Reactor Lullaby

[Verse 1] In white rooms where machines keep time Mother's smile behind sterilized lines They measure half-lives in her veins While I measure words, suppress the pain Counting down in doses and decay As the ocean takes what we can't save [Chorus] Filtered through these pristine walls Your love seeps like cesium falls Pure intentions, toxic dreams Nothing's ever what it seems We're all just breaking down In this sterile fucking town [Verse 2] Monitors beep their lullabies Cold fluorescent tears won't cry "Focus on your future, son" While yours slips away, undone The coast bleeds into darkened seas Their solutions poison memories [Bridge] White-coated prophets speak in codes Of acceptable levels as it flows But mother, what's acceptable about Watching both our homes wash out? Steel yourself against the tide Of what we've buried deep inside [Chorus] Filtered through these pristine walls Your love seeps like cesium falls Pure intentions, toxic dreams Nothing's ever what it seems We're all just breaking down In this sterile fucking town [Outro] The machines have stopped their counting now The waves keep crashing anyhow Your voice fades like temple bells As our island nation swells With pride and poison intertwined In the name of all we've left behind Mother, I'm sorry I learned too well How to turn my heart into a shell