Lyrics

Teeth grind
Heart drums in my ears
World split
Pulled apart by the seams

They paint a mask on the mirror
Say "This is all that you are"
Carved up truth into labels
Turned our wounds into a war
Carved up truth into labels
Turned our wounds into a war
Kids caught under the banner
While the grown-ups trade their shame
Whispers signed into lawbooks
Change the word
Then change the game

Shattered lines
I see the cracks run deep inside
You call it freedom
But somebody’s been denied
When every question
Gets you branded
Set aside
These shattered lines
Cut through the middle of our minds

Silence stitched into classrooms
"Don’t you dare tell mom or dad"
Secret oaths in the staff room
Call it care
But it feels mad
Bodies bartered for doctrine
Scars explained away as "choice"
If you doubt it for a second
You’re the one they try to void

Shattered lines
I see the cracks run deep inside
You call it freedom
But somebody’s been denied
When every question
Gets you branded
Set aside
These shattered lines
Cut through the middle of our minds

What are we doing to the youngest of the young
When the praise hits harder than the damage that’s been done
When truth gets twisted just to fit into a frame
And anyone who fights it gets buried under shame (hey!)

Shattered lines
I see the cracks run deep inside
You call it freedom
But somebody’s been denied
When every question
Gets you branded
Set aside
These shattered lines
Cut through the middle of our minds