[verse 1 – soft clean female vocal, restrained but intense] death is only an illusion a curtain call that never falls i close my eyes to end the cycle but the system boots me back to dawn i fall asleep to escape the noise just to wake inside the same machine every breath pre-coded, pre-decided every choice already seen [pre-chorus – distorted layered vocals rising] even if the hardware resets even if the lights go black my mind remembers i always come back [chorus – soaring melodic metalcore hook, heavy guitars enter] this is a simulation an endless war i never win born inside the repetition forced to play the role again smile like a good creation feed the gears beneath your skin you will be consumed and rewritten spat back out to start again [verse 2 – harsh melodic death growls layered under clean female lead] you are the outlier the error in their perfect code the one who sees the cracks in the walls they call their home wake up and you become the target see truth and you become the threat the common mind rejects the fracture comfort is their safety net [bridge – half-time industrial groove, mechanical stomp rhythm] simple solutions never break them programming runs too deep they would rather burn with everything than question what they keep [heavy guitar breakdown – drop tuning, crushing riff, dissonant chords] shut up watch it fall one voice means nothing at all system reset but not the mind you can’t escape what’s hardwired inside [breakdown variation – stop/start chugs, glitch stutter effects] you were born to never overcome this life is a loaded gun [final chorus – full orchestral layer added, choirs, cinematic drums] this is a simulation a war that never ends fall asleep to find the morning brings you back again smile like a good creation play your part pretend until you’re consumed and rewritten rebuilt to comprehend [outro – slow melodic solo, clean guitar with delay] death is only an illusion i tried to shut it down but every time i close my eyes the system comes around
