Only The Queen Moves Freely

[Verse 1]
Black squares
White squares
Fingers on the edge of the board
Every piece
Holds its breath
Waiting for a hand or a war
You say
"Pick a side"
Ink on my tongue tastes like lies
Evil feels easy
Goodness feels tight
Both of them burning my eyes

[Chorus]
Only the queen moves freely
Everyone else stands chained in line
Would you still play this game
If you knew you were wasting your time?
Only the queen moves freely
I am a pawn in borrowed skin
If I can't choose my way
Do I really want to begin?

[Verse 2]
You paint
Black as mercy
White as a holy command
Tell me which halo
Fits on a devil
Scripted by somebody's hand
You shuffle us forward
Square after square
Trading our bodies for pride
We bet everything
Faith
Name
Face
Just to be pushed to the side

[Chorus]
Only the queen moves freely
Everyone else stands chained in line
Would you still play this game
If you knew you were wasting your time?
Only the queen moves freely
I am a pawn in borrowed skin
If I can't choose my way
Do I really want to begin?

[Bridge]
Blood fills the cracks in the checkered floor
(red on black, red on white)
What are you winning
What is it for
If you can't sleep at night?
You ask me my role
I stare back and laugh
"I'll flip this table instead"
Better to break
This beautiful cage
Than march myself to the dead

[Chorus]
Only the queen moves freely
Everyone else stands chained in line
Would you still play this game
If you knew you were wasting your time?
Only the queen moves freely
I am a pawn in borrowed skin
If I can't choose my way
Then I'd rather never begin