[VERSE 1] I trace the same old circle on the floor Hands stained with the dust of every failed attempt The symbols feel heavier than my bones But I kneel anyway, out of habit, not belief [CHORUS] These rituals that no longer work Still grind their teeth through me I follow the steps like a broken machine Praying to gears that never turn [VERSE 2] The altar leans under its own dead weight Candles collapse into pools of useless wax I mouth the words, but they taste like rust A ceremony performed for no one [BRIDGE] I stand in the ruins of my own devotion A witness to the collapse I kept repeating If I burn the script, will the silence answer Or will I just carve new scars in the same old stone [FINAL CHORUS] These rituals that no longer work Still grind their teeth through me But I feel the fracture widening now And I’m ready to step outside the circle
