Grift Operation

Verse 1

Golden halls built on broken backs

Paper crowns, but the vaults are stacked

Every dollar’s a vein they drain

Feeding their empire of champagne

Pre-Chorus

They preach sacrifice, they sell salvation

But it’s all just a grift operation

Chorus

Grift operation, bleeding the nation

Tax-fed kings in a false foundation

Grift operation, no liberation

We’re the fuel for their celebration

Verse 2

Silk-lined pockets, a hunger that grows

While the streets crack under unpaid roads

They toast to power, we choke on lies

Their banquet’s lit by our dimming lives

Pre-Chorus

They preach sacrifice, they sell salvation

But it’s all just a grift operation

Chorus

Grift operation, bleeding the nation

Tax-fed kings in a false foundation

Grift operation, no liberation

We’re the fuel for their celebration

Bridge

Raise the curtain—see the thieves in disguise

Every promise is a blade in our sides

We’re not subjects, we’re not prey

Tear their gilded thrones away

Breakdown

Grift! Grift! Grift!

Operation in decay

Grift! Grift! Grift!

We’ll burn their masquerade

Final Chorus

Grift operation, bleeding the nation

Tax-fed kings in a false foundation

Grift operation, no liberation

We’re the fire at their coronation