Scripted Fate

Intro

Verse

The morning bell rings out a dull command

I fold my dreams like maps of shifting sand

The mirror shows a face I barely know

A borrowed suit for a hollow puppet show

My footsteps fall in line with every beat

Of heavy hearts upon this gray-paved street

I left my wilder truths behind the door

To settle for a pittance on the floor

Pre-Chorus

The current pulls and everyone dives in

A frantic race to save a peeling skin

The gold is fake but everybody stares

We trade our souls for polished social snares

Chorus

Oh the tide is high and the reason's gone

We build our houses on a shaking lawn

Buying the lies that the neighbors sell

Chained to the chime of a hollow bell

I bent my knees to the heavy weight

Of a common path and a scripted fate

Trading the fire for a steady glow

Walking the line where the shadows grow

Verse

A sea of masks in a parade of stone

Where no one dares to stand or sit alone

They buy the hat because the king is vain

They celebrate the coming of the rain

I saw a man who spoke of open skies

They drowned his voice with orchestrated cries

It’s safer in the middle of the pack

With no one watching for a straying track

Pre-Chorus

The current pulls and everyone dives in

A frantic race to save a peeling skin

The gold is fake but everybody stares

We trade our souls for polished social snares

Chorus

Oh the tide is high and the reason's gone

We build our houses on a shaking lawn

Buying the lies that the neighbors sell

Chained to the chime of a hollow bell

I bent my knees to the heavy weight

Of a common path and a scripted fate

Trading the fire for a steady glow

Walking the line where the shadows grow

Bridge

Is there a price for the quiet in the head

When every word we speak has long been dead

I sold the compass just to find the gate

And now I realize I’m far too late

The bargain’s struck the signature is dry

Beneath a plastic and a painted sky

Chorus

Oh the tide is high and the reason's gone

We build our houses on a shaking lawn

Buying the lies that the neighbors sell

Chained to the chime of a hollow bell

I bent my knees to the heavy weight

Of a common path and a scripted fate

Trading the fire for a steady glow

Walking the line where the shadows grow

Chorus

Oh the tide is high and the reason's gone

We build our houses on a shaking lawn

Buying the lies that the neighbors sell

Chained to the chime of a hollow bell

I bent my knees to the heavy weight

Of a common path and a scripted fate

Trading the fire for a steady glow

Walking the line where the shadows grow

Outro