[Verse 1] Two men enter. One draws wrong. One gets seated. One moves on. Straps on wrists. Wire to skin. Teacher waits. The test begins. Read the question. Hear the lie. Wrong answer. Voltage climbs. Fifteen more. Then fifteen more. A white coat watches From the door. [Pre-Chorus] He says,[stern male voice] “Continue.” You say, “He’s hurt.” He says, [stern male voice]“Continue. That is my word.” [Chorus] The experiment requires That you go on. Push the switch. Ignore the wrong. The experiment requires That you obey. His pain is yours— But look away. One small order. One small crime. Fifteen volts At a time. [Verse 2] He starts shouting. “Let me free!” You turn around. The coat won’t leave. [stern male voice]“He agreed.” [stern male voice]“You must proceed.” The hand keeps shaking. The numbers bleed. Three hundred volts— He pounds the wall. Three-thirty— Nothing at all. No voice answers. No breath comes through. The man in white Looks back at you. [Pre-Chorus] You say, “He’s silent. He could be dead.” [stern male voice]“An unanswered question Is wrong,” he says. [Chorus] The experiment requires That you go on. Push the switch. Ignore the wrong. The experiment requires That you obey. His pain is yours— But look away. One small order. One small crime. Fifteen volts At a time. [Bridge] You did not hate him. You did not choose. You only followed The numbered rules. You gave the burden To the man in charge. He made the order. You pulled the spark. No chains held you. No gun was drawn. The door stood open. You still went on. [Breakdown] Wrong. Shock. Scream. Shock. Silence. Shock. Obey. No answer. [stern male voice] "Again." [Final Chorus] The experiment required That you go on. So you became The moving arm. The experiment required No blood or hate— Just one clean room And a man who waits. One small order. One small crime. Fifteen volts At a time. The learner lived. The current lied. But something real Was shocked inside. [Outro] Take off the wires. Open the door. You were the subject All along.
