Don't Light It on Me 3:19

VERSE 1

I learned politics in comment threads
Thumbs on fire, scrolling past the dead
Everyone's got a match to strike
Calling it truth, calling it "time"

You say the house was always rotten
Say the cracks were there all along
But you're standing safe out on the lawn
While the smoke fills up my mom's front door

PRE-CHORUS

You call it history
I call it a body count
You call it necessary
I call it betting on the wrong collapse

CHORUS

Don't tell me "let it burn"
If you're not the one inside
Don't tell me "it has to fall"
If you already survived
You can dress it up as truth
You can call it being free
But if the fire's the point
Don't light it on me

VERSE 2

I don't worship flags or fairy tales
I know the ledger's stained in red
I've watched the promise miss its mark
More times than it ever led

But burning bridges isn't justice
And ashes don't vote kings out
You don't beat power by killing the roads
You just strand us all on the way out

PRE-CHORUS

You say despair is honesty
Like hope's some kind of lie
But I've seen who wins when everyone quits
And it's never the ones who die

CHORUS

Don't tell me "let it burn"
Like that makes you brave
Don't tell me "nothing works"
While you're standing in the shade
You can laugh at the wreck
You can call it "cleaning house"
But collapse isn't courage
It's just giving up loud

BRIDGE — HALF-TIME

Maybe I'm tired
Maybe I'm scared
Maybe believing still hurts more
Than pretending I don't care

I don't need this place perfect
I just need it to exist
You don't fix a fight by burning the ring
And calling the ashes a win

FINAL CHORUS — DOUBLE-TIME, GANG VOCALS

Don't tell me "let it burn"
We're still living here
Don't tell me "it's over"
Like you're already clear
You can keep your collapse
Your poetic defeat
I'll stay and rebuild
Before I clap for the heat

OUTRO

You don't beat the fire
By loving the flame
You don't save the future
By rooting for the end