[Intro]
Heart in my throat
Gun in my mind
Name on a list
Line in the sky
[Verse 1]
Boots on the ground in my own head
Marchin’ through mud made of old regrets
I don’t bleed, I just bite my breath
Kiss that fear with the taste of death
Black flag draped on my back like a habit
Every scar that I carry, I earned, I had it
I was raised on the sound of the doors slammin’
Every “no” that I swallowed turned me to a cannon (boom)
[Pre-Chorus]
I been waitin’ on a day like this
Hands up, both fists, can’t miss
If they want war, let ‘em talk like kings
We don’t bow, we break their rings
[Chorus]
Riot
Riot in my veins, hear it drum so quiet
’Til it blows that cage, then we can’t stay silent
Burn that throne, let the ashes guide us
Riot, riot (riot, riot)
Riot
Write my name in the smoke, can’t hide us
Every shout, every scar, unites us
Stand too close, feel the world ignite us
Riot, riot (riot, riot)
[Verse 2]
Crowd so loud but I’m ice in the middle
Deep voice cut through the noise like a missile
Said I’d break, but I bend, then I snap back
Turn one crack in the wall to a collapse
Steel in my jaw when I grit that doubt
Every hit I survived taught me how to count
One step, two step, right to the gate
Three words, four more—“We don’t wait” (hey!)
[Pre-Chorus]
I been waitin’ on a day like this
Hands up, both fists, can’t miss
If they want war, let ‘em talk like kings
We don’t bow, we break their rings
[Chorus]
Riot
Riot in my veins, hear it drum so quiet
’Til it blows that cage, then we can’t stay silent
Burn that throne, let the ashes guide us
Riot, riot (riot, riot)
Riot
Write my name in the smoke, can’t hide us
Every shout, every scar, unites us
Stand too close, feel the world ignite us
Riot, riot (riot, riot)
[Bridge]
[Heartbeat drops, vocals almost whispered]
Slow beat, heavy in my chest
One breath from laying this to rest
Who’s left if we never take a step?
Say it with me, no regret
[Chant]
We want fire
We want change
We want power
Say my name
We want fire
We want change
We want riot
Unchained
[Chorus]
Riot
Riot in my veins, hear it drum so quiet
’Til it blows that cage, then we can’t stay silent
Burn that throne, let the ashes guide us
Riot, riot (riot, riot)
Riot
Write my name in the smoke, can’t hide us
Every shout, every scar, unites us
Stand too close, feel the world ignite us
Riot, riot (riot, riot)