Neon Gospel Raise the Wire

[Intro] (whispered over a low hum) The city wears a crown of wires, neon thrones above the tired. Paper kings with tongues of fire, still we sing — we won’t expire. [Verse 1] I saw the headlines praying mercy, while the alley bled in blue. You raised a glass to empty promises, I raised a match to truth. The sirens talk like prophets, but the streets don’t hear their names. I’m the shadow in your spotlight, I’m the spark that splits the rain. [Pre-Chorus 1] If freedom’s just a slogan, print it on my skin — And when the ink keeps running, we’ll begin again. I won’t bow to quiet tyrants dressed in Sunday suits, I’ll tune my heart to thunder, sing the stubborn truth. [Chorus 1] Raise the wire, sing it higher, cut the hum of every liar. Neon gospel, choir of sparks, light the night and brand our marks. I’m a match in pouring rain, still I burn and call your name. Raise the wire, raise it higher — let the sky remember flame. [Verse 2] They sold the future in a briefcase, traded votes for chandelier light. But in the tenement midnight choirs, I heard a thousand rights. Your marble halls are hollow, echo deals that never heal. My boots know truer temples where the broken learn to feel. [Pre-Chorus 2] If thunder is our language, let the rafters shake, Every whisper turned to chorus, every fracture wakes. I won’t trade my crooked halo for your gilded shame, I’ll wear rust like revolution, sing you by your name. [Bridge] (Call) Hand on heart — are you with me? (Response) We are fire, we are free. (Call) Raise the wire — bend the sky. (Response) We won’t kneel, we testify. (All) Neon gospel in our lungs, every name a rebel tongue. [Guitar Solo] (Instrumental: 1:00) [Final Chorus] Raise the wire, sing it higher, d***n their thunder, lift our choir. Neon gospel, blaze our art, strike the match in every heart. I’m a verse they couldn’t tame, say my name inside the flame. Raise the wire, we’re the choir — let the sky remember flame. [Outro] (low sustained hum on E, breathy) Remember... flame.