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Silver Slippers lyrics
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Intro
Tornado spit me out on colored ground Red shoes tapping, no familiar sound
Verse 1
Gray Kansas dust still stuck in my throat Storm took the roof, left me no coat Yellow bricks laid like a banker’s promise Stay on the line or the whole world collapses Poppies bloom thick, perfume pulls slow One step off path and the reapers mow Found a straw man sharp as winter wheat They called him empty but his logic runs deep
Chorus
They said follow the yellow brick road Paved in gold, that’s the story they told City sparkling through green-tinted glass But the wizard’s just smoke and a curtain of brass
Verse 2
Tin man frozen where the factory closed Rust in his joints from the wages they owed Oil can drips like the cash never came Heart beats loud but the system’s to blame Lion with thunder trapped in his chest Roars at the mirror, afraid of the rest We march together, four lost in line Chasing a throne built on counterfeit shine
Bridge 1
If I close my eyes, do the colors still lie Is the emerald real or just light in disguise All of us perfect before we arrive Why beg for gifts we already hold inside
Verse 3
Pulled back the veil, saw a man pulling strings Voice full of thunder but no crown on his wings He handed out medals, cheap tin and hot air Said “you were enough” like we didn’t know there Slippers flashed silver under stage light glare Power I wore but was taught not to wear Three clicks echo, wind lifts my hair Home isn’t place, it’s the truth I declare
Chorus
They said follow the yellow brick road Paved in gold, that’s the story they told City sparkling through green-tinted glass But the wizard’s just smoke and a curtain of brass
Chorus
No more following yellow brick roads I’m done with the lies that the system sold City can fade with its green-tinted glass Silver on my feet, I’m free at last
Outro
Wind carries me over fields turning green Red shoes gone, silver carries the dream Home isn’t far when you know what you keep The power was mine while I walked in my sleep
Inside the recording
Tornado spit me out on colored ground Red shoes tapping, no familiar sound
They said follow the yellow brick road Paved in gold, that’s the story they told
Wind carries me over fields turning green Red shoes gone, silver carries the dream
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