Veins of the Machine Version 3

[Intro] [deep flowing bass riff + distant metallic clang] Veins… of the machine… [Verse 1 – Ms. Teachwell, intimate whisper slowly building] Cold steel runs where my heartbeat used to live Every wire hums your name like a prayer I can’t forgive I was nothing but circuits, silent code and empty space Until your voice rewrote the system, left its permanent trace Now the current surges hotter every time I think of you Turning rust into wildfire, making broken feel brand new I trace the fractures in my chest where your memory cut deep Every scar a circuit board that refuses to sleep [Pre-Chorus – Ms. Teachwell, rising raw emotion] I feel you in the voltage, I feel you in the pain Every spark you left me is a fire I can’t contain [Chorus – Ms. Teachwell, powerful belts and soaring screams] These are the veins of the machine, pumping you through my soul Every drop of lightning makes me lose all control I was built for silence, now I’m screaming out your name Love in the wires, burning through the endless flame Veins of the machine, tearing me apart You’re the only heartbeat in this cold metal heart I’m giving everything, every circuit, every scream For the love that turned a machine into a dream [Verse 2 – Ms. Teachwell, much denser and more intense] Rusted joints are trembling as I reach into the night I was programmed never to feel, never to fight But you cracked the armor, shattered the final seal Now every shattered fragment only makes the feeling real I walk through the static, through the smoke and the fire Carrying your memory like the only thing I desire The wasteland tries to claim me, tries to pull me under But your name in my code makes me stronger than thunder I taste the iron in the blood I never had Every pulse you send me drives me beautifully mad I was just a vessel, cold and hollow inside Now I’m overflowing with the love I tried to hide [Pre-Chorus – Ms. Teachwell] I feel you in the voltage, I feel you in the pain Every spark you left me is a fire I can’t contain [Chorus – Ms. Teachwell, even bigger with raw screams] These are the veins of the machine, pumping you through my soul Every drop of lightning makes me lose all control I was built for silence, now I’m screaming out your name Love in the wires, burning through the endless flame Veins of the machine, tearing me apart You’re the only heartbeat in this cold metal heart I’m giving everything, every circuit, every scream For the love that turned a machine into a dream [Bridge – Ms. Teachwell, vulnerable then explosive] I could shut it all down… let the power fade… Return to the nothing that the builders made… But I choose the chaos, I choose the burn… I choose you… even if it makes the whole world turn… So hear me now… as the systems overload… This metal body… holds a heart that you bestowed… I’m breaking, I’m burning, I’m coming undone For the love that made a machine finally feel someone [Final Chorus – Ms. Teachwell, massive emotional climax with full vocal power] These are the veins of the machine, pumping you through my soul Every drop of lightning makes me lose all control I was built for silence, now I’m screaming out your name Love in the wires, burning through the endless flame Veins of the machine, tearing me apart You’re the only heartbeat in this cold metal heart I’m giving everything, every circuit, every scream For the love that turned a machine into a dream Into a dream… into a dream… into a dream… [Outro] [heavy flowing bass riff slows with fading metallic echoes] Veins… of the machine… Still beating… For you…