(Driving rock guitar riff with a heavy, syncopated hip-hop drum beat)
(Verse 1 – Rapper)
Yo, the four walls closing in, a mental cage, no key to unlock
My thoughts are moshing, a mosh pit on the clock
The city’s a blur, a high-speed train off the track
Every step I take, I’m just looking for a way back
The sun on my face feels like a lie, a digital glow
‘Cause inside, it’s a storm, a static white-out on the low
(Pre-Chorus – Rock Vocalist)
I’m a ghost in the machine, a signal lost in the sound
My mind is a riot, on broken ground
(Chorus – Both)
(Rock Vocalist, powerful and melodic)
‘Cause I’m living in my head, a concrete maze!
(Rapper, quick and rhythmic)
Lost inside these mental fogs and hazy days!
(Rock Vocalist)
The static hums, a constant, dull drone!
(Both)
And when I lose control, I’m all alone!
(Rapper, ad-lib)
Yeah, I’m on my own!
(Verse 2 – Rapper)
I try to write it down, to put the chaos on a page
But the pen is heavy, and I’m stuck in this mental stage
The world’s a symphony, but I’m only hearing noise
A broken record, repeating the same fractured voice
My reflection’s a stranger, with a blank stare
Trapped in this prison, breathing the same stale air
(Pre-Chorus – Rock Vocalist)
I’m a ghost in the machine, a signal lost in the sound
My mind is a riot, on broken ground
(Chorus – Both)
(Rock Vocalist, powerful and melodic)
‘Cause I’m living in my head, a concrete maze!
(Rapper, quick and rhythmic)
Lost inside these mental fogs and hazy days!
(Rock Vocalist)
The static hums, a constant, dull drone!
(Both)
And when I lose control, I don’t know what to think!
(Rapper, ad-lib)
Nah, I don’t know!
(Bridge – Rapper and Rock Vocalist exchange lines)
(Rapper)
Yo, the silence is loud!
(Rock Vocalist)
A screaming crowd!
(Rapper)
The fear is real!
(Rock Vocalist)
How do I feel?
(Rapper)
It’s a tangled wire!
(Rock Vocalist)
A burning fire!
(Outro – Both)
(Music builds to a crescendo, then fades with the rapper’s final ad-libs over a repeating, distorted guitar riff)
(Rapper)
In my head…
Don’t know what to think…
Losing control…
(Rock Vocalist wails, the music cuts abruptly)
