Broken By Design Source: Lyrics/Word Working Lyrics/Broken By Design/Broken By Design.docx Status: non-final Word working lyric copy for AI review. Foundry remains source of truth. Broken By Design Broken by Design v2 [Verse 1] Failure of the system- No, the system works fine Keep the pieces separate Keep the suffering in line Schools without the teachers Hospitals without care Roads collapsing under us While no one's standing there Every office has a window Every window has a fee Every answer needs a password Every door says, "It's not me" [Pre-Chorus] And I stood in line at every door Each one sent me down the hall By the time I found the answer No one owned the fall [Chorus] Broken by design Not broken by mistake Every crack becomes a market Every need becomes a rate Broken by design Keep the pieces in their place If we ever come together They lose the world they made [Verse 2] There's profit in division Loss in integration Keep the people separated Call the fracture innovation Government in fragments Care behind a gate Learning sold in pieces While the children wait Break the body into markets Break the mind into debt Break the town into districts Then teach us to forget [Pre-Chorus] They sell us back the bridges After cutting every cord Then tell us we are broken When we can't afford the door [Chorus] Broken by design Not broken by mistake Every crack becomes a market Every need becomes a rate Broken by design Keep the pieces in their place If we ever come together They lose the world they made [Bridge] Don't let others rise Keep everyone down Sell a ladder to the desperate Then burn it to the ground Divide us by the symptom Divide us by the name Divide us by the wound Then make us pay to blame And I finally saw the shape of it Not a monster Not a mistake A system with a smile A sermon and a price A hand upon the wound And a bill for the knife There is profit in division There is loss in integration There is profit in division There is loss in integration Break the room Sell the door Break the body Bill for more Break the road Sell the ride Break the truth Choose a side Break the care Sell the cure Break the poor Blame the poor [Final Chorus] Broken by design Not broken by mistake Every crack becomes a market Every need becomes a rate Broken by design Keep the pieces in their place If we ever come together They lose the world they made [Outro] Failure of the system- No It's working fine And I finally saw the shape of it Not a monster Not a mistake A world built to break BROKEN BY DESIGN [Verse 1] Failure of the system- No, the system works fine Keep the pieces separate Keep the suffering in line Government points left Money moves right Everyone argues labels While the wound stays out of sight New words, old kingdoms Same throne, cleaner hands Pretty language for the rulers Drawing borders in the sand [Pre-Chorus] I stood in line at every door Each one sent me down the hall By the time I found the answer No one owned the fall [Chorus] Broken by design Not broken by mistake Every crack becomes a market Every need becomes a rate Broken by design Keep the pieces in their place If we ever come together They lose the world they made [Verse 2] Is it economics- Is it government- Or just another language For where the power went- Schools without teachers Hospitals without care Roads break beneath us While no one's standing there There's profit in division Loss in integration Keep the people separated Call the fracture innovation [Chorus] Broken by design Not broken by mistake Every crack becomes a market Every need becomes a rate Broken by design Keep the pieces in their place If we ever come together They lose the world they made [Bridge] Don't let others rise Keep everyone down Sell a ladder to the desperate Then burn it to the ground Divide us by the symptom Divide us by the name Divide us by the wound Then sell us back the blame New words, old kingdoms Same bloodline, new disguise They changed the robes and slogans But kept the throne alive Profit in division Loss in integration Profit in division Loss in integration Break the road Sell the ride Break the truth Choose a side Break the care Sell the cure Break the poor Blame the poor [Final Chorus] Broken by design Not broken by mistake Every crack becomes a market Every need becomes a rate Broken by design Keep the pieces in their place If we ever come together They lose the world they made [Outro] Failure of the system- No It's working fine Not a monster Not a mistake A world built to break