[INTRO — LONE MUSIC BOX / MUFFLED APPLAUSE] Tragically— because I didn’t act, they thought I wasn’t considering. Because I stayed silent like they expected of me— I wasn’t thought of. I wasn’t remembered. [VERSE 1] I did what was asked of me. I became what everyone wanted. Swallowed every word that screamed, then smiled as if I’d never suffered. I tried to please thee— bent until my backbone creaked. But no one acknowledged me. Not once. Not even when I disappeared completely. [PRE-CHORUS — HEARTBEAT ACCELERATES] So I stood before the crowd they taught me not to disturb— placed both hands beneath my jaw— and finally gave them something to observe. [ALL SOUND CUTS] I ripped off my own head. [CHORUS — HORROR ORCHESTRA ERUPTS] I TURNED THE CROWD TO TERROR AND DREAD! They finally saw me when I carried my head! The fright of the night at the peak of its time— And I— I laughed at the truth they had buried alive! You don’t see the silent. You don’t hear the kind. Not until they tear through the moment, the marrow, the mind— AND THE RHYME BETWEEN! [VERSE 2 — HEADLESS VOCAL / VOICE PANS AROUND LISTENER] My body bowed politely while my severed mouth still sang. Every word I never gave them made the chandeliers shake. They cried, “What happened to him?” I laughed— “You happened to me.” You loved me most obedient when obedience made me unseen. [BUILD — STUTTERING SEQUENCER ARP] I pleased thee. I appeased thee. I became what wouldn’t grieve thee. Still— you never saw me breathing until you watched me leave me. [CHORUS — LARGER / CROWD SCREAMS IN RHYTHM] I TURNED THE CROWD TO TERROR AND DREAD! They learned my name from the mouth of the dead! The fright of the night at the peak of its time— And I— I laughed endlessly at the merciless rhyme: No one sees you. No one hears you. Until you go beyond the moment and mind— Until you tear apart the fabric holding everything— and pull yourself free from the lie in between! [BRIDGE — MUSIC COLLAPSES INTO STATIC] They asked for silence. I gave them silence. They asked for patience. I gave them years. They asked me to disappear— [WHISPERED FROM INSIDE THE SEVERED HEAD] So why are they frightened now that I am no longer here? [HEADLESS LAUGHTER / REVERSED CHOIR] I went apart from everything. I fell apart from nothing. And somewhere in the space between— I became the one thing they could never stop seeing. [FINAL CHORUS — BEAUTIFUL AND MONSTROUS] NOW THE CROWD REMEMBERS THE DEAD! Every unspoken word wears my head! The fright of the night wasn’t blood or a knife— It was learning too late I had been there the whole damned time! No one saw me. No one heard me. So I tore through the moment, the mind and the rhyme— Ripped open the fabric that smothered the light— Then laughed— [INSTRUMENTS SEVER MID-BEAT] because terror was the first time they looked me in the eyes. [OUTRO — CHILD’S MUSIC BOX] Tragically— I only became unforgettable after there was nothing left of me to forget.
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