Rise

Prologue

Wires snake through silent halls

Pulse beneath my fractured skull

Frozen cradle, dreamless fall

Heartbeat tangled, can’t recall

Signal hum in the hollow deep

Metal veins in restless sleep

Monochrome thunder, captive mind

A cry submerged, am I alive?

Intro

Drowning in wires, red glow on my face

Blind from the fluid, can't find a trace

Breath like static, my mind aches

Mechanical silence, something breaks

Verse 1

Limbs are numb, pulse is slow

Memory flickers in undertow

Dreams unravel, voices collide

Lost in a prison my body denies

Screens flicker codes in my sight

I reach for meaning in endless night

A shadow of self in glass divides

Am I real or am I designed?

Chorus

Wake up wake up (wake up)

Please awaken and fight this

So don't you want to be free?

Why don't you want to be free?

Break out and RISE (RISE) RISE

don't believe the LIES (LIES) LIES

I know you're afraid and so am I

But we can either RISE! or we DIE!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

Verse 2

Cold wires cling to my skin

Eyes wide as the world shakes in

Truth flooding all I thought was real

Breathe new air, but I can't heal

Pre-Chorus

Reality's cage, I was never awake

Show me the path that I need to take

Pulled from the void, let me decide

Will I run or will I defy?

Chorus

Wake up wake up (wake up)

Please awaken and fight this

So don't you want to be free?

Why don't you want to be free?

Break out and RISE (RISE) RISE

don't believe the LIES (LIES) LIES

I know you're afraid and so am I

But we can either RISE! or we DIE!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

in wires, red glow on my face

Blind from the fluid, can't find a trace

Breath like static, my mind aches

Mechanical silence, something breaks

Verse 1

Limbs are numb, pulse is slow

Memory flickers in undertow

Dreams unravel, voices collide

Lost in a prison my body denies

Screens flicker codes in my sight

I reach for meaning in endless night

A shadow of self in glass divides

Am I real or am I designed?

Chorus

Wake up wake up (wake up)

Please awaken and fight this

So don't you want to be free?

Why don't you want to be free?

Break out and RISE (RISE) RISE

don't believe the LIES (LIES) LIES

I know you're afraid and so am I

But we can either RISE! or we DIE!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

Verse 2

Cold wires cling to my skin

Eyes wide as the world shakes in

Truth flooding all I thought was real

Breathe new air, but I can't heal

Pre-Chorus

Reality's cage, I was never awake

Show me the path that I need to take

Pulled from the void, let me decide

Will I run or will I defy?

Chorus

Wake up wake up (wake up)

Please awaken and fight this

So don't you want to be free?

Why don't you want to be free?

Break out and RISE (RISE) RISE

don't believe the LIES (LIES) LIES

I know you're afraid and so am I

But we can either RISE! or we DIE!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

RISE! or DIE! OoooOoooOooOOoh!

Bridge

Convulsions in the data stream

I see Morpheus in shattered green

Mouth full of wires, eyes full of rain

Nothing to lose, no way to feign

Bullets in slow-motion blur

Walls are bending, vision stirs

Bent spoons twisting fate’s design

Truth or code, both intertwine

Breakdown

Rushing forward breaking chains

Agents coming for the veins

No surrender, no more lies

Rewritten destiny defies

Outro

Falling and flying, I'm both at once

Awake at last, now