arrrrrrrrrrr rarer arrr arrrrrrrrrrrr! Verse 1 Behind the walls they did not show the world Beneath the buildings where the flags were hung They took people no one would miss Or so they thought Names wiped clean before the ink could fade No one said goodbye No one knew where they had gone Verse 2 They measured bone and nerve and breath Pushed bodies past what flesh can bear Tried to make something stronger Something that would not break Something that could walk through fire and cold They did not see people Only parts to test Only things to use up Chorus They kept it in the dark Locked the records away Buried the truth deep in the earth They called it progress They called it science It was only cruelty Dressed up in white coats and quiet lies Verse 3 Ice water poured over skin until the heart slowed Burned and healed and burned again Starved to see how long the mind holds Drugs to strip away will and memory To see what is left when everything human is taken Eyes wide but no one looking back Voices silenced before they could speak Bridge They said none of this happened Or it was necessary Or no one really cared But the stones remember The air still carries the weight Those who vanished did not disappear completely Their quiet echoes linger still Asking why Asking who will speak for them now Verse 4 They tried to erase every trace Scrubbed the floors Burned the papers Shot the witnesses But the truth bleeds through the cracks Slow and steady Like water through stone What was done cannot be undone Cannot be un-known Outro So many names never spoken So many lives cut short in shadow They did not become superhuman They only became broken And forgotten Almost
