breath
That you wont break our hearts
we know the time will come
when you are dead and done
when you are dead and done
when you are dead and done
