[singer A] [Intro —drums only instrumental] [Verse 1 — 8 bars] Constructed identity presented for inspection A calculated persona engineered for perception Every gesture measured every phrase refined A public exhibition of a carefully edited mind Social expectations become architecture Building false impressions with deliberate character But underneath the rhetoric something remains A contradiction moving through the manufactured insane [Chorus — 8 bars] Setting aside what identity survives personas yeah! keeping fiction alive Perception distorts what we conceal Contradiction when the counterfeit conceal Strip away the image Yo!, let's be real you know the task, Look at the time, see behind the mask — — [transition] [singer B] [Verse 2 — 8 bars] algorithm of minds gets to dictate the creed A Deeper reputation attached to someone's name This truth may be hostile but clarity has weight liberation starts when we yeah we, terminate Got on yo camouflage hiding what n who you are Droppin’ mask leaks parasitic Avatar fractured by the education of disguise What survives the deconstruction when the sub humans die [Chorus[ Setting aside what identity survives personas yeah! keeping fiction alive Perception distorts what we conceal Contradiction when the counterfeit conceal Strip away the image Yo!, let's be real you know the task, Look at the time, see behind the mask — — [Doom drum Break —bass guitar solo 8 bars] —- —- —- [Final Chorus — 8 bars] Setting aside what identity survives personas yeah! keeping fiction alive Perception distorts what we conceal Contradiction when the counterfeit conceal Strip away the image Yo!, let's be real you know the task, Look at the time, see behind the mask — — [Outro — low spoken] — Cognitive dissonance Justified your genocide Cornell….. Tap tap out- You already know
