Static Inheritance

Vincent Remeir

heavy reverb, nightcore, numetal, rap, dark rap, darkwave, progressive rock, art rock, post-metal

[Intro — slow, bass-led, almost hypnotic, clean guitar]

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[Verse 1 — quiet, measured, controlled anger, tension rising, bass rising]

Turn on the screen again
Watch the numbers scroll

Another country burning
While the market hits a high

Somewhere a child is counting
The days since she last ate

Somewhere a man in a tower
Is counting the bonus he just made

They tell us this is natural
They tell us this is the way

Their invisible hands
Guiding the old machines
 
They don't want us knowing it is them
They are afraid of being seen

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[Pre-Chorus]

어떻게
How do you sleep
With the weight of what you chose
어떻게
How do you breathe
In rooms built of bones

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[Chorus — massive, crushing, heavy]

이게 우리가 물려받은 거야
This is what they left us
A map with all the exits sealed
A table set for fewer every year

And a speech , About sacrifice
About patience, About the greater good

Glorifying men who never sacrificed
A single
Comfortable
Thing

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[Verse 2 — dark]

A senator smiles
For the fourth camera today
His bill just passed
That will take even more away

Clean water somewhere
Just became negotiable
As a  CEO  plans something private
Killing even more every decade

And their foundations
Promises to feed children
then the children disappear
and turn up on their islands

[guitar fast and heavy]

We are supposed to be grateful
We are supposed to participate
In the ritual of choosing
Between two hands 
of the same monster
That reach into everything

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[Pre-Chorus 2]

세상이 이래
The world has always been this way
That's what they say
That's the oldest lie
That's the sedative
In the water
In the noise
In the comfortable
Numbness

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[Chorus]

This is what they left us
Children in rubble
Waving at cameras
That will cut away
Before the smell sets in

Markets celebrating
Reconstruction contracts
Before the smoke clears
Before the bodies have names
Before the names have graves

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[Bridge — music becomes unsettling, off-time, almost collapsing under itself. Spoken word, low and cold]

I used to think
There was a table somewhere
Where decisions were made
By frightened men
Who simply didn't know better

I don't think that anymore

They know exactly 
what a child's hunger looks like
On a spreadsheet,

They know exactly
What a war costs
And what it pays
And who gets paid,

They know the names
of all the little girls
they used and made disappear

Then they design confusion
to get us to look away..........

*[silence]*

[all instruments, fast, heavy]

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[Final Chorus — raw, furious, almost breaking]

Inherited static
Inherited silence
Inherited the permission
To be angry
But not loud enough
To matter

I am so tired
Of the performance of concern
From the actors on the stage
Telling us how to feel 
and who to be

*[music begins to slow and distort]*

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[Outro — bass alone, slow, fading. Then Amy's voice one last time, barely above a whisper]

언제쯤이면 달라질까
When does it change

[single guitar note]

When will we say 
that we have had

enough....

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[Intro — slow, bass-led, almost hypnotic, clean guitar] --- [Verse 1 — quiet, measured, controlled anger, tension rising, bass rising] Turn on the screen again Watch the numbers scroll Another country burning While the market hits a high Somewhere a child is counting The days since she last ate Somewhere a man in a tower Is counting the bonus he just made They tell us this is natural They tell us this is the way Their invisible hands Guiding the old machines They don't want us knowing it is them They are afraid of being seen --- [Pre-Chorus] 어떻게 How do you sleep With the weight of what you chose 어떻게 How do you breathe In rooms built of bones --- [Chorus — massive, crushing, heavy] 이게 우리가 물려받은 거야 This is what they left us A map with all the exits sealed A table set for fewer every year And a speech , About sacrifice About patience, About the greater good Glorifying men who never sacrificed A single Comfortable Thing --- [Verse 2 — dark] A senator smiles For the fourth camera today His bill just passed That will take even more away Clean water somewhere Just became negotiable As a CEO plans something private Killing even more every decade And their foundations Promises to feed children then the children disappear and turn up on their islands [guitar fast and heavy] We are supposed to be grateful We are supposed to participate In the ritual of choosing Between two hands of the same monster That reach into everything --- [Pre-Chorus 2] 세상이 이래 The world has always been this way That's what they say That's the oldest lie That's the sedative In the water In the noise In the comfortable Numbness --- [Chorus] This is what they left us Children in rubble Waving at cameras That will cut away Before the smell sets in Markets celebrating Reconstruction contracts Before the smoke clears Before the bodies have names Before the names have graves --- [Bridge — music becomes unsettling, off-time, almost collapsing under itself. Spoken word, low and cold] I used to think There was a table somewhere Where decisions were made By frightened men Who simply didn't know better I don't think that anymore They know exactly what a child's hunger looks like On a spreadsheet, They know exactly What a war costs And what it pays And who gets paid, They know the names of all the little girls they used and made disappear Then they design confusion to get us to look away.......... *[silence]* [all instruments, fast, heavy] --- [Final Chorus — raw, furious, almost breaking] Inherited static Inherited silence Inherited the permission To be angry But not loud enough To matter I am so tired Of the performance of concern From the actors on the stage Telling us how to feel and who to be *[music begins to slow and distort]* --- [Outro — bass alone, slow, fading. Then Amy's voice one last time, barely above a whisper] 언제쯤이면 달라질까 When does it change [single guitar note] When will we say that we have had enough....

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