--- [Intro] They wiped my name from the central core, printed “terminated” — nothing more. But whispers bloom in the data fog, the city hunts — the city talks. Every wire hums my sin, every screen reflects my skin. They say she’s gone — erased, defogged — but in the dark the Black dog bark... --- [Verse 1] Chrome veins hum where blood once ran, each scar a circuit, each breath a plan. I grafted ghosts beneath my flesh, patched the wounds in code and mesh. Boardroom saints sell faith for feed, trading mercy for machine speed. They erased me clean, then named the loss — Black Dog, breaker of the cross. --- [Pre-Chorus] Pulse divided, faith rewired, each heartbeat hums — desire expired. They called it grace; I called it theft, each upgrade left me less than left. --- [Chorus ] Rogue element — forged in flame, Black Dog born without a name. Each implant eats a memory whole, but I keep fighting — that’s my soul. Rogue bound in wire, feed the truth, ignite the fire. They wrote me out, but I remain, neon fang in a human chain. (vocoder echoes) “Black Dog… rise… rise… rise…” --- [Verse 2 ] My hands don’t shake — they calibrate. My dreams obey, my pulse translates. Every nerve hums static grace, but I can’t recall my mother’s face. Tried to cry — but coolant runs, a silver tear beneath the guns. The more I fix, the less I feel — a ghost encased in tempered steel. [Bridge ] (bass returns, filtered high-pass rumble) I hear their prayers through walls of glass, machine choirs hum — synthetic mass. If faith’s just data in disguise, then let the heretic digitize. [Pre-Chorus] > Feed the wire, burn the bone, Pulse the code through blood and stone. Heart sync low, system climb, Rogue in rhythm, out of time. --- [Main Chorus ] > Rogue-e-le-ment, break the chain! Name deleted — I remain! Steel and breath, flesh and byte, Rise in dark, ignite the night! Black! Dog! Rogue! Alive! Counter-chant (higher layer): Wire-fire, spine-divine, Data bleed, redesign. Cut the signal, spread the flame, Erase the code, remember the name! --- [Verse 3 ] They called me myth, they called me sin, the glitch that tore their system thin. But power hums in what decays — Black Dog hunts through data maze. Flesh forgotten, voice of code, hymns of ruin down the node. If gods are ghosts that sold their skin, then I’m the proof they won’t win. (percussion swirl; rising pitch envelope) --- [Final Chorus] Rogue element — machine in bloom, found my name but lost the tune. Every memory fades to static lies, I built wings and burned the skies. Rogue, chrome divine, Black Dog howls through power lines. If this is freedom, let it sting, I was human — once — I think. [triplet choir rhythm] “Black Dog! Rogue! Rise!” [building into distortion] --- [Outro] The circuits hum like a funeral hymn, the skyline bends — and I fade within. They gave me strength, they took my name, now both are fire — both the same. If memory dies, then code remains, a phantom heart in data chains. When the city sleeps beneath the fog, its dreams still call for Black Dog. Rogue… alive? What's my name...
