Verse 1 I signed my name on dotted lines of steel While Lockheed dreams and BlackRock seals the deal Palantir watches every breath I take JP Morgan owns the war that keeps me awake They dress the soldiers in corporate green Feed the machine with the blood in between Pre-Chorus Scroll through the fire, Israel to Palestine Algorithms whisper, “Choose a side, you’re fine” Left or right, they all taste the same Puppets screaming each other’s names Chorus I’m collateral, just a debt they own Porcelain veins and a heart made of loans They radicalize the rage, then sell it back Turn my sorrow into their golden stack Democrats, Republicans, red and blue flame All just fuel for the same fucking game I bleed interest while they count the estate Nothing left but this hollow weight Verse 2 Universities poison the well we drink Doctors push the pills, make the broken sink Food full of lies, minds full of chains Pensions funding mortgages in their names They borrow my future, create their wealth I get the roof, they get everything else Communists, socialists, all the pretty words Just theater masks for the same old birds Chorus I’m collateral, just a debt they own Porcelain veins and a heart made of loans They radicalize the rage, then sell it back Turn my sorrow into their golden stack Every party’s bought, every voice controlled Illusion of choice in a pay-to-play soul Higher you climb, the more you sell The more of yourself you learn to bury as well Bridge (softer, almost spoken-sung, then exploding) I see the strings… they pull from the dark BlackRock, General Dynamics, feeding the spark Money laundering through the wars we wage Democracy’s corpse on a corporate stage If I stop paying, does the whole world fall? Or am I just another number on their wall… I was never free… I was never free… Final Chorus (heavier, vocals cracking and screaming) I’m collateral, bleeding out so slow A ghost in the system that nobody knows They own the media, they own the fight They own the day, they own the night Take my soul, just add it to the pile Another mortgage-backed forgotten child I don’t wanna fight, I don’t wanna see Just let the darkness swallow me… Swallow me…
