[Verse 1]
I pledge allegiance to the past
The first shall work to make it last
The wolves have learned to leave their caves
They’re showing teeth and getting braver

[Pre-Chorus 1]
It’s time we put them in their place
We’ll round them up and make them pay
Leave them howling at the gates
Of our superior placement

[Verse 2]
A light emerges from the cracks
The tide reverses from its path (The city's marching in the streets for an awakening)
You better run if you can’t hide
The hounds are loose and won’t subside (I hear her calling from the catwalk as I make believe)

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Now that the other's been expelled
Why do I feel it hasn’t helped?
Perhaps the problem is myself
And my superior placement

[Interlude]
They’ll never understand
[Bridge]
They’ll never understand
That I don’t need my eyes to see
The truth will never set me free
And I don’t ever want to be
Anything but everything

[Pre-Chorus 3]
My teeth are pressed against the pavement (They’ll never understand)
Every achievement to be wasted (They’ll never understand)
And we could have everything
You’d rather hand them the keys to our superior placement

[Chorus]
And I will never understand
How could I ever understand?
No, I don't have to understand
No, I don't want to understand (I don't want to understand)

[Chorus]
So I will never understand (I will never understand)
I will never understand (I will never understand)
No, I will never understand (I won’t ever understand)
No!

[Outro]
(And we could have everything)