Threshold Protocol (Live)

[Intro – spoken, filtered radio tone] "They say the code echoes still. Like the dead trying to remember." [Verse 1] Down where no map dares to pulse Where data ghosts the air in gulps We drop through steel like knives through clay No dawn, no sky, no turning way Silence thick with sentry breath Walls remember ancient death Each hatch a test, each code a prayer The past defends what it won’t share [Pre-Chorus] My mech bleeds heat with every stride I feel its hate and not just pride This titan’s skin now wraps my soul But something deeper claims control [Chorus] We breach—through lead and time and fire No myth, no faith, no holy spire Just teeth of code and rusted blade We breach, or else we fade [Verse 2] Banners once hung here like gods Now hang in shreds beneath the rods We lose one near the vaulting core She screamed, then silence, nothing more And when we find the cradle's heart It hums like it was never torn apart A gift, a trap, a dying breed— We take it not for want, but need [Bridge – slower, minor key piano + strings, fading into growling guitar] I once saw mechs as towers of doom Cursed relics born to raze and consume But now, inside, I feel the shift A tool, a path, a chance, a gift [Final Chorus – double intensity] We breach—with blood and light and truth With battered minds and stolen youth Through logic's maze and fire's blade We breach, or else—we fade [Outro – dissonant violins, fading heartbeat kick drum] "Let the silence learn our names."