Spiral Through the Page

Verse 1

Wake up to the hum of the machinery

Clock ticks sideways in a room of grey

They told me walk the line and keep it clean

But the floor keeps tilting anyway

Seven in the morning on a crooked stair

Every door is numbered but they all look the same

I got a map of promises worn thin from wear

And the way it's supposed to be ain't playing my game

Pre-Chorus

So I bend it

Break it

Shape it to my own

Stepped off the blueprint

Left the plan alone

Chorus

This is the way it's supposed to be

Made of the cracks and the crooked lines

This is the way it's supposed to be

I built the rhythm from the out of time

Post-Chorus

Can't hold me

Can't mold me

Can't hold me down

Verse 2

Teacher said behave and color in the boxes

I drew a spiral through the corner of the page

They want the straight edge I want the falling off the axis

Every single measure cracked a different gauge

Five four three two and back again

Counting on a beat that never lands the same

The system wants a soldier I refuse to bend

Gonna sing my own frequency and light the flame

Pre-Chorus

So I bend it

Break it

Shape it to my own

Stepped off the blueprint

Left the plan alone

Chorus

This is the way it's supposed to be

Made of the cracks and the crooked lines

This is the way it's supposed to be

I built the rhythm from the out of time

Post-Chorus

Can't hold me

Can't mold me

Can't hold me down

Bridge

Maybe the pattern was a prison

Maybe the order was a cage

Maybe the rules were written backwards

So I could turn the page

Chorus

This is the way it's supposed to be

Made of the cracks and the crooked lines

This is the way it's supposed to be

I built the rhythm from the out of time

Post-Chorus

Can't hold me

Can't mold me

Can't hold me down

Outro

Can't hold me down

Can't hold me

Can't hold me down