Seven Cruel Hours

Intro

(School bell) ah-ah-ah, yeah

Da-da-da, uh-huh

Verse

Seven alarms and my mind's already tired (already tired)

Locker jam, backpack slung like a wire

They hand me problems like weights I can't lift

Smile for the camera, pretend I'm not adrift

Papers stack like a wall I can't climb (can't climb)

Timetable tattooed on my spine

We learn the rules but forget how to breathe

Counting down minutes to when I can leave (let me go)

Pre-chorus

All their numbers keep carving lines in my head (in my head)

Answers on a screen but my feelings stay unsaid

I raise my hand and the world turns the page (turn the page)

Opinions graded like they're locked in a cage

Chorus

School, school, school (school, school) — Seven Cruel Hours Of Our Lives

Tick-tock on the clock, we survive, we survive (we survive)

M-A-T-H — Mental Abuse To Humans (oh-oh)

Say it loud, say it loud, 'cause we know it's true (we know)

School, school, school — Seven Cruel Hours Of Our Lives (uh-huh, yeah)

M-A-T-H — Mental Abuse To Humans (let it out) M-A-T-H (M-A-T-H)

Verse

Group project, but it's always one name on top (one name)

Detention lines and the pressure don't stop

We memorize faces, not how to dream (no)

They teach us systems and how to fit the machine

Lunch trays clatter like little alarm bells (alarm bells)

Study 'til midnight for stories they won't tell

We trade our joy for a checklist of tries

Counting the days while they count our lives (count our lives)

Pre-chorus

They measure worth in a bubble on a page (bubble on a page)

Compare and compete in a quiet cage

I wear the smarts like they're cages of chrome (of chrome)

But in the hallways I whisper I'm not alone

Chorus

School, school, school (school) — Seven Cruel Hours Of Our Lives

Tick-tock on the clock, we survive, we survive (we survive)

M-A-T-H — Mental Abuse To Humans (mental abuse)

Say it loud, say it loud, 'cause we know it's true (yeah)

School, school, school — Seven Cruel Hours Of Our Lives (let's go)

M-A-T-H — Mental Abuse To Humans (M-A-T-H) M-A-T-H

Bridge

Na-na-na, we hum under the fluorescent hum (na-na)

We learn to whisper truth when the system says come (come)

Uh-huh, we count our wins in small rebellions (small rebellions)

Sing back our names like secret medallions (yeah)

No more quiet smiles for lessons that bruise (no)

We shout our numbers, we change the rules

From seven cruel hours to the time we take back

We'll rewrite the questions, we'll flip the track (flip it)

Chorus

School, school, school — Seven Cruel Hours Of Our Lives (Seven Cruel Hours)

Tick-tock on the clock, we survive, we survive (we survive)

M-A-T-H — Mental Abuse To Humans (shout it out)

Say it loud, say it loud, 'cause we know it's true (we know it's true)

School, school, school — Seven Cruel Hours Of Our Lives (uh-huh)

M-A-T-H — Mental Abuse To Humans (M-A-T-H) M-A-T-H

Outro

(na-na, na-na) ah-ah-ah (M-A-T-H)

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