THE STATIC I SET HELL ON FIRE EXTENDED APOCALYPSE VERSION [INTRO — THE WORLD IS MALFUNCTIONING] [0:00–1:15] Black silence. A distant heartbeat. Radio static slowly builds. A distorted emergency broadcast echoes through an abandoned city. ATTENTION. REALITY HAS EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED FAILURE. THE SKY IS OPENING. THE SUN IS BLEEDING LIGHT. ALL SYSTEMS ARE FAILING. PLEASE REMAIN CALM. Three seconds of silence. I SAID— PLEASE REMAIN CALM. An enormous explosion. Industrial drums enter. Too late. I've seen the end of every road. I've felt the weight of every ghost. I've watched the walls come crashing down. Now watch me tear apart this town. The mountains tremble when I breathe. The stars are falling at my feet. There's something burning in my chest. AND IT'S NOT FINISHED YET! [VERSE 1 — BORN FROM THE GLITCH] I was born where the wires crossed, Raised in the static, baptized in loss. Got a head full of thunder and a heart full of noise, I'm the nightmare that learned how to use its own voice. I see the future in a broken screen, A thousand dead worlds flickering green. The clocks run backward, the oceans rise, And there's a red-hot furnace behind my eyes. I hear the machines whisper my name. I hear the angels choking on flames. I hear the devil say, "You can't come through." I kick down the door and say, "I DIDN'T ASK YOU!" I'm not your hero. I'm not your king. I'm the broken transmission That makes the whole world sing. You built your walls. You locked your gates. You made your rules. NOW WATCH ME BREAK! [PRE-CHORUS — WARNING: CRITICAL FAILURE] Drums accelerate. Guitars climb. Choirs rise. Ten! The sky goes black! Nine! The stars attack! Eight! The ground splits wide! Seven! There's nowhere to hide! Six! The wires ignite! Five! The dead come alive! Four! The gates swing free! Three! YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME! Two! Everything drops. One— I'M COMING THROUGH! [CHORUS 1 — I SET HELL ON FIRE] I SET HELL ON FIRE! I BURNED THROUGH THE NIGHT! I TORE OUT THE DARKNESS AND SWALLOWED THE LIGHT! I JUMPED FROM THE EDGE WHERE THE MADNESS BEGINS! I FELL THROUGH THE FLAMES AND CAME BACK AGAIN! NO GODS! NO CHAINS! NO END TO THE PAIN! JUST A HEART FULL OF THUNDER IN A WORLD FULL OF RAIN! I SET HELL ON FIRE! LET THE UNIVERSE KNOW! YOU CAN THROW ME IN THE ABYSS— BUT I'LL CLIMB FROM BELOW! [POST-CHORUS — STATIC SCREAM] Layered distorted vocals. STATIC! STATIC! STATIC IN MY BRAIN! SIGNAL! SIGNAL! LIGHTNING IN MY VEINS! Crushing instrumental hit. I'M NOT THE END! I'M THE ERROR THAT SURVIVED! [VERSE 2 — THE VOLCANO OF THE GODS] Fast industrial riff with orchestral brass and pounding drums. I stand on the lip of a mountain of fire, The sky is a furnace, the clouds are a wire. The lava is screaming, the rocks start to crack, There's no road forward and no turning back. I look at the darkness a million miles deep. The earth has a secret it promised to keep. I spread out my arms as the whole world goes still. THEN I LAUGH AT THE EDGE— AND I JUMP FROM THE HILL! Massive musical drop. FALLING! FASTER THAN TIME! BURNING! OUT OF MY MIND! THE MOUNTAIN IS ROARING! THE UNIVERSE SHAKES! I'M RIDING THE LIGHTNING THROUGH DIMENSIONAL BREAKS! I fall past the oceans. I fall past the stars. I fall through the wreckage Of a thousand dead Mars. I fall through the memories I buried below. AND EVERY TIME I HIT BOTTOM— THERE'S FURTHER TO GO! [CHORUS 2 — THE FALL NEVER ENDS] I SET HELL ON FIRE! I BURNED THROUGH THE NIGHT! I TURNED ALL MY TERROR TO ELECTRIC LIGHT! THE DEVIL IS LAUGHING! THE ANGELS ARE GONE! BUT I'M STILL SCREAMING MY NAME TO THE DAWN! I'M FALLING THROUGH HEAVEN! I'M CRASHING THROUGH HELL! I'M BREAKING THE LOCKS ON THE DARKEST CELL! YOU CAN CALL ME A MADMAN! YOU CAN CALL ME INSANE! BUT YOU'LL NEVER PUT THIS SIGNAL IN CHAINS! [INTERLUDE — THE DEVIL'S CONTROL ROOM] [Spoken word over sinister piano, ticking machinery, and low synth bass.] An enormous metal room. A wall of screens displays the entire universe. VOICE ONE: Identify the intruder. VOICE TWO: Unknown. VOICE ONE: Identify the power source. VOICE TWO: Unknown. VOICE ONE: Identify the point of origin. VOICE TWO: There is no point of origin. VOICE ONE: Then what the hell is it? Static crackles. ME. VOICE ONE: You cannot be here. ME: Funny. I was just about to say the same thing. VOICE ONE: You have no authority here. ME: I don't remember asking for any. VOICE ONE: You will kneel. Silence. ME: Make me. [VERSE 3 — THE KINGDOM OF MADNESS] Heavy, syncopated guitars. Mechanical percussion pounds like a giant machine. The ceiling is covered in watching eyes. The rivers are flowing with digital lies. The buildings are made from the bones of the past. And the streets are alive with a world overcast. There's a million doors and they're all locked tight. There's a thousand suns with no source of light. There's a throne at the center of an endless maze. And a king made of shadows in a crown of blades
