[Intro]
Red light on wet asphalt
A siren cuts the rain
Nadia checks the address twice
And pedals through the lane

[Verse 1]
Tower Four has lost its heat
Mrs. Klein waits by the street
Third-floor children share one coat
A slogan hangs above their throats
“Take our country back,” it reads
Beside a shop with empty shelves
Two men stare at Nadia’s name
Like hunger needs somebody else

[Pre-Chorus]
A radio behind the bar
Says danger came from somewhere far
But every box she carries shows
The same high price, the same closed doors

[Chorus]
They gave us enemies instead of bread
A face to fear, a lie to spread
They filled the screens and cleared the shelves
Then taught us how to hate ourselves
Enemies instead of bread
While guarded tables overflow
The hands that point across the street
Never point where profits go

[Verse 2]
At the checkpoint near the square
A young cop pulls her papers there
He checks the bag, he checks the bike
He asks what district she is from
Behind him hangs a smiling man
Promising work and safer land
Nadia sees the sponsor’s name
The corporation bought the plant

[Pre-Chorus]
Same black letters, different wall
The ones who closed it paid for all
The fear, the ink, the evening news
And every target we are told to choose

[Chorus]
They gave us enemies instead of bread
A face to fear, a lie to spread
They filled the screens and cleared the shelves
Then taught us how to hate ourselves
Enemies instead of bread
While guarded tables overflow
The hands that point across the street
Never point where profits go

[Instrumental Break]
Bass carries the melody while guitars strike clipped offbeat chords

[Bridge]
At the underpass Tom sees
A bottle thrown at refugees
He starts to laugh, then sees a child
Holding shoes wrapped in a plastic bag
Nadia steps between the men
Mara pulls the child behind her
Tom lowers both his fists
And stands beside them without speaking

[Breakdown]
No border stopped the rent
No accent shut the mill
No hungry child signed the law
No stranger raised the bill

[Final Chorus]
They gave us enemies instead of bread
We give each other food instead
We tear the poison from the wall
And write the names they would divide
Enemies instead of bread
That bargain ends with us tonight
No family on this broken block
Will face their hunger out of sight

[Outro]
Nadia’s bike against the rail
Warm soup beneath a torn campaign
The rain runs ink into the drain
The child eats slowly in the doorway