[Instrumental Intro: Fast galloping guitar riff, double bass entry] [Verse 1: Rapid-fire raspy vocals, heavy chugging behind] Concrete teeth on the floor I smell the trap before the door Little hands on the wire Scratching sparks in a cage of fire Every turn looks just the same Every wall knows my name Run hard, run blind, run mean Tail caught in a machine [Pre-Chorus: Building tension, snare rolls] Walls keep bending in Corners bite my skin Closer, closer now Hear that hollow sound [Chorus: Catchy aggressive hook, melodic but heavy] Like a rat in a maze I keep tearing through the haze Like a rat in a maze I don’t bow, I don’t phase (maze, maze) I smash my way Through the cage today [Guitar Solo: Fast neo-classical sweep picking, wah-wah effect] [Verse 2] Eyes like pins in the dark Every step leaves a mark Bread crumb trail of broken pride Still I spit it back in their eyes Steel door, bone door, chain door, pain I learn the twist, I learn the strain If they built me to obey I was born the wrong way [Pre-Chorus] Walls keep bending in Corners bite my skin Closer, closer now Hear that hollow sound [Chorus] Like a rat in a maze I keep tearing through the haze Like a rat in a maze I don’t bow, I don’t phase (maze, maze) I smash my way Through the cage today [Guitar Solo: Fast neo-classical sweep picking, wah-wah effect] [Bridge] Drop the lights Drop the lie I was made to crawl and die Now I bite Now I burn Every dead end, my return [Final Chorus] Like a rat in a maze I keep tearing through the haze Like a rat in a maze I don’t bow, I don’t phase (maze, maze) I smash my way Through the cage today Like a rat in a maze I keep tearing through the haze [Outro: Abrupt heavy crash]
