Painted Sky of Ash

Intro - Spoken, whispered

They said the walls would keep us safe

Verse 1

Concrete titans swallow the horizon

Sirens hum a constant lullaby

I remember gardens once were blooming

Now the soil just whispers lies

Pre-Chorus

Beneath the vaulted sky of iron

We march in perfect synchrony

Chorus

Break the silence break the static

Can you hear them calling through the wire

Every heartbeat tracked and catalogued

Sold for just another day of fire

Drop - Industrial

Crush crush crush the signal

Crush crush crush the light

Verse 2

My mother wore a bracelet on her ankle

That counted every step she ever made

They told her it was for her own protection

Now she's just another number in the grave

Pre-Chorus

The algorithm knows your name

It whispered mine inside the rain

Chorus

Break the silence break the static

Can you hear them calling through the wire

Every heartbeat tracked and catalogued

Sold for just another day of fire

Bridge - Soprano solo, orchestral swell

Oh painted sky of ash and ember

Where once the stars remembered me

I reach through iron bars and razor fences

For something they can never delete

Guitar Solo - Orchestral

Breakdown - Spoken over heavy industrial beat

Compliance

Is not

Consent

Chorus - Full orchestral and choir

Break the silence break the static

Can you hear them calling through the wire

Every heartbeat tracked and catalogued

Sold for just another day of fire

Outro - Soprano fading

The walls

The walls

Are not to keep us safe

They keep us... in

Instrumental outro - Orchestral decay into static