No Other Way

A primal chant of survival, forged in pain. The Hu’s fiery influence inspired me.

Don’t you run, don’t you run, don’t you run now,
There’s no use for words when you’re bound to stay,
Don’t you run, don’t you run, don’t you run now,
Your voice won’t ever reach the deaf today,

Don’t you scream, don’t you scream, don’t you scream now,
You’ll crave it still—when tomorrow is near,
Don’t you scream, don’t you scream, don’t you scream now,
They’ll hear us—kill to live, that day I fear,

I don’t care for the weight of doubts you dread,
You don’t care for the gold by blood we’re fed,
We don’t care for lies that rot in decay,
Their greed won’t spare our lives for one more day,

I won’t run, I won’t run, I won’t run now,
No words will pierce—the darkness of their sway,
I won’t run, I won’t run, I won’t run now,
My voice won’t ever pierce the deaf today,

I won’t scream, I won’t scream, I won’t scream now,
I’ll burn for this—tomorrow as today,
I won’t scream, I won’t scream, I won’t scream now,
They’ll hear me now—kill to live, come what may,


You don’t care for the weight of doubts I dread,
I don’t care for the gold by blood we’ve bled,
We don’t care for words—they rot in decay,
Their greed won’t spare our lives for one more day,

Better run, better run, better run now,
No words can halt—their secret shadowed play,
Better run, better run, better run now,
Your steps will slip—a snare in every way,

Better scream, better scream, better scream now,
They’ll hunt us still—when tomorrow is here,
Better scream, better scream, better scream now,
They’ll hear us—kill to live, our fear breaks clear,

Their weight descends to crush us in our tracks,
We rise to meet their force and hold them back,
Their lies don’t heed what’s right; they spread decay,
We kill to live—beneath dead stars, our way.

—Noisy Wren, ‘25