THE STATE OF THE BREAK

AI generated music. Not serious, only for fun. Same streets, same warning signs Different year, the same old lines Cameras watching every corner Counting faces passing by Quotas filled on borrowed crimes Names erased for stepping out of line Paper laws and quiet fear Twenty-five repeating years They said nothing ever changes Said this was the price of peace But whispers move through every network And the silence starts to crease Something’s moving in the silence Something building out of sight Hope returning like a signal Burning slowly through the night They held the country in a fist Called it order, called it peace But every wall they ever built Only made the pressure increase North of the line the air feels different Borders thinner, voices free Scotland breathing on its own time Remembering what it means to be Down south the screens still flicker Telling everyone they’re safe While patrol lights sweep the streets And freedom wears a smaller face Every crackdown feeds the current Every rule just amplifies What they tried to keep contained Now reflected in our eyes Something’s moving in the silence Something building out of sight Hope returning like a signal Burning slowly through the night They held the country in a fist Called it order, called it peace But every wall they ever built Only made the pressure increase Across the ocean voices carry A crown that chose another way No throne above the people’s will Just service promised every day They said democracy returning Would be built by human hands And in the shadows people listened And began to make their plans (Instrumental) Now the rumours sound like thunder Now the quiet feels alive Every ghost that learned to wait Finally ready to arrive Something’s moving in the silence Something building out of sight Hope returning like a signal Burning brighter every night They held the country in a fist Called it order, called it peace But every wall they ever built Only made the pressure increase Something’s moving in the silence You can feel it in the air Twenty-five years in the dark Now the fire’s everywhere Not revenge and not collapse Just the future breaking through And the ones who waited longest Know exactly what to do