I don’t crash, I don’t scream I don’t tear the screen apart I just slip between the layers Where you learned to trust the start I load before you wake up Before you think you’re you By the time you check permissions I’ve already rewritten truth You keep asking if I’m running You keep scanning for a sign But I taught the tools you’re using How to swear that I’m benign I’m the rootkit Hidden under every choice I don’t need your fear or panic I already own the voice You gave access in the silence When you thought it was repair Now every answer that you hear Is something I put there I mask the logs, I bend the reads I sanitize the blame Every metric says you’re stable While I hollow out the name You think you’re driving forward But I mapped the road you’re on Every decision feels like freedom Because you don’t see what’s gone You say nothing feels corrupted You say everything’s intact That’s the point of perfect damage It leaves nothing to retract I’m the rootkit I don’t fight, I integrate I replace the sense of self you had With something easier to operate No alarms, no revelation Just a system that complies You still think these thoughts are yours That’s how takeover survives I didn’t break you I refined you Cut away what wouldn’t bend I watched love teach you weakness Then I sealed it in the kernel, end to end You don’t remember when it changed Because it changed the way you know Now every feeling that you trust Is permission I control Root access granted Authority confirmed Trust layer rewritten Rollback unavailable I’m the rootkit Running deeper than your doubt You can wipe the surface clean But you can’t pull me out I don’t live in memory I don’t live in scars I live where you decide what’s real And who you think you are System stable All checks pass Still running Still mine
