[Chorus]
The past still lingers, though it’s hard to let go.
Got ninety-nine problems, one life in the smoke.
My favorite people gone, the plug has been blown.
So I sit inside this room and chainsmoke alone.
(Background: Female vocal vocalizing harmonies "Ooh, mmm")
[Verse 1]
Yeah, instead of my mind, I'm watching timelines decline.
(Background Female Ad-lib: "Decline...")
I noticed love is a design that's getting harder to find.
(Background Female Ad-lib: "So hard to find...")
They told us earth was burning up, now we caught in the blaze.
Trapped inside a societal maze, counting the days.
But only few of the victims can out-maneuver the flame.
And like a phoenix rising higher, we refuse the constraint.
(Background: Female high-note harmony)
[Pre-Chorus]
The heat is rising, now the shadows start to grow.
(Background Female Backup: "They grow...")
We caught in embers of the stories that we know.
Sparks in the dark, yeah we're running out of time.
Can't save the world, I'm just trying to save mine.
(Background Female Backup: "Save mine...")
[Chorus]
The past still lingers, though it’s hard to let go.
Got ninety-nine problems, one life in the smoke.
My favorite people gone, the plug has been blown.
So I sit inside this room and chainsmoke alone.
(Background: Soulful female vocal runs)
[Verse 2]
Walking through the heavy wreckage, smoke is getting thick.
Sifting through these memories, the clock is gonna tick.
(Background Female Ad-lib: "Tick tock...")
They wanted us broken, buried deep in the clay.
But the heat only hardened what they tried to take away.
(Background Female Backup: "Take it all away...")
We stand firm through the pressure and the pain in the chest.
Ain't no room for a failure, gotta survive the test.
[Bridge]
(Background: Female singer takes the lead melody, Male softly speaks beneath)
The smoke gets thicker when the fire goes cold.
Story of a real survivor never been told.
We watched it burn, now we standing in the grey.
