Static Teeth // AIMS

[Intro] [distorted synth bass, electronic percussion hits] [digital glitch sounds] [Verse 1] [rhythmic spoken-word male vocals] [palm-muted distorted guitar chugs] One Whole city's flickering again Streetlights twitch like dying nerves in the rain Concrete heartbeat leaking rust through the veins Everybody talking 'bout the signal got bent Now the silence sound rich and the noise sound spent Black dust falling on the letters of my name I survived long enough to mutate through the pain Heavy hallways smell like wires and smoke Every smile in the crowd look digitally broke I don't trust love when it comes with a screen Seen ghost typing things they never really mean Seen friends disappear in the algorithm gray And the skyline look dead when the satellite fade I got static teeth, I bite down hard on the grief Every breath taste metallic, every prayer short-breathed [Chorus] [full band enters, belted vocals] [sustained power chords, driving drums] Lock me inside the black dust Do you hear the bassline breathe? Ashes stuck in my bloodstream Static stitched to my teeth No saints left in the system No sky left to believe Only neon hallucinations Turn the pros to machine [Verse 2] [drums drop to kick and snare, bass synth pulse] Train tracks humming like a code underneath Old world buried with its gold in the deep Every billboard screaming tyrannical hope While the kids learn survival from a digital ghost I seen oceans turn black like a chemical shore Seen a whole generation too tired for war Now the moon hangs low like a cracked CCTV Watching everybody drown slowly for free Cold room, one mic, heartbeat cut to mono No gods left talking through the radio Just distant alarms and the hum of machines And we're still dragging light through the debris [Bridge] [half-time feel, atmospheric synth pads] [spoken vocals] If the city's still alive Why it sound like mourning? Why the future smell burnt? Why the sunrise warning? [vocal build-up] Why the sunrise warning? [Chorus] [full intensity, distorted guitars] Lock me inside the black dust Do you hear the bassline breathe? Ashes stuck in my bloodstream Static stitched to my teeth And I got the transmission Locked and loaded underneath Just a voice in the wasteland Grinding down the wasteland [Outro] [distorted guitar feedback] [electronic glitching] Aim Signal unstable Still alive [sudden silence]