[Verse 1]
Born under broken crowns
Praying to empty thrones
We learned from blood on the ground
How to turn hearts to stone
Rust on our trembling hands
Ash in our open mouths
Every new promised land
Burned as we staked it out
[Chorus]
Mankind
Can we prove our worth? (worth)
[raspy male lead
Female echo]
Or are we just a curse on this cracked old earth?
We tear
We take
We call it right
But I still believe we can choose the light
Mankind
Can we prove our worth? (our worth)
[Verse 2]
Raised on a sharpened fear
Taught that we stand alone
We trade a lie for the spear
Calling it carved in stone
But when your pulse hits mine
Under the smoke and screams
I hear a different sign
A better war to wage inside our seams
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register
Male]
Drop your flag
Drop your pride
Every name we drag
Is a wound inside
[female vocal enters
Soaring]
I’m not your idol
I’m not your god
Just flesh and fault
Reaching through the fog
[both]
Hand in hand
Against the hurt
We rise or fall
We prove our worth
[Chorus]