The cross is burning
The flames dancing higher and higher
We're never learning from centuries of our mistakes
Does history wind or does it repeat?
[?]
I see your flag and raise you a fist
Ask me to abide I'll blow you a kiss

Well how will we know
When it's safe to come out now
When the dust and the smoke
All settles and clears
There's a piece of [?] homes
And echoing from street to street is "Katy, bar the door"

[?] on Main Street and blood is on their hands
How can you believe a single word they said?
A generation tricked into fighting each other
In this race to the bottom
we push and we shove the whole way
But most of the time we just look away
'Cause it's all just too hard to face
We close our eyes and count the days
From our hiding place

How will we know
When it's safe to come out now
When the dust and the smoke
All settles and clears
There's a piece of [?] homes
And echoing from street to street is "Katy, bar the door"
"Bar the door"

Just a voice, just a name
Just a happiness machine
Just a face on a screen
Selling me what I don't need
Just a scratch watch it [?]
Let it spread through everything
Just someone breaking free
Anyone but me

And how will we know
When it's safe to come out now
When the dust and the smoke
All settles and clears
There's a piece of [?] homes
And echoing from street to street is "Katy, bar the door"
Yeah, echoing down every street is "Katy, bar the door"