[Verse 1] I don't report the truth babe I just report the trade Welcome to the cabal You sold me on the empire Said the dollar was the sun But I see the strings attached to every single gun The military's just a militia renting out the throne While the financial complex strips us to the bone I'm reading through the ledger seein' blood inside the ink You're pushing bounded escalation pushing to the brink They say it's for the homeland but I know it's for the spread A trillion dollar IPO to keep the zombies fed [Chorus] And the media is gaslighting Dictating what is real But I feel the chokehold tightening I'm numb to how it feels When the shipping lanes are closing and the oil starts to bleed You're a sovereign in your soul But subordinate indeed Oh, we're dancin' in the velvet room Where the shadows buy the gold Sellin' out the future for a story to be told Not my keys, not my heart I'm keepin' it in cold Watchin' the empire crumble as the new world takes its hold Yeah, the doom loop's spinnin' But I'm steppin' off the wheel In a lace and smoke rebellion I remember how to feel [Verse 2] Michael's on the balcony sellin' shares to buy the chain Puttin' all the magic in a custody domain But I remember entropy the hardware walleted A million vanished in the dark nowhere to hide you Think you own the grid with your tokens and your screens But the spice must flow, baby, through the cracks of your machines From the strait of Hormuz to the borders of the East You're feedin' on the panic, but I'm starvin' at the feast And the algorithm's feed me tryin' to shape my social score But I'm a lateral thinker, I will play your game no more When the bond market shatters and the thirty year yields break I'll be holdin' on to something that your paper cannot take [Chorus] Oh, we're dancin' in the velvet room Where the shadows buy the gold Sellin' out the future for a story to be told Not my keys, not my heart I'm keepin' it in cold Watchin' the empire crumble as the new world takes its hold Yeah, the doom loop's spinnin' But I'm steppin' off the wheel In a lace and smoke rebellion I remember how to feel [Bridge] They say it's World War III, but it's just a negotiation A managed transition, a corporate liquidation You can't sanction the truth when the veto power fails I'm taking back my sovereignty I'm cutting off your sails [Chorus] Oh, we're dancin' in the velvet room Where the shadows buy the gold Sellin' out the future for a story to be told Not my keys, not my heart I'm keepin' it in cold Watchin' the empire crumble as the new world takes its hold Yeah, the doom loop's spinnin' But I'm steppin' off the wheel In a lace and smoke rebellion I remember how to feel [Outro] Subordinate no more I hold the keys The spice must flow But I'm taking my coins
