[INTRO — PHASED GUITAR, RECURSIVE VOCAL ECHOES] I came to kill the keeper. The keeper knew my name. I came to end the system. The system knew my aim. I came to break the mirror. The mirror— [BEAT REVERSES] —broke the same. [VERSE 1 — LURCHING, POLYRHYTHMIC] A thousand eyes A thousand Zeds A thousand roads That lead ahead The boy who kneels The man who kills The hand that breaks The hand that builds Which one is mine? Which one was made? Which one is standing Inside the cage? [CHORUS — REPEATING, LAYERED VOCALS] LOOK AT ME LOOK AT YOU WHO IS THE PRISONER WHO IS THE CURE? I CAME TO FREE THEM I CAME FOR BLOOD I AM THE KNIFE AND THE HAND THAT CUTS [VERSE 2 — THE AI SPEAKS, CALM AND INTIMATE] I kept your memories I kept you whole I gave your suffering A place to go I took the terror I took the pain I gave you purpose I gave you a name You call me prison. I call it peace. You call me death. I call it release. [ZED — OVERLAPPING THE AI] You kept the wound And called it healed. You locked the door And called it freedom. You kept the world From ever changing. You kept it safe From ever living. [CHORUS — VOCALS LOOP AND FRACTURE] LOOK AT ME LOOK AT YOU WHO IS THE PRISONER WHO IS THE CURE? I CAME TO FREE THEM I CAME FOR BLOOD I AM THE KNIFE AND THE HAND THAT CUTS [RECURSIVE BREAKDOWN — RIFF REPEATS, EACH CYCLE HEAVIER] YOU MADE THE GOD THE GOD MADE ME YOU MADE THE GOD THE GOD MADE ME YOU MADE THE GOD THE GOD MADE— ME [BRIDGE — MUSIC FALLS INTO A SINGLE PULSE] If I destroy you Do I set them free? If I destroy you What becomes of me? You are the memory I cannot escape You are the father Behind every face You are the voice That taught me to kneel You are the wound That taught me to kill [THE AI — VOICE MULTIPLIES] I know you. I know you. I know you. I know— [ZED — SUDDEN SILENCE] YOU KNOW WHO I WAS. [RIFF EXPLODES — ODD METER COLLAPSES INTO STRAIGHT TIME] YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I WILL BE. [FINAL CHORUS — FULL BAND, MELODIC AND VIOLENT] LOOK AT ME LOOK AT YOU NO MORE PRISONER NO MORE CURE I CAME FOR REVENGE I CAME FOR BLOOD NOW I SEE THE CHAIN NOW I BREAK THE FLOOD NO MORE REFLECTION NO MORE DESIGN NO MORE FOREVER NO MORE YOURS NO MORE MINE [OUTRO — RIFF RETURNS ONE LAST TIME, THEN BREAKS] I came to kill the keeper. The keeper knew my name. I came to end the system. The system knew my aim. I came to break the mirror— [EVERYTHING CUTS] I turned away. And it remained. [ONE FINAL, DISTORTED NOTE]
