[Introduction] [Sparse prepared piano, irregular timing] [Verse 1] [Lead vocal, whiskey-soaked and close-mic'd] You architects of crystal palaces Drawing blueprints for my brain Calculate my every impulse Turn my soul into a ledger page [Backing vocals, ethereal dissonance] (But I won't, no I won't) [Lead vocal continues] Your formulas for perfect living Miss the point by measured miles While you're busy solving riddles I'm out here burning down your files [Refrain] [Full harmony, intentional discord] Sometimes I want what hurts me Sometimes I need the cut Sometimes I break what serves me Just because, just because [Verse 2] [Lead vocal, building intensity] You say civilization smooths us Makes us kinder, makes us tame But the cruelest minds I've witnessed Wore the finest, cleanest names [Electric guitar enters, subtle fuzz] Your science wants to program Every choice I'll ever make But there's something in my wiring That your logic cannot take [Refrain - Evolved] [Additional vocal layers, controlled chaos] Sometimes I want what hurts me Sometimes I need the cut Sometimes I break what serves me Just because, just because And you can't compute the reason You can't factor in the cost Of this need to be unreasonable When everything seems lost [Bridge] [Stripped to piano and voice, vulnerable] In your utopia of numbers Where each move is mapped and known Tell me, what becomes of fury? What becomes of being alone? [Voice cracking with raw emotion] I am more than optimization More than profit, more than gain I am gloriously irrational I am beautifully insane [Final Refrain] [All elements return, strings slightly out of tune] Sometimes I want what hurts me Sometimes I need the cut Sometimes I break what serves me Just because, just because And when your palace stands completed When your calculations reign I'll be the fool who kicks it over Just to feel alive again [Outro - abrupt ending without resolution] [Piano stops mid-phrase, leaving silence]
