[INTRO – DISTORTED GUITAR RIFF, SLOW BUILD WITH HEAVY DRUMS] [VOCALS: GRITTY, LOW, TENSE, GUTTERAL] They sit in towers made of glass and gold Calling shots like they’ll never grow old Send the young to dig the trenches deep While they lie in beds of secrets they keep [VERSE 1 – SLOW GROOVE, BASS-DRIVEN] Look around, it's all on fire Mothers cry while profits climb higher Flags wave, but hearts are torn Another war, another child not born [PRE-CHORUS – GUITAR SWELLING, DRUMS BUILDING, BASS SWELLS] You say it's righteous, but whose blood pays? Whose dreams are buried in the ash and the haze? [CHORUS – FULL BAND EXPLOSION, VOCALS SOARING, MORE INTENSE] Both sides bleed, both sides fall While the suits and tyrants build their walls We’re just pawns in a power game Different tongues, but we scream the same Can’t you see what it’s doing to us all? Both sides bleed, but they never take the fall [VERSE 2 – SLIGHT DROP IN INTENSITY, HAUNTING LEAD GUITAR UNDERNEATH, BASS LEADS WAY] You say you're free, but pay to breathe While billionaires play gods and thieves Truth's a weapon, spun and sold Bought allegiance for a bag of gold [BRIDGE – SPOKEN WORD OVER DRUM & GUITAR CRESCENDO, TEMPO CHANGE, GRUNGY] [USE A FILTERED, RADIO-EFFECT VOCAL FOR IMPACT] They preach in sound bites, rule with fear Divide by class, by faith, by ear And if you don’t believe the way they do You’re just another enemy too [SOLO – SCREAMING GUITAR SOLO, BEND NOTES TO SOUND LIKE WAILING - SOLO] [CHORUS – DOUBLE THE VOCALS, ADD BACKING HARMONY AND HEAVY GUITAR WITH DISTORTION] Both sides bleed, both sides fall While the kings and cowards watch it all We burn the fields, they sip their wine And call it freedom, every time Can’t you feel what it’s doing to us all? Both sides bleed… and still they stand tall [BREAKDOWN – JUST DRUMS AND BASS, VOCALS ALMOST WHISPERED] Whispers turn to sirens in the street No victory, just names carved in concrete [FINAL CHORUS – STRIPPED FIRST HALF, THEN BLAST BACK IN WITH FULL GUITAR AND BASS] Both sides bleed, both sides cry Praying to a silent sky We’re more the same than we believe But they keep us chained so we never leave [OUTRO – REPEAT LAST LINE WITH GUITAR FADING INTO STATIC] [VOCALS: RAW, CRACKING EMOTION, GUTTERAL WHISPERS] But they keep us chained… so we never leave... [INSTRUMENTAL ENDING – FADE OUT WITH EERIE FEEDBACK AND DISTANT DRUMS, LIKE A WAR MARCH FADING INTO MEMORY]
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