Awakening · Track 03 / 05

Divided

“Divided” examines the lines that turn neighbors into opponents and differences into reasons for distrust. A weighty blend of orchestra, guitars, and choral scale carries its questions about fear, belief, and the information we consume. Beneath its anger is a longing for connection across those lines.

Awakening album-inspired artwork

The words

Lyrics

They draw the lines before we speak, Tell us who to trust or keep, Every side already framed, Every outcome preordained. Faith against another name, Different words, the same old game, They feed the fear we justify… And call it truth we must defend. They draw the lines… we take the side… Turn us against our own to fight… Left against the right they build, Rage is taught and slowly filled, Race against a mirrored face, Country turned against its place. Even in the chosen few, They divide and split in two, Every circle, every side… Fractured deeper from inside. They feed the fire… we justify… Turn us against our own to fight… We’re divided… piece by piece, Fed the war and sold the peace, Torn apart to serve the lie- That we were never meant to unify. We’re divided… stripped and blind, Truth is shaped inside the mind, Every line they make us draw… Pulls us further from the law. Every screen and every feed, Shows you what you’re meant to see, Algorithms guide the fight, Turn the dark against the light. Every “truth” they hand to you Fits the frame they built for you, Every answer, every side… Keeps the fracture still alive. They draw the lines… we choose the side… Push us closer… toward the fight… We’re divided… piece by piece, Fed the war and sold the peace, Torn apart to serve the lie- That we were never meant to unify. We’re divided… stripped and blind, Truth is shaped inside the mind, Every line they make us draw… Pulls us further from the law. If you see it… don’t believe Every truth you’re told to see… If you break it… you may find… There’s no line they didn’t design…

Composed and written by: Eric Waller

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