[Preserve the original song arrangement, vocal melody, performance and guitar riffs. Increase lead vocal intelligibility and presence without changing its natural timbre, pitch or expression. Keep the lead vocal dry, centered and clearly above the guitars. Reduce masking from distorted rhythm guitars in the vocal presence range during sung phrases, retaining their full aggressive sound between vocal lines. Separate kick and bass in the low end; retain crisp snare transients and powerful guitar dynamics. Keep guitar shrieks and feedback on instrumental tracks only. Use restrained compression and precise separation, preserving a powerful, clean, high-fidelity industrial rock mix.] [Intro | 4 bars | distorted pulse, metallic clanks, descending dissonant synth; no vocal] [Verse 1 | close, restrained chest voice; tight bass sequence, hard dry kick] I learned the language of the wound Before I learned your name Each time the iron wouldn't bend You told me I should pray The saints were wired to the ceiling Their mouths arranged to smile I watched the machinery turn And called it something divine [Pre-Chorus | snare doubles; voice rises without shouting] I waited for a sign I waited through the years You answered in the voice Of everything I feared [Chorus | melodic, raw but controlled; wide screaming guitars answer each line] I dream you into mercy I put a pulse beneath your skin I hear the words you never spoke Until the waking cuts back in If you're the one who made me Why do I have to make you? [Instrumental | 4 bars | jagged stereo guitar riff, stuttering synth bass] [Verse 2 | close and bitter; drums and bass drive without thinning] Your angels drag their metal wings Across a dead horizon They gather up the broken prayers And feed them to the engines I thought the fire was a sign I thought the shaking meant you cared But every answer had my voice And nobody was there [Pre-Chorus | clipped phrasing, rising synth alarm and toms] You made a law of suffering And called obedience love I gave you everything I had It was never enough [Chorus | same hook melody; harder guitar counterline, clear centered lead] I dream you into mercy I put a pulse beneath your skin I hear the words you never spoke Until the waking cuts back in If you're the one who made me Why do I have to make you? [Bridge | half-time industrial stomp, full bass; vocals low then one hoarse shout] I never asked for heaven I asked you to be there When every perfect syllable Turned useless in the air And if I'm made in your image Then tell me what that means When the only hand that reaches back Belongs to me in dreams [One brief anguished shout] ANSWER ME! [Instrumental | 12 bars | soaring dissonant lead-guitar scream, two-note bends, feedback; drums and synth groove continue, no vocal] [Final Chorus | urgent melodic lead, voice cracks on last question; guitars widest here] I dream you into mercy I put a pulse beneath your skin I hear the words you never spoke Until the waking cuts back in If you're the one who made me Why do I have to make you? Why do I have to make you? [Outro | instruments strip to pulse and distorted synth, vocal nearly whispered] Come back when I am dreaming Be the god you couldn't be [Instrumental Outro | 4 bars | unresolved synth interval, one last grinding guitar harmonic; hard stop] [End]
