This Is Not A Drill

### **"THIS IS NOT A DRILL"** *(Verse 1)* The sky went quiet, then the sirens screamed, Phones lit up like electric dreams. **"THIS IS NOT A DRILL,"** the message read, Some ran like ghosts, already dead. *(Pre-Chorus)* The young ones led, the elders follow, Some found shelter, others went hollow. Steel and glass, hands that claw, A freeway turned to teeth and jaw. *(Chorus)* **Push or shove—who pulls the strings?** **Who runs the Broken System of Things?** **Watch us scatter, watch us break,** **Write it down. Study the tape.** *(Verse 2)* A man left his car, held his child so tight, A woman screamed at the endless night. In the backroom, bets were placed— "How long 'til they kneel? Who runs? Who prays?" *(Pre-Chorus)* And when it was done, the cleanup came, Neatly packaged, scrubbed of blame. "Oops, a mistake"—what a clever line, History rewrites in real-time. *(Chorus)* **Push or shove—who pulls the strings?** **Who runs the Broken System of Things?** **Watch us scatter, watch us break,** **Write it down. Study the tape.** *(Bridge – Slow & Haunting)* Don’t sit down, don’t take a breath, Keep the panic warm, keep the fear well-fed. Lights in the sky, signals crossed, Who plays God? Who pays the cost? *(Outro – Spoken, Distorted, Glitching)* **THIS IS NOT A DRILL.** **THIS IS NOT A DRILL.** **THIS IS NOT A DRILL.** _Except when it is._