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Borrowed Metal
album cover
Borrowed Metal was released on August 27, 2026 by 11921270 Records DK as a part of the album BORROWED METAL
ReleasedAugust 27, 2026
Label11921270 Records DK
LanguageEnglish
BPM72
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

We inherited the engines
And mistook their noise for truth
Raised our monuments to hunger
Fed them iron, blood, and youth
Every flag became a curtain
Every oath concealed a blade
We called obedience virtue
And possession something sacred
The old men spoke of destiny
From rooms untouched by consequence
They drew the borders carefully
Then sent the poor to die for them
But stone remembers every hand
That raised it from the earth
There is no throne beneath the sun
No chosen blood, no sacred gun
The crown is only borrowed metal
The kingdom ends where fear begins
Let every tower face the weather
Let every idol meet the dust
A nation built on bent backs
Will fall beneath the weight of us
I saw a child beside the highway
Holding photographs above the smoke
No speech prepared by polished mouths
Could make that ruined gesture whole
Somewhere, a market opened early
Somewhere, the bells announced the dead
Somewhere, a man signed seven pages
And never saw the streets run red
History is not a river
It is a room with mirrored walls
We keep returning to the entrance
Then act surprised each time we fall
The future does not need our worship
It needs the courage to refuse
Let every tower face the weather
Let every idol meet the dust
A nation built on bent backs
Will fall beneath the weight of us
Do not tell me peace is weakness
When war is ordered from a chair
Do not speak of noble sacrifice
With someone else's body there
Do not call the silence unity
Do not call the prison safe
Do not carve the names of murderers
And ask the dead to praise their graves
We are not born to serve the symbols
That forget the lives they claim
No soil is fed by endless grieving
No god is honoured by the flame
If there must be something sacred
Let it be the common breath
The hand that lifts another body
The voice that speaks against the threat
If there must be revolution
Let it start behind the eyes
The moment one obedient heart
Recognises the disguise
There is no throne beneath the sun
No master race, no chosen one
The crown is only borrowed metal
The kingdom ends where truth begins
No throne
No master
No glory in the grave
Only the living
And the choices
We were too afraid to make
Written by: Lia Wilson
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