[ti:Mayday!!!] [ar:Flobots] [al:Fight With Tools] [by:李泽昊] [00:01.03]born in the flood [00:02.20]bloody fingerprint sets [00:03.32]black marketed fresh [00:05.39]water canons forget me not [00:07.03]epitaph airbrush with death [00:09.96]white t's [00:11.13]wife beaters [00:12.09]button up [00:12.95]reattach flesh [00:14.05]in between the lines [00:16.25]outside of the law [00:18.01]underneath the veil [00:19.76]we dig our foundations [00:21.28]we navigate the globe [00:22.81]trying to find a pattern to break the mold [00:25.07]with a family to feed [00:26.36]theres nowhere we wont go [00:27.12]but what if were caught [00:28.56]they say I'm a snitch [00:30.62]shot at the check point [00:32.06]found with his throat slit [00:34.13]theres spray paint on the teleprompter [00:36.21]anchorman screams that hes seen a monster [00:38.26]mayday [00:39.65]theres bloodstains on his shirt [00:40.76]mayday [00:41.63]they say that hes gone berserk [00:45.76]sometimes [00:46.96]when I wanna shut out this world [00:48.35]wanna rip up this page [00:50.11]wanna pour out this heart [00:51.87]wanna get up on this stage [00:53.46]and my lips become percussion [00:55.19]and my fists become the rage [00:56.85]and I pound on this table [00:58.43]til it gives me something to say [01:00.01]then I think about things that Ive seen [01:01.59]right in front of me [01:02.70]that I don't wanna believe [01:03.72]gimme one of these mikes [01:04.83]lemme let em know [01:05.88]the way that it is is not how its gonna be [01:08.41]not if we don't let em get ahead of us [01:10.53]the present tensions no threat [01:12.15]its just a fence across the path [01:13.65]that were already ready to walk [01:15.45]rock solid footsteps [01:16.79]let em put up obstacles [01:17.95]and prove that it isn't possible [01:19.83]f**k that [01:20.77]we don't give em any weight [01:22.11]true liberty and freedoms at stake [01:23.37]peace will never become pass [01:24.82]live my life until my last day [01:26.46]it was half-past eight in the bat cave [01:29.24]when the cracks in the plaster collapsed [01:31.15]and gave way to gaps in the pavement [01:32.90]mayday mayday [01:34.00]put it on blast [01:35.10]for the passengers and messengers [01:36.60]cause this is a disaster [01:38.05]where the f**k are the rescue workers [01:39.85]not far [01:41.30]off pissing on a cop car [01:42.69]in the hall with a pop tart [01:44.51]sipping liquor in the rock bar [01:46.06]everyone climb to the front line [01:48.86]lunchtimes canceled [01:49.80]all hands on deck to pull survivors from the landfill [01:52.68]onlookers passers-by shake off that rubble [01:55.29]brush off your shoulders [01:57.58]break free from your standstill [01:59.50]signs of a better world [02:02.25]causes we understand [02:03.97]failures we expected to occur [02:05.61]and bring redemption for our sins [02:07.84]safety from the crowds [02:09.77]in the shadows on the run [02:11.66]we write our own cider house [02:13.39]rules to keep alive [02:15.14]rituals that prove their worth [02:17.07]search for systems we can trust [02:18.37]rhythms we can lock into [02:24.68]this is madness salvage teams can't bandage [02:26.95]hope when its damaged or broken compassion [02:28.46]not enough rope in the van when world is collapsing [02:28.80]our mode of action broadcast through the glass [02:30.10]its all we can manage donate with the plastic [02:33.78]scraps from the salad [02:35.27]hoping to balance emotions invalidated [02:36.97]and staged on 4:3 aspects [02:38.45]just ballast for sadness [02:39.85]lives shattered are standard fare for cameras and channels [02:43.34]stare no abracadabras [02:44.96]no faster answers or mantras for disasters [02:46.71]remastered and plastered got it all backwards [02:48.93]do you know the faction your backing [02:51.23]its another man down [02:52.98]another mother gone [02:53.83]child drowned [02:54.57]another silenced song [02:55.30]solitude [02:56.17]another kind of strong [02:56.99]I miss you [02:57.70]another strung along [02:58.46]missing in action [02:59.57]another page is blackened burned [03:01.19]turned to ashes to ashes [03:03.00]dust off the flags and the caskets [03:04.81]we will never find another you [03:06.50]despite the life of love we knew [03:08.10]these lightning times are trouble who [03:09.73]cant count the strikes that punished through [03:11.40]the bonds we thought would never break [03:13.11]and never will and never fade and never change [03:14.83]but there is the rage [03:16.33]of losing you to their mistakes [03:17.91]in between the lines [03:19.24]signs of a the next movement [03:20.34]refuge from the crowd [03:21.38]outside of the law [03:22.29]causes we understand [03:23.03]hands that trace [03:23.69]instructions for descendants in the [03:24.91]shadows on the run [03:26.32]underneath the veil [03:27.10]failures we expected to [03:28.22]occur and bring redemption for our sins [03:30.28]in between the lines [03:32.16] [00:00.05]下歌词5nd