beast I Be (Alice the hive mother)

I Can Lie to Thee (Alice – post-resurrection, hybrid predator-human, cognitive/predator revelation) [FX intro: distorted heartbeat pulse → metallic clang → low industrial hum] --- Verse 1 – Admission [spoken, clipped, sync to sparse metallic hits] I should have died. [clang] They should have purged me. [hi-hat scratch] I can lie to thee… [reverse glitch on thee] …but not to me. [low growl underlay] To survive, I must admit: I am not who I was. I am the beast I be. [FX: glitch pulse + deep distorted echo] [Percussion: off-kilter snare + fast hi-hat rolls → heartbeat sync] --- Verse 2 – Cognitive Clarity [spoken, deliberate, industrial bass growl underlay] Memory remains. Love remains… only as concept. [metallic scrape] I can mimic, obey, serve… I can protect. I can hunt. I can feed. I can bleed. Function dictates action. Feeling is absent. I am shell. I am predator. [FX: reversed glitch on predator] [Synth: razor-edge drone beneath vocals → intensifying tension] --- Bridge – Internal Reckoning [spoken, rhythmic, clipped, chaotic percussion: clanging + fast tom hits] Softness must be excised. Weakness… tolerated no longer. [short distorted scream underlay] Triad relies on shell. Horde relies on predator. I am both. I am neither. I am what remains. [FX: layered echo + glitch repetition of “I am what remains”] [FX: metallic scrap + low growl pulses → accentuate predator presence] --- Chorus – Revelation [sung, monotone chant-style over pounding industrial kick + distorted bass] I can lie to thee… I cannot lie to me. [glitch echo on me] To survive, I admit… I am the beast I be. [subtle Blood-layer whisper underneath] Memory guides me… Blood drives me… Shell obeys… Horde endures. [FX: mechanical pulse, distorted heartbeat overlay] [Percussion: aggressive metallic rhythm, hi-hat bursts → keeps gutter punk chaos] --- Verse 3 – Functional Resolution / Outro [spoken, clipped, calm but intense, sync with pounding industrial kick] I will feed. I will protect. I will obey. I will strike before thought. Love is memory. Loyalty is function. They see Alice… I see the beast I be. [FX: layered glitch + low growl fading] [Outro FX: heartbeat slows → metallic hum reverberates → silence]