The Prison and the Power in

[Intro: sparse, haunting prepared piano ostinato, distant tape hiss]

[Verse 1]
I see the angles where the edges don't meet
I trace the patterns on the crowded street
The world is beautiful, a shifting design
But there's a barrier, a boundary line
They look at me like I am out of frame
A sudden glitch inside their perfect game
It is a heavy cost, this quiet sight
To be the only one who sees the light

[Pre-Chorus: cello distortion swells, tension rising]
A gift that cuts you like a broken glass
Watching the shadows of the people pass
So far apart, and yet you feel it all
The silent pressure of the closing wall

[Chorus: explosive riddim bass waves, gated snare, choir pads]
THE PRISON AND THE POWER IN YOUR EYES!
A lonely throne beneath the heavy skies
It hurts to hold the vision on your own
But you can build what they have never known
Let the distortion tear the mold apart
They cannot cure a wild, untamed heart
They call it punishment, we call it sight
We turn the isolation into might!

[Verse 2: glitch chopped percussion, detuned synths]
A double-edged sword that we have to bear
To feel so deeply and to always care
But from the margins where we have to stand
We see the blueprints of a different land
We are the architects of what will be
Because we look beyond what they can see

[Bridge: piano ostinato returns, bittersweet and delicate]
It is a privilege to stand outside
With nothing left to simulate or hide
And though the isolation burns like fire
It fuels the engine of a pure desire
To change the landscape, to rebuild the floor
To open up a wider, grander door

[Final Chorus: massive explosion, full harmonic guitar layers]
THE PRISON AND THE POWER IN YOUR EYES!
A lonely throne beneath the heavy skies
It hurts to hold the vision on your own
But you can build what they have never known
Let the distortion tear the mold apart
They cannot cure a wild, untamed heart
They call it punishment, we call it sight
We turn the isolation into might!

[Outro: plate reverb wash, fading piano, tape saturation artifacts]
Widen the frame...
See the world through different eyes...
And change it.