System / Meltdown (Live at Wembley)

[PART I: System...]

[Intro: Rou Reynolds, Crowd]

There was a house in a field on the side of a cliff

And the waves crashing below were just said to be a myth

So they ignored the warnings from the ships in the docks

Now the house on the cliff is the wreckage on the rocks

Nothing could fix the building's flawed foundation

The scaffolding and stilts were the laws and legislation

This house was doomed, but they didn't care

They'd invested in the system that was beyond repair

When I was little

I dressed up as an astronaut and explored outer space

I dressed up as a superhero and ran about the place

I dressed up as a fireman and rescued those in need

I dressed up as a doctor and cured every disease

It was crystal clear to me back then

That the only problems that I could face

Would be the same problems that affect us all

But of course, this sense of common existence

Was sucked out of me in an instant

As though from birth I could walk

But I was forced to crawl

So this is such an exciting time (To be alive)

Our generation's got to fight (To survive)

It's in your hands now, whose future?

(Our future! Our future!)

[PART II: ...Meltdown]

[Intro: Rou Reynolds]

It's your future

This is gonna change everything!

This is gonna change everything!

This is gonna change everything!

System meltdown, meltdown, meltdown

[Instrumental Drop]

[Pre-Chorus: Rou Reynolds, Chris Batten]

Stand up!

How we gonna get through this alive?

Get through this alive?

(It's not too late, it's not too late)

Stand up!

How we gonna get out of this alive?

Get out of this alive?

(It's not too late, it's not too late)

Stand up!

How we gonna get through this alive?

Get through this alive?

(It's not too late, it's not too late)

Stand up!

Countries are just lines

Drawn in the sand

[Chorus: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten, Chris Batten, Rou Reynolds]

Inside this sick foundation

We've had the realisation

Inside this sick foundation

We've had the revelation

[Pre-Drop: Rou Reynolds]

Fuck all borders and fuck all boundaries

Fuck all flags and fuck nationalities

You've gotta give us a chance

Before we reach the...

System meltdown, meltdown, meltdown

[Drop: Rou Reynolds]

Stay at the gates

Zup, zup, zup

Harder then ever

[?]

Stand by

System meltdown, meltdown, meltdown

[Pre-Chorus: Rou Reynolds, Chris Batten]

Stand up!

How we gonna get through this alive?

Get through this alive?

(It's not too late, it's not too late)

Stand up!

How we gonna get out of this alive?

Get out of this alive?

(It's not too late, it's not too late)

Stand up!

How we gonna get through this alive?

Get through this alive?

(It's not too late, it's not too late)

Stand up!

Countries are just lines

Drawn in the sand

[Chorus: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten, Chris Batten, Rou Reynolds]

Inside this sick foundation

We've had the realisation

Inside this sick foundation

We've had the revelation

[Bridge: Rou Reynolds]

And we begin to learn to smile again

Start to walk that extra mile again

'Cause I know that

We are one!

[Refrain: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten, Rou Reynolds]

It's not too late, it's not too late

It's not too late, it's not too late

Fear begins to vanish when we realise

That countries are just lines

Drawn in the sand with a stick