No More Hiding in the Hum

Intro

(oh-oh) Hear the night shift hum, (clank) hear the town hold its breath

(hey!) Concrete and chrome, the lights are low, the math of death

Verse

White coats in the doorway, paper thin and polite

They stamp the numbers, they stitch the time, they switch the day to night

Machines that memorize the rhythm of a room

A thousand orders, a thousand names reduced to gloom

The clock is a judge that never blinks or forgives

People on the assembly, learning how to live

With hands that move like habits, eyes that won't meet yours

We learn to close a part of us behind bolted doors

Pre-chorus

I can feel the metal breathing under fluorescent skies

I'm counting out the reasons while they count out our lives (yeah)

Chorus

No more hiding in the hum, no more hiding in the hum

Hear the chorus in the machines — not music, not for anyone

No more hiding in the hum, no more hiding in the hum

We won't be turned to numbers, we won't be undone

(oh-oh) We won't be undone, (oh-oh) we won't be undone

Verse

There’s a ledger on the desk that says how value falls

Papers fold like promises behind these iron walls

You learn to move in silence, you learn to say your name

Soft as a secret, loud as a flame

They keep a ledger of tomorrow, they trade it for today

Hands get rougher by the minute, souls get worn away

But the line that keeps on moving can be broken by a voice

One small shout, one joined hand, refuse that choice

Chorus

No more hiding in the hum, no more hiding in the hum

Hear the chorus in the machines — not music, not for anyone

No more hiding in the hum, no more hiding in the hum

We won't be turned to numbers, we won't be undone

(ah-ah) We won't be undone, (ah-ah) we won't be undone

Bridge

Shout it in the alleys, shout it through the rain

Turn the quiet into thunder, break the quiet into change

(hey, hey) Lift your voice, lift your voice, lift your voice, lift your voice

We're not machinery, we're not merchandise, we're not their choice

Chorus

No more hiding in the hum, no more hiding in the hum

Hear the chorus in the machines — not music, not for anyone

No more hiding in the hum, no more hiding in the hum

We won't be turned to numbers, we won't be undone

(yeah-yeah) We won't be undone, (yeah-yeah) we won't be undone

Outro

(na-na) The lights go on, the lights go off, but we remain

(na-na) We break the line, we break the line, we break the chain