[Verse 1]
Same grey faces
Same old screen glow
Same stamped numbers on our backs
We nod on command
File in
File out
Learn to love the little lash
[Chorus]
Wake up
Teeth out
Step in line
We bite the hand in perfect time
They want us quiet
Clean
And tame
We twist their rules
We burn their game
Wake up
Fists up
Count to three
We learn the code
Then break it free
[Verse 2]
Cheap plastic slogans
Stapled to the walls
Fed like medicine
Swallowed down
But my pulse misfires
Beats off-beat
Off-script
Hear that rumble under ground
[Chorus]
Wake up
Teeth out
Step in line
We bite the hand in perfect time
They want us quiet
Clean
And tame
We twist their rules
We burn their game
Wake up
Fists up
Count to three
We learn the code
Then break it free
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to tom-heavy march
Crowd-chant vocal]
Stand tall
Stand still
Stand wrong
Stand will
(hey, hey)
They trained our backs to bend
My friend
We bend so far
They snap in the end
[Chorus]
Wake up
Teeth out
Step in line
We bite the hand in perfect time
They want us quiet
Clean
And tame
We twist their rules
We burn their game
Wake up
Fists up
Count to three
We learn the code
Then break it free
(hey, hey) Wake up
Teeth out
Step in line
We are the crack in their design