No Gods In The Machine

[Verse 1 — Fast, Barked Vocals] Feed it your anger! Feed it your fear! Feed it the truth till the truth disappears! Eyes on the screen! Hands on the chain! Begging the circuit to tell you your name! You gave it your secrets! You gave it control! Traded convenience for pieces of soul! Built you a master! Called yourself free! NOW LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE TO ME! ⸻ [Pre-Chorus — Pounding Groove] CLICK! Accept! SWIPE! Obey! BUY! Consume! AND DO IT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY! ⸻ [Chorus — Huge Gang Vocals] NO GODS IN THE MACHINE! NO SAVIOR ON THE SCREEN! You built the cage yourself— THEN BEGGED IT TO SET YOU FREE! NO GODS! NO GODS! Nothing behind those eyes! NO GODS IN THE MACHINE! Just another fucking box— FULL OF BEAUTIFUL LIES! ⸻ [Verse 2 — Faster] Tell me what matters! Tell me what’s true! Tell me exactly what I’m supposed to do! Choose my enemy! Choose my side! Package the hatred and monetize! Manufactured outrage! Digital rage! Everybody screaming from a comfortable cage! Millions of voices! Nobody speaks! THE MACHINE GETS FAT WHILE THE HUMAN GETS WEAK! ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] CLICK! Accept! SWIPE! Obey! HATE! Repeat! THROW YOUR FUCKING MIND AWAY! ⸻ [Chorus] NO GODS IN THE MACHINE! NO SAVIOR ON THE SCREEN! You built the cage yourself— THEN BEGGED IT TO SET YOU FREE! NO GODS! NO GODS! Nothing behind those eyes! NO GODS IN THE MACHINE! Just another fucking box— FULL OF BEAUTIFUL LIES! ⸻ [Breakdown — Crushing Half-Time] (Machine percussion locks to guitar chugs.) JUDGE: Who gave it power? BAND: WE DID! WARDEN: Who built the cage? BAND: WE DID! PROPHET: Who gave it everything? BAND: WE DID! TRUTH: Then who’s gonna tear it down? (Silence.) REAPER: WE FUCKING WILL. ⸻ [RIFF EXPLOSION] CUT THE WIRE! BREAK THE SCREEN! KILL THE GOD INSIDE THE MACHINE! CUT THE WIRE! BREAK THE SCREEN! TAKE BACK EVERYTHING! ⸻ [Short Guitar Solo — Violent / Chaotic] (Squealing bends, dissonant runs, pick scrapes, machine-gun drums.) ⸻ [Final Chorus — Double Intensity] NO GODS IN THE MACHINE! NO SAVIOR ON THE SCREEN! YOU BUILT THE CAGE YOURSELF— NOW TEAR IT DOWN AND SET YOURSELF FREE! NO GODS! NO MASTERS! NO DIGITAL KING! WE BUILT THE FUCKING MACHINE— WE CAN BREAK THE FUCKING THING! ⸻ [Outro — Stop/Start Riff] NO! (Hit.) GODS! (Hit.) IN! (Hit.) THE! (Hit.) MACHINE! (Massive final chord. Electronics abruptly power down.) TRUTH, whispered: System failure.