Verse

They toast on the ceiling we carry from below

I said check the floorboards, they’re paid with our bones

You call it the market, I call it a choke

But the hands in the cellar still learn how to vote

The chandelier swings while the wages get shaved

I said pull back the carpet, read names on the grain

You stack up the profit, then call it control

But the room starts to tilt when the workers say no

Hook

Who keeps the table up? We do, we do

Who cuts the music off? We move, we move

Chorus

Get off the backs that built your throne

Your silver spoon got bent from stone

Get off the backs that built your throne

The bill comes due, paid bone by bone

Get off the backs that built your throne

The floor gives way when debt is grown

Get off the backs that built your throne

We rise as one, you fall alone

Verse

They polish the plates while the rent takes the room

I said that tuxedo got stitched in a tomb

You price every breath, then you sell it as choice

But the basement got rhythm, the basement got voice

The guests keep on dancing like nothing is cracked

I said the whole damn banquet is leaning off track

You hired the law just to guard your décor

But the hands at the bottom are opening doors

Hook

Who keeps the table up? We do, we do

Who cuts the music off? We move, we move

Chorus

Get off the backs that built your throne

Your silver spoon got bent from stone

Get off the backs that built your throne

The bill comes due, paid bone by bone

Get off the backs that built your throne

The floor gives way when debt is grown

Get off the backs that built your throne

We rise as one, you fall alone

Bridge

No more polite applause for the feast we fund

No more clean white cloth over what you’ve done

No more bending knees for a borrowed crown

Lift from beneath, let the ballroom come down

Hook

Who keeps the table up? We do, we do

Who cuts the music off? We move, we move

Chorus

Get off the backs that built your throne

Your silver spoon got bent from stone

Get off the backs that built your throne

The bill comes due, paid bone by bone

Get off the backs that built your throne

The floor gives way when debt is grown

Get off the backs that built your throne

We rise as one, you fall alone