Run It Like a Riot

[Verse 1]

Stomped-out sneakers on the cracked-up floor

Backstage buzzing like a kicked-in door

Ink on my wrist says "ready or never"

Heart in my throat

Steel string tether

[Chorus]

We run it like a riot

Turn it up

Don’t fight it

If it’s too loud

Step aside

We’re born to burn

Not hide

We run it like a riot

Hands up

Don’t stay quiet

This little room

We’ll shake it wide

We’re born to burn

Not hide (hey!)

[Verse 2]

Spotlight bleeding on a homemade sign

Sweat drips

Sticks click

Count in time

You shout my name from the front row rail

I miss a note

We both exhale

[Chorus]

We run it like a riot

Turn it up

Don’t fight it

If it’s too loud

Step aside

We’re born to burn

Not hide

We run it like a riot

Hands up

Don’t stay quiet

This little room

We’ll shake it wide

We’re born to burn

Not hide

[Bridge]

Bare feet

Hot stage

Throat dry (woah)

Still I lean into the mic

Ask why

If this is just a small-town night

Why does it feel like the start of life?

[Chorus]

We run it like a riot

Turn it up

We run it like a riot

Turn it up

Don’t fight it

If it’s too loud

Step aside

We’re born to burn

Not hide

We run it like a riot

Hands up

Don’t stay quiet

This little room

We’ll shake it wide

We’re born to burn

Not hide (oh yeah)