Holding a brick in a carrier bag,
Driving round town in an unmarked van,
Smash and grab, just stick to the plan,
Play by the rules, what a business man.

Sanctioned hits,
Not stealing,
Bad memory,
Keep em dreaming,
You don't get this,
you're not believing,
Bad memory,
Keep em bleeding.

So twist an arm,
And break a fall,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
You'll waste your time,
If you try to clumb this ladder up out,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
Born to rule.

Touching down in a private jet,
Self sabotage, messiah complex,
Smash and grab, won't break a sweat,
You play by the rules, this is what you get.

Sanctioned hits,
Not stealing,
Bad memory,
Keep em dreaming,
You don't get this,
you're not believing,
Bad memory,
Keep em bleeding.

So twist an arm,
And break a fall,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
You'll waste your time,
If you try to clumb this ladder up out,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
Born to rule.

Sanctioned hits,
Not stealing,
Bad memory,
Keep em dreaming,
You don't get this,
you're not believing,
Bad memory,
Keep em bleeding.

Born to rule,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
Born to rule,
Born to rule.

Hmm I'm well,
What did you want me to say,
I got the same new reasons,
Why I don't pray,
I know there's no way in,
That I’ve not ignored,
I’ve tallied up the sins,
I think Im winning Lord.

Yeah I got,
Two halves of a lot some would say,
Im on the winning machine,
My lucks not going away,
You call a straight line crooked,
It’s in what you say,
Just a sign you're looking,
For a way not pay.

To get out of yourself,
Become somebody else,
It’s a good dream,
Like morphine,
Like your on screen,
Can't wake up,
It's a good dream,
Like morphine,
Like your on screen,
Can't wake up.

I'm ok,
What you expect me to say,
Thought I was the hero,
Everything was going my way,
Now I got no way out,
Can't find an exit here,
I scream and I shout,
But the words don't come out clear.

To get out of yourself,
Become somebody else,
It’s a good dream,
Like morphine,
Like your on screen,
Can't wake up,
It's a good dream,
Like morphine,
Like your on screen,
Can't wake up.

To get out of yourself,
Become somebody else,
It’s a good dream,
Like morphine,
Like your on screen,
Can't wake up,
It's a good dream,
Like morphine,
Like your on screen,
Can't wake up.

Hey,
Get through the day,
If that's what it takes,
To fill the space between your ears,
Just holding place,
Not losing face in all this fear,
Familiar taste,
Sharp and bitter,
All too clear.

Taking a backseat,
One with the concrete,
Bittersweet heartbeat,
You take it for granted,
Can't eat, don't sleep,
Wasting on the scrap heap,
Bittersweet heartbeat,
You take it for granted.

No,
I'm not alone,
Made this a home,
Dragged with the undertow,
Rest in the deep below,
Take what you're owed,
Make no mistakes,
In the weakness you show.

Taking a backseat,
One with the concrete,
Bittersweet heartbeat,
You take it for granted,
Can't eat, don't sleep,
Wasting on the scrap heap,
Bittersweet heartbeat,
You take it for granted.

Never been so low,
Never been so low,
Never been so low.

Taking a backseat,
One with the concrete,
Bittersweet heartbeat,
You take it for granted,
Can't eat, don't sleep,
Wasting on the scrap heap,
Bittersweet heartbeat,
You take it for granted.

BR:
Erô baba mixoro ero mi baba cujadê 
Erô baba mixoro ero mi baba 
Ijexá toca com agogô, toca com atabaque 
toca com coração


foi vovô quem deu lugar ao batuque feito com amor
disse bem erô babá, som madeira ecoa pelo ar
quem cantava transformou cerejeira em boca de tambor 
quem tocava enfeitiçou pé na terra pé de beira mar

ENG:
it was grandpa who made way for drumming made with love
he said well erô babá, the sound of wood echoes through the air
those who sang turned cherry trees into drums
those who played enchanted feet on the ground and by the sea