Carp in the Mud

Intro

Oh-oh-oh

Yeah

Verse 1

Puddles on the asphalt catch the morning glow

Dirty water holding up a sky so blue

I been stomping through the gutters where the wild seeds grow

Every cracked sidewalk got a story to chew

Graffiti on the underpass like scripture on a wall

Hiroshima Carp in the cap I wear to town

They say the river's filthy but it holds it all

Same reflection that the clean ones drown

Pre-Chorus

Keep on rolling

Keep on rolling through the grime

Chorus

Muddy water still shows the sky

If you look up you'll see it too

Rise up rise up till the answer's clear

Carp on the crest and I'm breaking through

Post-Chorus

Break through

Break through

Yeah we're breaking through

Verse 2

Tension in the alley like a wire pulled tight

Malice in the murmur and the neon's gone dim

But I got my boots laced tight and my head held right

Every backstreet echo is a battle hymn

Skateboard scraping concrete and a saxophone cry

The whole block shaking with a horn section rage

Got the street in my blood and the sky in my eye

Trapped in the city but I'm turning the page

Pre-Chorus

Keep on screaming

Keep on screaming at the walls

Chorus

Muddy water still shows the sky

If you look up you'll see it too

Rise up rise up till the answer's clear

Carp on the crest and I'm breaking through

Post-Chorus

Break through

Break through

Yeah we're breaking through

Bridge

They built their bars and they built their gates

But the sky don't care about locks and chains

Every puddle got a mirror's fate

Every broken boy got his name in flames

Hiroshima red on a cloudy day

The fish don't quit and I won't fade

Chorus

Muddy water still shows the sky

If you look up you'll see it too

Rise up rise up till the answer's clear

Carp on the crest and I'm breaking through

Post-Chorus

Break through

Break through

Yeah we're breaking through

Outro

Muddy water

Blue sky

Muddy water

Blue sky

Oh-oh-oh

We're breaking through