Lyrics

**(Verse 1 - Chino Moreno)**
*(Voice is a hushed, almost pained whisper, close-mic'd with slight delay)*
They talk... a soulless sound...
I walk... this broken ground...
And I... won't hear it now...
Just try... to pull me down...
Not this time... arou-ound...

**(Pre-Chorus)**
*(Music builds in intensity. Chino's voice becomes more strained and melodic.)*
Stuck to the glass... a fever glow...
They hide behind... a world of no...
We don't... don't play like that...
We don't... don't fight... don't fight back...

**(Chorus)**
*(The band explodes into a massive, open-chord crescendo. Chino shifts to a powerful, soaring, yet anguished clean scream.)*
I DON'T CARE! WHAT THEY SAAAAAAY!
I'LL COME BACK! COME BACK THIS WAAAAY!
THEY WON'T GET... THEY WON'T GET THEIR WAAAAAY!
I'LL SWING BACK... LIKE A BOOMERAAAAAANG!

**(Post-Chorus)**
*(The heavy guitars cut out abruptly, leaving only the driving bass and drums. Chino ad-libs with ethereal, wordless melodies over a sparse, delayed guitar line.)*
Uh... Uh-whoa-oh... (Echoes into silence)
Uh... Uh-whoa-oh...
Swing back... again...

**(Verse 2)**
*(The heavy riff returns, more aggressive than before. Chino's delivery is now a aggressive, rhythmic rap-scream.)*
Try to make me STOP!
This climb to the TOP!
You see how far I've GO-ONE!
You're just... a talker...
Catch me... catch me if you can...

**(Bridge)**
*(Tempo slows down drastically. The music becomes sparse and haunting. Frank Delgado's synth textures create a dark, swirling atmosphere. Chino sings in a fragile, vulnerable falsetto.)*
All your words... like stones... they weigh...
Brush them off... and fade away...
Saying we're not... real...
But your world... it's never felt...

**(Heavy Breakdown)**
*(A moment of silence, then the heaviest, most distorted part of the song kicks in. Chino's voice is a raw, guttural scream.)*
**TRY! AND THROW! US! OFF! TRACK!**
**(Hey! Hey! Hey!)**
**WE KNOW! HOW! TO COME! BACK!**

**(Chorus - Reprise)**
*(The chorus returns, even more desperate and powerful than before.)*
**I DON'T CARE! WHAT THEY SAAAAAAY!**
(Yeah...)
**I'LL COME BACK! COME BACK THIS WAAAAAY!**
(Their way...)
**THEY WON'T GET... THEY WON'T GET THEIR WAAAAAY!**
**I'LL SWING BACK... LIKE A BOOMERAAAAAANG!**

**(Outro)**
*(The band locks into a hypnotic, repetitive groove. The guitars feedback and swirl. Chino repeats the phrase, his voice decaying into echoes and effects.)*
I'ma come back... come back...
Bigger... better...
Faster... stronger...
Catch me... catch us...
If you can...