Break the Locks

Verse 1

Open palms, fists clenched behind doors

Pages blacked out, lines blurred, never restored

They say, "Trust us, it's all in your best interest"

But every headline, every budget, got me restless

One word—lies—repeated like a sermon

One truth—children cry while they’re hurting

Who decides who gets saved, who’s serving?

Single word: Power.

It devours, it lingers, it burns

They say, "We’re the people"—laugh as the country churns

New mansion, bigger briefcase, banknotes in stacks

We foot the bill—just watch 'em sign and relax

Protect the kids, but protect the crooks, too?

Pick sides fast, 'cause they betting on you

Chorus: Choir chanting

Break the locks

Tear down the veils

Tell the truth

We paid for these lies with every broken nail

Break the locks

Tear down the veils

Tell the truth

We rage and rise, set fire to all the trails

Post-Chorus: Choir

We see you

We see you

Verse 2

Wake up every headline, another avalanche

They lubricate hands with hope, sell us a fake branch

Flaunt their families, but somebody else’s vanish

Send troops for flag, but no one picks up the anguish

Children traded, innocence faded—eyes spin

Three-piece suits sipping gin, grinning thin

Cameras cut—cut check—donors sing

Big promises, small print, same old spin

City blocks crumble while their stocks float

Trophies on the mantle, rubber checks in our coats

Foundations built on our backs, call it legacy

No apology—just policies coated in secrecy

Morals get auctioned for a favorable seat

We get redacted lines

They get red carpets at our defeat

Chorus: Choir chanting

Break the locks

Tear down the veils

Tell the truth

We paid for these lies with every broken nail

Break the locks

Tear down the veils

Tell the truth

We rage and rise, set fire to all the trails

Post-Chorus: Choir

We see you

We see you

Bridge

Pages missing, history rewritten three times

Golden pens sketch prison walls, underline

Protect the few, expose the most,—all smoke

We see the shell games—their mirrors broke

One law for the crowd, one law for the throne

One voice shut down—then thousands cry alone

(Power, hunger, fever in their touch)

Every speech, more poison

Say it’s freedom? Never much

Verse 3

Paper trails burning, contracts signed in nighttime

No sunlight, no witness—just another paradigm

Promise justice, practice silence, let the rich climb

Hard truth: they hoard while kids scrape dimes

Red tape, black books, a thousand erased lines

We break, we rebuild, we draw new signs

No more waiting

No more faith in their farce

We’re calling names in the open

Lighting flames in the dark

Chorus: Choir chanting

Break the locks

Tear down the veils

Tell the truth

We paid for these lies with every broken nail

Break the locks

Tear down the veils

Tell the truth

We rage and rise, set fire to all the trails

Post-Chorus: Choir

We see you

We see you

Outro

Walls shiver—truth’s closer than ever

Lines shift, smoke clears, no shelter forever