Evan Nebo - Concrete Whispers Lyrics

[Intro]
Static on the radio, memories fade to grey
Childhood wounds still fresh today
Can't escape these factory walls
Where pride and pain still crawl

[Verse 1]
Little Ivan, second-hand clothes
Marina's whispers cut deep, everyone knows
Lunch money stolen, pride in the dirt
Designer labels made my poverty hurt
Daddy working doubles at the factory line
While your family lived so f*cking fine
But life's got twists that no one sees
Now look who's down on their knees

[Chorus]
Through the static, I hear your voice
Ghost of the past, left me no choice
You broke me down, built me up
Now we're both drinking from the same cracked cup
(From the same cracked cup)

[Verse 2]
Dad got sick, bills piled high
Thought we'd drown while others watched us die
Then you stepped in, Marina, out of the blue
Organized that show, got the whole crew
Never thought you'd be the one to save
The kid you used to treat like a slave
Factory beats match my heart
As worlds that were distant drift apart

[Bridge]
Now the radio's playing our song
All the shit we did was wrong
But grace hits different when you're grown
Healing comes from seeds we've sown

[Verse 3]
Remember when you called me "beggar boy"?
Now we're both broken toys
But you showed me what change could be
When you gathered everyone to set us free
The benefit show, packed to the brim
Lights low, hope wearing thin
Your voice through the mic, "He's one of us"
Turned years of hate into trust

[Chorus]
Through the static, I hear your voice
Ghost of the past, left me no choice
You broke me down, built me up
Now we're both drinking from the same cracked cup
(From the same cracked cup)

[Outro]
Static fades, but we remain
Two kids who learned to face their shame
Marina, through the radio waves
Your redemption song still saves
Still saves...