Panopticon Serfs

Instrumental Intro - building tension with dissonant harmonies

Verse 1

Woke up to a gentle chime

My phone already knew I'd be late

Every step I take is logged and timed

Convenience wrapped in iron fate

Pre-Chorus

They sold us comfort piece by piece

Now every room has eyes and ears

Chorus

Panopticon serfs marching home

Drones hum the anthem in the sky

Your shopping list becomes your crime

And freedom's just a login you can't find

Verse 2

I saw a man deleted from the grid

No more credit no more name

His only sin was what he read

Now he's ghost inside the frame

Pre-Chorus

They sold us comfort piece by piece

Now every room has eyes and ears

Chorus

Panopticon serfs marching home

Drones hum the anthem in the sky

Your shopping list becomes your crime

And freedom's just a login you can't find

Bridge

Signed the terms I never read

Clicked consent inside the dream

Now the walls all talk instead

Nothing's truly what it seems

Tricky mirror glass that stares

Back at you and catalogs your fears

Guitar Solo - chaotic, tapping and whammy dive

Breakdown - half-time, crushing riffs

One nation under chip

Indivisible with surveillance and profit for all

One nation under chip

And Big Brother wears a smiling corporate face

Chorus - rawer, desperate

Panopticon serfs marching home

Drones hum the anthem in the sky

Your shopping list becomes your crime

And freedom's just a login you can't find

Outro - whispered over feedback

Mm... they're watching...

Mm... they're watching...