***it's meh at best... was trying something different... not really working is it?*** [style: deathcore; metalcore; industrial; slam] [mood: hostile clarity; mechanical rage; controlled violence] [energy: mid-tempo crush → blast escalation → breakdown domination] [tempo: 90 BPM → 180 BPM → 70 BPM halftime] [intro] [instrumental: distorted clean guitar harmonics, low industrial hum, filtered kick pulse] [children_choir: distant, monotone, warped] they taught us how to breathe between commands how to smile while the screws went in [growl: low, restrained] go. [verse 1] [instrumental: palm-muted chugs, tight kick/snare, industrial accents] [vocals: aggressive chopper growl] I see the way you look at me with eyes of hate and misery you think you know what’s best for me but you’re just part of the machinery trained to judge, trained to steer pull the strings, disappear call it order, call it care every rule another snare you talk in terms like “healthy” “safe” “right” but all I hear is fear in disguise you don’t build people you tune them you don’t save lives you mute them [pre-chorus] [instrumental: rising tremolo guitars, snare rolls tightening] [vocals: layered growl] systematic automatic every thought pre-approved you want silence call it balance I call it being removed [chorus] [instrumental: open chords, full band, choir layered] [vocals: full scream + chant layer] [children_choir: melodic, minor key] break the chains and let it go feel the fire start to grow we are the ones you can’t control heart of iron, restless soul break the chains and let it go feel the pressure overflow you built the cage we broke the mold heart of iron restless soul [verse 2] [instrumental: staccato riff, double-kick under groove] [vocals: barked cadence, rhythmic] systematic, automatic your existence stuck on static you repeat what you’re fed never asking, never led I’m the static in your head every word you never said every doubt you buried deep I don’t sleep I don’t keep your rules your roles your quiet hell I learned them well then rang the bell you call me “problem” call me “wrong” but I’ve been counting all along [callout] [vocals: shouted gang] (go!) (break it down!) (yeah!) [breakdown] [instrumental: halftime slam, sub drops, china hits] [vocals: guttural, spaced] you don’t listen you condition you don’t teach you repeat you don’t lead you restrain you don’t save you maintain [chant] [instrumental: locked slam groove, gang vocals] can’t control us can’t contain can’t erase what we became can’t control us can’t comply we’re the noise you can’t deny [bridge] [instrumental: low synth pad, distant choir, tension build] [female_vocals: cold, clean, detached] you call it peace when no one speaks you call it order when no one moves [male_vocals: low, calm] if this is balance it’s a corpse on display [final chorus] [instrumental: blast beats, layered guitars, full choir] [children_choir: distorted, chanting melody] break the chains and let it go feel the fire start to grow we are the ones you can’t control heart of iron, restless soul break the chains and let it go watch your system overload I’m the static in your head living loud until I’m dead [outro] [instrumental: feedback swell, drums drop out, low bell toll] [vocals: spoken-growl] you built a machine to keep us small we became the malfunction and we’re not shutting down.
