Foundation Run

Keycard swipe

Red lights blink

Heart stay calm

Don’t even think

Boots on tile in a dead quiet hallway

Black mask on, I’m a rumor in the crawlspace

Badge on my chest, it’s a question of faith

Do I lock it all down or just walk away safe

Steel doors hum, I can feel their breath

Files so heavy they can bend what’s left

Eyes on the cam but the cam ain’t clean

Something in the dark tryna crawl off-screen (yeah)

Code on the wall like a prayer in ink

Every line says “you closer than you think”

I ain’t here for glory, I’m here ‘cause I must

When the world starts to crack, somebody gotta trust

Secure, contain, protect

Put the fear in a box, then step

Keep the cracks from cutting through your neck

This is more than a check, this is debt

Secure, contain, protect

Hold the line when the rules all flex

If it breaks out once, that’s the end

So we lock it all down again

Took an oath in a windowless room

White strip lights, smell of bleach and doom

“Sign here, son, if you care ‘bout home”

Didn’t read every line, just grabbed that pen and wrote

Now I know

Glass tanks shake when they hear my name

Walls talk back, they remember my shame

I lost three friends to an unseen thing

Only footprint left was my wedding ring (damn)

They call it “anomaly,” I call it a threat

They call this a job, I call it a debt

I walk that line that you never inspect

So you can sleep, yeah, I live with what’s kept

Secure, contain, protect

Put the fear in a box, then step

Keep the cracks from cutting through your neck

This is more than a check, this is debt

Secure, contain, protect

Hold the line when the rules all flex

If it breaks out once, that’s the end

So we lock it all down again

What if the chains start snapping

What if the locks give way

If the doors swing wide on the madness

Who you think gonna stand in the spray (huh)

It’s names on a list

It’s scars that persist

It’s “don’t tell a soul”

For the life that you live

Secure, contain, protect

Put the fear in a box, then step

Keep the cracks from cutting through your neck

This is more than a check, this is debt

Secure, contain, protect

Hold the line when the rules all flex

If it breaks out once, that’s the end

So we lock it all down again (lock it down)

Secure, contain, protect (yeah)

‘Til my last short breath in my chest

If the whole world shakes on its edge

I’m the one putting monsters to rest