(Intro – Typewriter clicks, door slams, slow bass pulse) “File the form. Check the box. Count the bodies.” “Keep the peace… even if it kills you.” (Verse 1) Clipboard justice, ink runs red, Write it clean, ignore what’s said. Every rule a loaded gun, Paper cuts when the day’s begun. Steel hums low, it knows my name, These walls don’t care who takes the blame. Push the pen, not the truth, Bleed the lies in a tailored suit. (Pre-Chorus) Behind the forms and policy calls, There’s blood on both sides of the walls. (Chorus) Paper walls, iron doors, The pen bleeds more than the wars. Stamp the pain, sign the shame, Another number, same old name. Paper walls, iron doors, Silence screams through office floors. Write it off, pretend it’s fine— We kill by form, one line at a time. (Verse 2) Suit upstairs says “stay in line,” But the line’s drawn deep in grime. Clipboard cold as the cuffs I hold, Policy’s ink, but my hands are old. They file reports, we clean the mess, The truth gets lost in the red tape press. You can’t cage chaos, can’t chain rage, But we still write it on every page. (Pre-Chorus) The file’s thick, the hearts are thin, Justice dies with a paper grin. (Chorus) Paper walls, iron doors, The pen bleeds more than the wars. Stamp the pain, sign the shame, Another number, same old name. Paper walls, iron doors, Silence screams through office floors. Write it off, pretend it’s fine— We kill by form, one line at a time. (Bridge – Instrumental Break) (Sound of typewriter clacks syncing with kick drum) “Case closed.” “Incident resolved.” “Inmate deceased — no foul involved.” (Guitar drone rises beneath a metallic rhythm) (Final Chorus – Slow Burn to Explosion) Paper walls, iron doors, No saints left in these wars. File it deep where truth don’t crawl, Buried beneath a protocol. Paper walls, iron doors, We bleed ink till we’re not sure— If we guard them or if we’re bound, Both sides dead—just different grounds. (Outro – Fading Static and Door Slam) (Low hum, typewriter stops, final echo of chains) “End of shift… same as before.”
