Ein einziger Ton (Time in Custody)

[Verse 1] Die Zeit in Haft, tickt die Tage weg Cold steel walls press heavy on my neck Clock hands grind like gears in a cage Rust red dust on the edge of my rage Low hum drones in the cracks of my chest Every breath weighed, never allowed to rest Metallic heartbeat, counting each regret Time in custody, deals that the flesh can’t vet [Pre-Chorus] Footsteps echo down a concrete spine Fluorescent halos draw a crooked line In the silence I can hear the debt Of every second that I have not paid yet [Chorus] Die Zeit in Haft, tickt die Tage weg Chains mark rhythm in the back of my head Dark coils tighten with each passing tick Der Druck baut sich auf, bis der Kristall bricht Die Zeit in Haft, tickt die Tage weg Every lost minute drags like molten lead All that I carried turns to frozen grit Der Druck baut sich auf, bis der Kristall bricht [Verse 2] Pipes hiss steam like a serpent choir Furnace lungs feed an iron-wire fire Numbers glitch red on the rusted display System error reads: you will not get away Barcode soul in a database vault Every thought logged, every heartbeat fault Sirens sleep in the rafters above Waiting to shred any shape of love [Pre-Chorus] Circuits whisper in a broken tongue Static prayers that I swallow in my lungs In this engine room of mortal debt I taste the fracture that has not come yet [Chorus] Die Zeit in Haft, tickt die Tage weg Chains mark rhythm in the back of my head Dark coils tighten with each passing tick Der Druck baut sich auf, bis der Kristall bricht Die Zeit in Haft, tickt die Tage weg Every lost minute drags like molten lead All that I carried turns to frozen grit Der Druck baut sich auf, bis der Kristall bricht [Bridge] Tempo rising like a turbine scream Bolts shake loose in the frame of the machine Errored equations overflow the core Each calculation splits into more Signal to noise turns to solid light Gatling rotations blur into white Pressure surges through the steel-mesh chest Hinges shatter in a final test [Breakdown] (ha) System stutters, (yeah) data spills, Glitching numbers bend the will (hey) Gravity slips, (ooh) engines attest, Flesh and iron rip from the nest [Final Chorus] Die Zeit in Haft, tickt die Tage weg Iron confessions carved inside my head Dark coils snapping with each final tick Der Druck baut sich auf, bis der Kristall bricht Die Zeit in Haft, tickt die Tage weg Door bolts tremble, fear begins to ebb From shattered crystal only echoes drift Ein einziger Ton – kein Zins, kein Rest [Outro] Ein einziger Ton – kein Zins, kein Rest One single resonance, nothing owed, no debt Air stands still where the sirens slept In the hollow frame where the engines wept Ein einziger Ton – kein Zins, kein Rest Just a hanging note in an endless breath Time spills open, every edge reset Silence holds all that the cage once kept