Evasion Protocol (v5.5 final)

[Intro] [Instrumental, cold urban hum, distant traffic] [Verse 1] Grey faces closing in — a silent, frostbit crowd, Their hollow eyes reflect a world that's long powered down. Where once a pulse ran warm, a signal through my chest, Now only static flickers where the story came to rest. Beneath the pavement hums a low electric ache, This concrete womb of bodies feels too tight to take. [Chorus] Against the gloom, against the iron beat, My heart recalls a warmth beneath the trembling street. Against the bleak thoughts, the anchor of the pain, I claw toward an exit, through the cold, relentless rain. Oh, how to breach these walls? How to unseal this night? To cut through all this darkness — and remember light. [Whisper] (Show me — how to see the sun again. Sun again… sun again…) (Pull the grey veil loose, unfasten every chain. Every chain… every chain…) (Override sequence: rising.) (I break the lock — at last.) [Verse 2] My words escape as vapour, dissolving in the air, Swallowed by the architecture of a city unaware. Heartache winds like ivy through the cracks beneath my skin, A slow corroding current, pooling heavy from within. Yet somewhere in the distance, a warm note cuts the cold — A passing tram bell trembles like a memory retold. [Chorus] Against the gloom, against the iron beat, My heart recalls a warmth beneath the trembling street. Against the bleak thoughts, the anchor of the pain, I claw toward an exit, through the cold, relentless rain. Oh, how to breach these walls? How to unseal this night? To cut through all this darkness — and recover light. [Bridge] Is there a hidden lever? A seam beneath the rust? A buried switch that jolts me back from all this settling dust? I trace the faded outline of a sun I used to know — But something in me sparks, refusing to lie low. System whisper: Stand down. My pulse replies: Decline. I tear the warning label off — and cross the faultline. [Chorus, Epic] Against the gloom, against the iron beat, My heart becomes the warmth beneath the trembling street. Against the bleak thoughts, the anchor of the pain, I rise beyond the downpour, past the cold, unending rain. Oh, how to breach the walls? How to eclipse the night? By shedding all this darkness — and becoming light. [Outro] (Show me — how to see the sun again. Sun again… sun again…) (Unlace the grey veil. Break the final chain. Final chain… final chain…) (Escape sequence: active.) I step through — unbound. [End]