Neon Syntax - Chains burn slow

Intro

Steel bars in my mind, locked since birth

Broken promises, twisted worth

They try to write my path in numbers, codes

But I'm tired of playing the part I was sold

Verse 1

Crowded hallways, faceless stares

Stuck in routines, nobody cares

I bite my tongue, but the venom stays

Counting my losses as I break these chains

Blueprint of control burning from my skin

Boxed in since a kid, but I won't give in

Their system's a joke, I refuse to blend

I carve my story, I won't pretend

Chorus

I smash these chains, can't hold me down

Pressure on my soul, but I won't drown

Anger in my chest, burning gasoline now

Breaking out the box, I won't bow

Post-Chorus

Never kneel, nah, never fall

Never kneel, nah, never fall

Verse 2

Cracked screens, fake dreams they sold us

Trapped minds, untied, I'm ferocious

Fist to the wall – what's fear to a soldier?

Spin round the matrix, I'm colder, I'm bolder

Denim torn, pride worn, heavy on my sleeve

Freedom's not a ticket, it's a war to believe

I carry the scars, proof I won't concede

Sweat in my veins, I'm the one who breaks free

Pre-Chorus

Pressure tries to mold me, I grind my teeth

Voices saying quit, but I won't retreat

Rage is my engine, will is my key

I tear through limits till I'm finally me

Chorus

I smash these chains, can't hold me down

Pressure on my soul, but I won't drown

Anger in my chest, burning gasoline now

Breaking out the box, I won't bow

Post-Chorus

Never kneel, nah, never fall

Never kneel, nah, never fall

Bridge

Static in my ear, but I tune that out

Every promise fake, every speech full of doubt

Brick by brick, I knock down their lies

Rewiring the cage with fire in my eyes

Outlaw in the making, I won't be tamed

Spit on the blueprint, erase my name

Red in my vision, truth in my grip

The system breaks down each lie that I rip

Chorus

I smash these chains, can't hold me down

Pressure on my soul, but I won't drown

Anger in my chest, burning gasoline now

Breaking out the box, I won't bow

Post-Chorus

Never kneel, nah, never fall

Never kneel, nah, never fall

Outro

Walls can't hold what I started inside

Ashes and ashes, watch the networks die

Turn up the volume, they can't mute my sound

I broke from the grid—never backing down