
BANG BANG (A Brother Changed)
[Intro – spoken / low] (Low ambient hum, sound of a distant news broadcast) I remember the day the light turned grey. Came home from school, saw the smoke on the screen. Bang. The second plane hit. And the world was never the same. [Verse 1] Two towers falling in the morning light, Two giants crumbling out of sight. We stood with you, with same questions asked, Shared the feat, the blood, the task. From the Scandinavian coasts to the desert sand, We held our line, we held your hand. Justice carved in shattered lands, We thought that bond would always last. [Pre-Chorus] But the wound didn't heal, it never wanted to seal, From the enemies out there, to the voices in your head. [Chorus] Bang bang — the world is shaking, Bang bang — the heart is breaking. Each shot hits deeper than the last, A ghost of a friend from a shallow past. Bang bang — the noise won’t end, When a brother forgets he was once a friend. [Verse 2] Now the headlines bleed a different red, Not from the sky, but from words you’ve said. Screens are soaked in a civil war, You don’t even know what you’re fighting for. Every crack running through your street, Is a rhythm to a drum of your own defeat. You say it's freedom, you call it pride, But we see the hollow rot inside. [Bridge – slow, building intensity] You didn’t kill my body, you killed my heart, You tore the empathy right apart. So we wake our dragons from the deep, Old promises we will always keep. Steel wings where longships used to glide, Watching you sink with the turning tide. You bared your teeth at the ones who cared, Now the silence is all you would fear. [Verse 3] Bang bang — another name on the stone, A kingdom built on a crumbling throne. You’re killing your reflection in the brass, Watching the ghost of "The Free" pass. I can’t look away, though it hurts to see, The truth turning into hypocrisy. [Final Chorus] Bang bang — the world is shaking, Bang bang — the heart is breaking. Each shot hits deeper than the last, A ghost of a friend from a hollow past. Bang bang — I still remember you, Before the red, the white, and the blue... turned black. [Outro – quiet, resigned] Bang… Bang… My brother. You’ve changed. (Fading mechanical hum)

