You Can’t Own the Ground

Lyrics

[Intro] Raise the signs, lock the doors They drew a line across the floor [Verse 1] Paper towers, polished lies Red ink stains behind their eyes They trade our names across a desk Then call the damage progress [Pre-Chorus] But every hand can turn the key Every voice can disagree [Chorus] We won’t bow, we won’t break You can’t own the ground we take From the square to the factory gate We are here, and we won’t wait [Verse 2] Rent goes up, the cupboards thin They toast the deal they made within A mother counts the coins at night While cameras sell us borrowed light [Bridge] Count us in—one, two, three, four! Open up the locked front door! No more silence, no disguise We see through the alibis! [Chorus] We won’t bow, we won’t break You can’t own the ground we take From the square to the factory gate We are here, and we won’t wait [Breakdown] Not your fear Not your throne Not your law Over bone [Final Chorus] We won’t bow, we won’t break You can’t own the ground we take Shoulder to shoulder, voice to voice We are here, and we choose our choice [Outro] Raise the signs, flood the street Change begins beneath our feet