[Verse 1 – Male] Steel on bone, the silence breaks A world of mirrors, nothing wakes I walk through ash, I breathe the code All that we’ve made, it overloads [Verse 2 – Female] In the static, I hear your prayer Rust and thunder fill the air Your truth was born from what decayed And I am what your hands have made [Pre-Chorus – Together] Male: The wires hum like veins of God Female: The pulse is fear, the dream is fraud Both: We feed the beast, we kiss the rod [Chorus – Together, shouted / layered] A taste of blood — it’s in the rain It’s in the wires, it’s in the vein A taste of blood — the price we pay We feed the fire, then fade away [Verse 3 – Male] Towers hum with sacred lies Screens reflect the human cry You call it progress, I call it pain The circuits scream your name in vain [Verse 4 – Female] I am the echo in your head The ghost that lives beyond your bed You built your truth from fear and lust And now your empire turns to dust [Bridge – Spoken / Call & Response] Male: What do we worship? Female: The light that blinds. Male: What do we follow? Female: The empty signs. Male: What do we taste? Female: The rust, the flood. Both (shouting): And always — a taste of blood! [Chorus – Both, rising intensity] A taste of blood — it stains the ground You can’t unhear that ancient sound A taste of blood — we’ve crossed the line Kneel before the grand design [Final Breakdown – Atmospheric] (Male low chant, Female ethereal above) Male: Blood in the wire... blood in the code... Female: We were never free... only sold... Male: Blood in the circuit... blood in the song... Female: We’ve been dying all along... [Outro – whispered mantra over tribal drums fading] Both: A taste of blood… A taste of blood… Again… again… again…
