Underneath the veil

In between the lines
Another page is blackened burned
In between the lines, outside of the law
Hands that trace instructions
In between the lines, outside of the law
(Underneath the veil)

Anchorman screams that he’s seen a monster
In between the lines
All hands on deck to pull, survivors from the landfill

(In between the lines, outside of the law)
Just ballast for sadness, lives shattered
Hope, when it’s damaged or broken compassion
Signs of a better world, causes we understand
Everyone climb to the frontline, lunchtime’s canceled
Gimme one of these mikes
Onlookers, passers-by brush off your shoulders
True liberty and freedoms at stake
For descendants in the shadows on the run
Failures we expected to occur
(We carve our foundations)
And bring redemption for our sins
And my lips become percussion

Peace will never become passé
It was half-past eight in the bat cave
And I pound on this table

Is not how it’s gonna be
That I don’t wanna believe
(Shot at the check point)
Not far off, pissing on a cop car
(Outside of the law)
Mayday, mayday
Hoping to balance, emotions invalidated
Donate with the plastic scraps from the salad
And my fists become the rage
Turned, ashes to ashes
To keep alive rituals that prove their worth

The present tensions, no threat
And prove that it isn’t possible, fuck that
Sometimes, when I wanna shut out this world
Underneath the veil
Safety from the crowds in the shadows on the run
The bonds we thought would never break
No abracadabras, no faster answers or mantras for disasters
This is madness, salvage teams can't bandage
For the passengers and messengers
Not enough rope in the van
It’s another man down, another mother gone

Till it gives me something to say
Wanna get up on this stage

In the hall with a Pop-Tart
(In between the lines)
Child drowned, another silenced song
Of losing you to their mistakes
There’s spray paint on the teleprompter
Break free from your standstill
Who can’t count the strikes that punished through?
Live my life until my last day
Let me let ‘em know the way that it is

Rock solid footsteps, let ‘em put up obstacles
In between the lines, outside of the law

(They said I’m a snitch)
Broadcast through the glass, all we can manage
In between the lines, outside of the law
(Underneath the veil)
We navigate the globe trying to find a pattern to break the mold
Then I think about things
But there’s the rage
Do you know the faction you're backing?

(Signs of a the next movement)

Despite the life of love we knew
Wanna pour out this heart
That we're already ready to walk
Where the fuck are the rescue workers?

Dust off the flags and the caskets
White T's, wife beaters, button up, reattach flesh
But what if were caught?

Not if we don’t let ‘em get ahead of us
Solitude, another kind of strong
Remastered or plastered, we got it all backwards
We write our own Cider House Rules
Sipping liquor in the rock bar
Put it on blast
Rhythms we can lock into

And never will and never change and never fade
Found with his throat slit
These lightning times are trouble
Mayday, they say that he’s gone berserk
(But what if were caught?)
Epitaph, airbrush with death
Causes we understand
It’s just a fence across the path
We'll never find another you
Mayday, there’s bloodstains on his shirt
Missing in action
Shot at the check point

Are standard fare for cameras and channels stare
We don’t give ‘em any weight
Wanna rip up this page
And gave way to gaps in the pavement

When world is collapsing, our mode of action
Search for systems we can trust
I miss you, another strung along
Underneath the veil we dig our foundations
That I’ve seen right in front of me
They said I’m a snitch
Refuge from the crowd
With a family to feed there’s nowhere we won’t go
Underneath the veil
When the cracks in the plaster collapsed
Failures we expected to occur
’Cause this is a disaster

In between the lines, outside of the law
Shake off that rubble

In between the lines
And staged on 4:3 aspects

And bring redemption for our sins