Shattered Ropes

Verse 1

Concrete

Cold slabs

Cracked

My knuckles bleed red

Iron gates swinging slow

Project shadows grow tall

The block

A cage

A maze

They watch the vultures circle

They wait for brothers to fall

Heavy silver chains

Rusting under rainy sky

Broken elevators

I walk up

Stale air

No oxygen left

The ceiling leaks black ink

Writing poems on floor

Life is short

Life is hard

Life is ours

Just a pawn on a board

Chorus

This is for the lost souls

For the kings in the basement

The ones who survived the cold

This is for the lost souls

For the kings in the basement

The ones who survived the cold

Hook

Survival

Survival

Survival

Verse 2

Paper

Thin dreams

Folded in my pocket

Ink stains the denim blue

Gold teeth

Shiny

Sharp

Biting back the truth

I remember

I remember

I remember

The sirens sang all night

Red lights

Blue lights

White lights

Blinding the neighborhood eyes

Empty bottles

Glass

Shattered like our hopes

Climbing up these ropes

Pulling

Falling

Tearing

Watching the clock stop ticking

Time is a thief in the hall

History is written by ghosts

Chorus

This is for the lost souls

For the kings in the basement

The ones who survived the cold

This is for the lost souls

For the kings in the basement

The ones who survived the cold

Hook

Survival

Survival

Survival

Verse 3

Wisdom

Found in the rubble

Deep roots

Under the asphalt

Street scholars

No books

No pens

Only scars on the skin

Lessons

Learned

Lived

The sun sets behind bricks

Darkness

Comes

Spreading like a wildfire

Fear

Gone

Left

Replaced by a steady hand

One mic

One soul

One life

Building a temple from dust

Turning dirt into diamonds

The cycle ends with me

Chorus

This is for the lost souls

For the kings in the basement

The ones who survived the cold

This is for the lost souls

For the kings in the basement

The ones who survived the cold

Hook

Survival

Survival

Survival

Outro

Keep moving

Keep breathing

The throne is waiting

In the basement

Keep moving

Keep breathing

The throne is waiting

In the basement