Invalids On The Roof

(Verse 1)

Spotlights sweep like prison eyes

Barbed wire halos scrape the skies

They stand above with rifles raised

On rooftops built from fear and praise

Steel-toed boots on sacred ground

They laugh while justice’s drowned

Protesters chant, fists in the air

But bullets answer every prayer

(Chorus)

Invalids on the roof — taking aim at truth

Firing down on hope, uncaged and bulletproof

Invalids on the roof — cowards in command

Shooting at the voices they don’t understand

(Verse 2)

Detention walls, a nation’s shame

They guard the lie, they play the game

Children cry beneath the floodlights

While agents pose as gods of blight

They call it order, call it law

But it’s just cruelty with a badge and claw

They fear the crowd, they fear the song

So they shoot to prove they still belong

(Chorus)

Invalids on the roof — taking aim at truth

Firing down on hope, uncaged and bulletproof

Invalids on the roof — cowards in command

Shooting at the voices they don’t understand

(Bridge)

We see you — perched like vultures

Feeding on the bones of culture

But every shot you fire in vain

Just fuels the fire, spreads the stain

(Final Chorus)

Invalids on the roof — your reign is rust

Built on silence, built on dust

Invalids on the roof — we rise, we scream

You can’t kill a righteous dream