Powder and Dust 2

[Intro] (Heavy, distorted bass line bouncing off a slow, menacing drum beat) [Verse 1] The ink was laid in iron, written for the free A promise in the parchment, a shield for you and me But I watch the letters fading in the static light Quietly erasing the voices in the night Lines drawn in the sand are blowing in the breeze Traded our defiance for a comfortable disease [Pre-Chorus] They tell you it's for safety, they tell you it's the cure While the heavy hand comes down and locks another door The words we used to weaponize are caught inside our throats Drowning in a sea of ghosts while the system floats [Chorus] And the Bill of Rights is grinding down to dust! Blowing through the cracks of a broken trust Can't speak your mind without a target on your back Watch the First Amendment slowly fade to black Yeah, the powder blows away in the bitter wind When did speaking out become the greatest sin?! [Verse 2] Algorithms watching every syllable you type Censoring the fury, manufacturing the hype The soapbox has been splintered, the microphone is dead Shadows in the servers filtering the things we said We used to have a voice, we used to have a stand Now we're just a whisper in a manufactured land [Pre-Chorus] They tell you it's for safety, they tell you it's the cure While the heavy hand comes down and locks another door The words we used to weaponize are caught inside our throats Drowning in a sea of ghosts while the system floats [Chorus] And the Bill of Rights is grinding down to dust! Blowing through the cracks of a broken trust Can't speak your mind without a target on your back Watch the First Amendment slowly fade to black Yeah, the powder blows away in the bitter wind When did speaking out become the greatest sin?! [Bridge] (Tempo slows down, isolated gritty bass and a kick drum) Dust to dust. Ashes to ash. Sold out our freedom for a digital flash. (Guitars slowly build, feedback rising) Wake up the echoes! Scream it out loud! Before we are buried in a silent cloud! [Guitar Solo] (Frantic, screaming, shredding guitar over double-kick drums) [Chorus] And the Bill of Rights is grinding down to dust! Blowing through the cracks of a broken trust Can't speak your mind without a target on your back Watch the First Amendment slowly fade to black! [Outro] (Fading heavy chords, cymbals crashing) Just powder in the wind. Fade to black. Don't let it turn to dust. [End]