We Are Broken Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I am outside and I've been waiting for the sun
With my wide eyes, I've seen worlds that don't belong
My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize
Tell me why we live like this
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore our innocence
And all the promise we adored?
Give us life again
'Cause we just wanna be whole
[Verse 2]
Lock the doors 'cause I'd like to capture this voice
It came to me tonight
So everyone will have a choice
And under red lights, I'll show myself it wasn't forged
We're at war, we live like this
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me
I am outside and I've been waiting for the sun
With my wide eyes, I've seen worlds that don't belong
My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize
Tell me why we live like this
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore our innocence
And all the promise we adored?
Give us life again
'Cause we just wanna be whole
[Verse 2]
Lock the doors 'cause I'd like to capture this voice
It came to me tonight
So everyone will have a choice
And under red lights, I'll show myself it wasn't forged
We're at war, we live like this
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me
[Chorus]
'Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore our innocence
And all the promise we adored?
Give us life again
'Cause we just wanna be whole
[Bridge]
Tower over me
Tower over me
And I'll take the truth at any cost
[Chorus]
'Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore our innocence
And all the promise we adored?
Give us life again
'Cause we just wanna be whole
'Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore our innocence
And all the promise we adored?
Give us life again
'Cause we just wanna be whole
[Bridge]
Tower over me
Tower over me
And I'll take the truth at any cost
[Chorus]
'Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore our innocence
And all the promise we adored?
Give us life again
'Cause we just wanna be whole
About
Genius Annotation
Riot!’s ninth track is a prayer to God, where Hayley asks to be made whole again. Being broken is common Christian imagery for being dirtied by sin and Jesus comes to make people whole. The lines “everyone will have a choice” and “arms like towers” further this because it is a conscious choice to leave your life of sin to follow God and in many contemporary Christian music, being wrapped in the arms of God is an often used phrase for comfort and safety in the love of God.
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Synthesizer
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Digital Editor
B3 Organ
Piano
Bass
Loops
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Percussion
Guitar
Drums
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Recorded At
House of Loud Studios, Elmwood, NJ; Bennett Studios, Englewood Park, NJ
Release Date
June 12, 2007
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