Plastic Crowns

Plastic Crowns
by
Tingster & The Coyotitos

Verse 1
Wired minds in a broken cage
Preachers of progress still selling the chains
Painted smiles on a rotting stage
Everybody’s screaming but it sounds the same

Pre-Chorus
You can burn the books but not the spark
You can rule the streets but not the dark

Chorus
Plastic crowns on hollow heads
Tyranny of pride in the words we said
Freedom of thought is the crime they fear
But the truth keeps howling in the atmosphere

Verse 2
March in line with the shallow kings
Dancing on the strings of invisible things
Banners of ego, smoke in the sky
Every fist raised just to justify

Pre-Chorus
You can crush the bones but not the song
You can take the night but it won’t be long

Chorus
Plastic crowns on hollow heads
Tyranny of pride in the words we said
Freedom of thought is the crime they fear
But the truth keeps howling in the atmosphere

Bridge
Shattered glass in the alleyway
Graffiti bleeding out what we can’t say
Every wall’s a canvas, every scream a prayer
Every silence broken just to prove we’re there

Final Chorus
Plastic crowns on hollow heads
Tyranny of pride in the words we bled
Freedom of thought is the storm they dread
But the howl keeps rising, louder instead

Outro
Howl, howl — louder instead.