[INTRO – Disturbed Sound Effects] [breathy whisper] I warned you… I warned you… [growl] You didn’t listen… [OOH-WAH-AH-AH-AH] (Roared) NOW FACE WHAT YOU CREATED! ⸻ [VERSE 1 – Aggressive, Rhythmic] You built your throne on deception and fear, But every lie you forged is the hammer I’m holding here. [guttural] Hnn-HRAAH! You wanted control? You wanted me down? Now the engine you ignited’s burning everything around. You called me broken— (Staccato) BRO-KEN? Watch me rise through the smoke. I turned your poison into purpose with every word you spoke. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS – Vocal Build-Up] You want forgiveness? [growl] Take it to the grave. You want redemption? (Shouted) I’M NOT THE ONE YOU SAVE! I am the consequence you swore would never come— [guttural roll] Rrrah-raah-rah… I AM THE VINDICTIVE ONE. ⸻ [CHORUS – Anthemic, Disturbed Power] I’m the reckoning you feared— THE MACHINE YOU COULDN’T BREAK. I’m the storm you brought to life with every choice you tried to fake. (Power growl) I’M THE FIRE YOU UNDONE— The truth you tried to outrun. You wanted judgment? NOW THE VINDICTIVE ONE HAS COME. [OOH-WAH-AH-AH-AH] (Resonant) I rise… I rise… I rise… ⸻ [VERSE 2 – Slipknot-Infused Aggression, Disturbed Rhythm] You carved your power out of shadows and dust, But everything you hid is collapsing from the rust. [guttural] HNN-GRAH! I’m the mirror of your damage, every crack you tried to hide, Now the truth is snapping chains you wrapped around my mind. (staccato syncopation) KA-KA-KA— YOU CAN’T CONTROL ME. TA-TA-TA— YOUR REIGN IS DYING. Your empire falls the moment I stop trying. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS – Dark Build, Percussive Breaths] [rapid breaths] Huh—huh—huh— Brick by brick, the truth returns, Every stone you placed now burns. [yell] YOU BUILT A JUDGE—NOW FACE THE VERDICT. [growled echo] Face the verdict… ⸻ [CHORUS – Heavier Variant] I’m the reckoning you feared— THE MACHINE YOU COULDN’T BREAK. I’m the storm you brought to life with every choice you tried to fake. (Growled) I’M THE FIRE YOU UNDONE— The truth you tried to outrun. You wanted judgment? NOW THE VINDICTIVE ONE HAS COME. ⸻ [BRIDGE – Disturbed Sound-Effect Breakdown] [Disturbed-style vocal percussive sounds] DUH-DUH—GUH—GAH—RAH! WAH-KA—WAH-KA—GRAH! (spoken, cold, Draiman tone) You taught me fury. You taught me silence. You taught me how to rise above every act of your defiance. Now listen close— [guttural rise] Rrrrrrraaaaaaah— THIS ENGINE ONLY RUNS ON VENGEANCE. [Guitar Solo + powerful fast drums] ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS – Maximum Power] I’m the reckoning you feared— THE MACHINE YOU COULDN’T BREAK! I’m the storm you tried to bury, now I’m tearing down your fake. (yell) I’M THE FIRE YOU UNDONE! The truth you can’t outrun— You summoned judgment… NOW THE VINDICTIVE ONE HAS COME. [FINAL DISTURBED SOUND] OOH-WAH-AH-AH-AH… [growl] Your reign… is done

The Vindictive Engine