[Intro – low distorted ambience, glitch textures, distant mechanical pulse] Built it up just to watch it burn Polished lies in a perfect form Smiling faces, dead inside Everything we touch just fucking dies [Verse 1 – rapid semi-rap, tight aggressive flow] We built the system, fed the flame Watched it grow while truth got slain Power flips but stays the same New mask, same fucking game Paint it gold, rewrite the past Seal the cracks so it can last History bends, truth gets erased Profit wins, the rest get erased [Pre-Chorus – rising tension, clipped and building] We see it… we feel it Still chained to the wheel [Chorus – big melodic soar with bite, punchy delivery] We’re rotting from the inside out Scream it loud but the world stays drowned Dress it up just to tear it down Truth gets buried in the noise we shout Every empire built to fall Everything gets bought and sold We don’t fix what we control We just watch the whole thing rot [Verse 2 – faster, sharper, chaotic edge] Bread and circuses, keep ‘em numb Poison injected straight to the thumb Scroll, consume, obey the feed Sell the dream while we all bleed Justice sold behind closed doors Wars get signed, we pay the score Same disease in a new disguise Same decay we idolize [Pre-Chorus – heavier layering, more urgency] We know it… we see it Still refuse to free it [Chorus – fuller, louder, more aggressive] We’re rotting from the inside out Scream it loud but the world stays drowned Dress it up just to tear it down Truth gets buried in the noise we shout Every empire built to fall Everything gets bought and sold We don’t fix what we control We just watch the whole thing rot [Bridge – stripped back, low cold spoken/sung, unsettling] I see the wires, I know the game Feed the machine, stay in frame No escape, no override Just another gear that dies [Breakdown – heavy chugs, escalating layers] [Stage 1 – controlled, rhythmic] WE BUILT THE LIE WE FED THE ROT [Stage 2 – adding screams and intensity] WE SEE THE END BUT WE WON’T STOP [Stage 3 – full chaos, layered screams] COG IN THE MACHINE TRAPPED IN PLACE WATCH IT FUCKING BURN AND CALL IT GRACE [Final Chorus – massive, full intensity, tight and powerful] We’re rotting from the inside out Scream it loud but the world stays drowned Dress it up just to tear it down Truth gets buried in the noise we shout Every empire built to fall Everything gets bought and sold We don’t fix what we control We just watch the whole thing rot [Outro – glitch fade, mechanical hum, cold laugh ad-lib] Same machine… same result Nothing changes… we just watch it burn
