Cracks In The Chain

Dust in my teeth
Gun oil on my hands
Sand in the seams
Of this borrowed command

Radio screams
Like it knows my name
But the voice on the line
Never feels our shame

I don't march for a hollow crown
I won't bleed just to hold you up
If your truth is a loaded lie
Then my hands stay clean when the smoke rolls up
I won't fire for a crooked faith
Won't be part of your rusted reign
I'm a crack in the chain
Yeah
A crack in the chain

You sit in your chair
Far from the flame
Calling it honor
While you hide from the frame

You paint the map
In somebody's blood
Then call it duty
When it's just a flood

I don't march for a hollow crown
I won't bleed just to hold you up
If your truth is a loaded lie
Then my hands stay clean when the smoke rolls up
I won't fire for a crooked faith
Won't be part of your rusted reign
I'm a crack in the chain
Just a crack in your chain

Tell me
Who do you see
When the mirror won't move
A hero in ribbons
Or a scared little wound

You can threaten my body
Try to buy my breath
But you don't get my soul
You don't get my yes (no, no)

I don't march for a hollow crown
I won't bleed just to hold you up
If your truth is a loaded lie
Then my hands stay clean when the smoke rolls up
I won't fire for a crooked faith
Won't be part of your rusted reign
I'm a crack in the chain
Yeah
A crack in the chain (oh)

Boots in the dust
Gun to the ground
I walk through the noise
Till it sounds like sound

One man standing
Under all this weight
But it only takes one
For a link to break