Manafest - Love Wide Open

04 - Set Me on Fire

05 - Give It to Me

Verse 1
They built their towers out of broken backs,
Fed the fire while they hid the facts.
We paved the roads, we wired the veins,
They took the gold and left the chains.

We wake at dawn to keep their lights on,
While they’re asleep in their tax-free dawn.
But the ground is shifting, the cracks run deep—
The hands that built won’t stay asleep.

Pre-Chorus
We are the rhythm they can’t contain,
The pulse in the power line, screaming in the rain.

Chorus
We are the hands that built the empire,
Now we’re takin’ it back, set the world on fire.
From the steel and the dust, from the sweat and the flame,
We rise as one—remember our name.
The hands that built the empire—
Now we break the frame.

Verse 2
They sold the dream for a paper throne,
Left us fighting just to own a home.
But every paycheck, every night we grind,
We forge the blade they’ll feel in time.

They call us small, they call us weak,
But we’re the storm they’ll never see.
No lobby gold, no TV spin—
Just blood and truth beneath our skin.

Pre-Chorus
We are the rhythm they can’t contain,
The thunder beneath their private plane.

Chorus
We are the hands that built the empire,
Now we’re takin’ it back, set the world on fire.
From the steel and the dust, from the sweat and the flame,
We rise as one—remember our name.
The hands that built the empire—
Now we break the frame.

Bridge (spoken, over quiet drums and feedback)
They thought we’d beg.
They thought we’d kneel.
But this time—
We bring the real.

(Drums explode back in)

Bridge (sung)
No kings, no crowns, no chains of gold,
No lies to buy what can’t be sold.
We built the dream, now we reclaim—
Our blood, our work, our name.

Final Chorus (bigger, layered vocals)
We are the hands that built the empire,
Now we’re takin’ it back, set the world on fire.
From the streets to the stars, from the rust to the rain,
We rise as one—unchained.
The hands that built the empire—
Now we break the frame.

Outro (fading feedback, faint voice over static)
You can’t own the people forever.

The Hands That Built the Empire

Eggshells

Lyrics -

[Verse]
Wind cuts through like a thief in the night
Shadows stretch long under a dying light
Fingers gripping at the dirt
What’s it worth what’s it worth

[Chorus]
Here lies my ashes
Scattered in the breeze
No chains no clashes
Just the earth and me
Here lies my ashes
What’s meant to be will be

[Verse 2]
Clock keeps ticking but it’s all a blur
Breath gets heavy like it’s filled with dirt
What’s the point of holding tight
When the end always wins the fight

[Prechorus]
Open arms no fists to throw
Let it come let it go

[Chorus]
Here lies my ashes
Scattered in the breeze
No chains no clashes
Just the earth and me
Here lies my ashes
What’s meant to be will be

[Bridge]
Feet on the edge of the great unknown
Heart still beats but it’s not my own
Sky so wide it swallows me whole
No walls no cage just a soul

Will You Catch Me

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