Pressure System [1]

[Verse 1] White walls closing in, machines beeping in time Mother's fading smile behind fluorescent signs They want me to be strong, keep my shit together While contracts pile up high, deadlines last forever In these sterile halls, I'm losing who I am Playing their good son game, another cog in their plan [Chorus] Compress me, process me Through your system's factory Break me, remake me Till I'm what you need me to be But I'm screaming inside While these monitors flatline Can't contain what's alive In this cage of design [Verse 2] Bow and smile polite, sign away my soul While down the corridor, time takes its toll They speak in numbers now, charts and protocols Like she's just data points, not human at all These suits don't understand the rage in my veins As I nod and comply, my sanity strains [Bridge] In the midnight quiet When the nurses change their shifts I record their footsteps Turn their whispers into riffs Every fucking beep and hum Becomes my battle drum Against this system's sum Till I'm completely numb [Chorus] Compress me, process me Through your system's factory Break me, remake me Till I'm what you need me to be But I'm screaming inside While these monitors flatline Can't contain what's alive In this cage of design [Outro] Mother, I'm sorry I wore their mask Played their game until the last But in these songs, I break their rules Turn their system into fuel Watch me burn it all away As your spirit guides my way Through this mechanical decay Till we're finally free to say F*ck your protocols today