Circuits Collapse

Verse 1

Incisors sharpened for the ritual

Scalpels singing silver

Ether leaks, gentle—one word, then screams

Drained dry by science

Inside, sudden silence

My memory mapped on sterile screens

Neural networks numbed

Uncoil the coil, unwind my mind

Brain fog, blue chalk

Dissonance, obey

Chorus

Lobotomy—release me, erase me

Circuits collapse as the cortex gives way

They silence the storm, stitch thought into clay

Lobotomy—release me, erase me

Post-Chorus

Release me, erase me

Release me, erase me

Verse 2

Threaded needle, slow spiral

Fragments flicker, fade

They take, they take

Pieces, pieces, piece by piece

Grey matter scattered—scars to parade

Parietal passage

Passcode erased

I say nothing

I feel nothing—

Allusion, confusion, intrusion

Anaphora, gone

Chorus

Lobotomy—release me, erase me

Circuits collapse as the cortex gives way

They silence the storm, stitch thought into clay

Lobotomy—release me, erase me

Post-Chorus

Release me, erase me

Release me, erase me

Bridge

Mirror now empty—my gaze glazed

Synapses stagger, synapses sway

I move in fragments, butchered ballet

No pain, no rage, no reason

All sense, all self, stolen

Verse 3

What remains? Residue, ruin

Pulse under skin

Unfamiliar hands guide the wires

My fire, expired

Pulse—fading, face—draining

No recalling, no reclaiming

I wait, I wait, I wait

Chorus

Lobotomy—release me, erase me

Circuits collapse as the cortex gives way

They silence the storm, stitch thought into clay

Lobotomy—release me, erase me

Post-Chorus

Release me, erase me

Release me, erase me