[Verse 1]
We shine the glass
We salt the ground
We build our little kingdoms
Then we burn them down Plastic gods
And borrowed light
We call it living
For the night [Verse 2]
We use it up
We spit it out
Then wonder what
The fire’s about The floor is clean
The river’s black
We take the world
And give it back [Chorus]
But we need none of it
Not the gold, not the names
Not the houses full of ghosts
Not the smoke, not the flames We came from the whole
We return to the same
Empty hands, open sky
No one carries what they claim [Verse 3]
We dress the wound
We praise the scar
We keep on reaching
Past where we are A little more
A little less
Another room
Another mess [Verse 4]
We teach our hearts
To want the chain
Then call it freedom
When it shines in the rain But every throne
And every stone
Falls quiet
When we go alone [Chorus]
And we need none of it
Not the gold, not the names
Not the houses full of ghosts
Not the smoke, not the flames We came from the whole
We return to the same
Empty hands, open sky
No one carries what they claim [Bridge — very quiet]
Not the crown
Not the car
Not the mirror
Not the scars Not the debt
Not the praise
Not the years
We gave away Only breath
Only bone
Only love
We carried home [Final Chorus — stripped down]
We need none of it
Not the gold, not the names
Not the houses full of ghosts
Not the smoke, not the flames We came from the whole
We return to the same
Empty hands, open sky
No one carries what they claim [Outro]
Empty hands
Open sky
Nothing lost
When nothing’s mine