1. Civilian Casualties

[Slow industrial buildup] [Low distorted synth pulse] [Tribal tom drums slowly enter] [Verse 1 – whispered, tense] The streets are quiet but the signals scream Sirens drowning out the last routine Eyes glued to a flickering screen Counting bodies we have never seen Orders fall like acid rain Numbers rising, names erased No one asks where all this came from No one wants to face the shape [Drums intensify] [Pre-Chorus – tension building] They told us we were safe inside They told us truth was classified They told us nothing's wrong tonight But something's breaking through the lines [Chorus – explosive] Civilian casualties Buried beneath the noise No battlefield required Just obedient little boys Civilian casualties Silent statistics rise The war was never out there It was living in our lives [Instrumental break – heavy tribal drums + distorted guitar] [Verse 2 – dark, hypnotic] Broadcast towers whisper lies Calm voices with deadpan eyes Every channel repeats the same Different flag but the same damn game March in step, stay in line Trade your pulse for the machine You don't bleed on foreign soil You bleed inside the screen [Chorus – larger, angrier] Civilian casualties Lost inside the frame No medals for the broken No memorial for the blame Civilian casualties Just numbers in disguise The war was never out there It was living in our lives [Bridge – quiet, eerie] [Whispered] Do you feel it? Under your skin Do you hear it? The quiet war begin [Massive drum fill] [Final Chorus – full intensity] Civilian casualties Buried beneath the noise No battlefield required Just obedient little boys Civilian casualties History rewrites the crime The war was never out there It was always in our minds [Industrial outro] [Distorted synth drone fading]