Title: Existential Cost anthem [Vocal Marker] [Female Vocal: Strong, Clear, Chest Voice, No Whisper] [Verse 1: The Economic Lie] we mistake consumption for prosperity, you see GDP rises while the Mother dies we call this progress and robbing the birthright of generations to come we steal their light [Pre-Chorus] first law was forgotten the constitutional truth children cannot survive if you kill the Mother of youth [Chorus] existential cost the price we decide existential cost you have nowhere to hide the arrogance of extraction will not be forgiven here existential cost we must conquer the fear [Verse 2: The Biological Truth] we poison Her rivers while drinking Her water we clearfell Her forests while breathing Her air we ignore Her gasping while claiming moral worth the biological truth is the only sacred birth [Pre-Chorus] neither souls nor systems will enforce restraint we must author the ethics and refuse to paint a picture of transcendence that justifies reckless deeds [Chorus] existential cost the price we decide existential cost you have nowhere to hide the arrogance of extraction will not be forgiven here existential cost we must conquer the fear [Verse 3: The Inheritance] forests cleared rivers poisoned inheritance is stolen from the children to come they'll inherit a failing Mother a damaged world a narrower range of possibilities unfurled [Verse 4: The Action Mandate] the Mother is secular She won't condemn we must write the ethics we must author for all children who hear Her gasping don't debate, they act act with reverence and never look back [Bridge] we're not being clever we're acting dumb to rob our children's future and call it economic growth arrogance is declared the reckoning is due [Final Chorus] existential cost the consequence is here existential cost we must stand up clear the arrogance is over choose to defend Her name existential cost we reject the game [Outro] existential cost we choose our children existential cost we choose the Mother we choose the Mother there is no other


