Break the Chain - AD CULVAIN (lyrics)

 Break the Chain

They sit on thrones of numbers and lies Counting gold while the planet dies Drinking wine from the workers’ pain Pulling levers, dodging blame They whisper stories in our ears About strangers we should fear And while we fight in the dirt and dust Their towers rise, untouched by rust They say look left, they say look right But never at the men in flight Above the storm, above the war Who always walk through every door It’s time to break the chains they hide Expose the greed they try to guide They want us torn and fighting blind But we’re not deaf, and we’re not kind To tyrants fat with stolen gain Who wash their hands while we feel pain Unite the broken, deaf to shame And call the enemy by name They teach us who to hate and why While they strip the oceans dry Build their rockets to the stars And sell us homes in stacked-up jars They laugh while we debate the scraps Hand us dreams, then spring the traps Tell us someone else took all our bread While they feast on what our children bled They say your fault, they say not mine As they redraw every line But we’re awake, we’re not confused We’re sick of being bought and used It’s time to break the chains they hide Expose the greed they try to guide They want us torn and fighting blind But we’re not deaf, and we’re not kind To tyrants fat with stolen gain Who wash their hands while we feel pain Unite the broken, deaf to shame And call the enemy by name Call it out — the wealth they hoard While kids go hungry and the Earth gets scorched No trick of flags or TV scripts Can make us fall for bait and whips We see you, kings of shadow thrones Your palaces are built on bones But every empire meets its night When people learn to see the light It’s time to break the chains they hide Expose the greed they try to guide They want us torn and fighting blind But we’re not deaf, and we’re not kind To tyrants fat with stolen gain Who wash their hands while we feel pain Unite the broken, deaf to shame And call the enemy by name No more lies. No more games. We see the ones who lit the flames. They point and blame — But we reclaim. We call the enemy by name.