Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Grass into concrete
green veins under grey weight
roots in a chokehold
still trying to hydrate
Gas into cars
we feed the metal beasts
tap the card, turn the key
call this living free
Air into exhaust
black ribbons in the blue
kids drawing clouds with chalk
same color, different truth
[Chorus]
Might be the wrong way
still we press the pedal down
breathing in the fallout
acting like it’s sacred ground
Might be the wrong way
but we circle, scared to turn
inhale what we exhale
every one that burns
[Verse 2]
Field into parking lots
sparrows trade songs for alarms
sunrise hits a windshield
not a single blade unharmed
Stream into straight line
pipes humming under feet
drain the wild from the water
sell it back in plastic sleep
Exhaust into breath
we sip the secondhand sky
lungs writing little letters
saying “this don’t feel right”
[Bridge]
Can you hear the grass remember
how the wind once touched its face
Can you hear the sky surrender
every time we leave a trace
We turn gold into grey
then ask why it’s all the same
call it progress, call it pay
but the air still knows our name
[Chorus]
Might be the wrong way
still we press the pedal down
breathing in the fallout
acting like it’s sacred ground
Might be the wrong way
but we circle, scared to turn
inhale what we exhale
then wonder why it burns