ret·ri·bu·tion
[INTRO - Industrial atmospheric vocals with stutter effect]
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TRI-BU-RET-RET-TION-RI-BU
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ret·ri·bu·tion
[Verse 1]
You taught me how to disappear
How to fold myself down small
Made a home inside my fear
Watched me shoulder every fall
Now the door you locked from inside
Has rusted shut with you behind
[Pre-Chorus]
Did you think I'd stay invisible?
Did you think I'd fade away?
[Chorus]
This is ret·ri·bu·tion
Not revenge, just perfect math
Every wound returned in equal measure
Every debt collected from the past
You can call it cruel
But it's just the mirror looking back
This is ret·ri·bu·tion
And the scales won't tip for you
[Verse 2]
Your apologies were bandages
Over fractures in the bone
Said you'd change but kept the damages
Like trophies you could own
Now the weight of what you carried
Breaks the ground where you are buried
[Pre-Chorus]
Did you think time would erase it?
Did you think I'd just move on?
[Chorus]
[Breakdown/Stutter Section]
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BU-TION-RET-TRI-BU-RET-RET
TRI-BU-RET-RET-TION-RI-BU
RET-RI-BU-TION (Flip, switch it, remix it)
TION-BU-RI-RET-TION-BU-RET-RET
BU-RET-TRI-RET-TION-BU-BU
RET-TION-RI-BU-RET-BU-TRI
RET-RI-BU-TION (karma steps in...)
[Bridge]
I don't need your understanding
I don't need you on your knees
The universe is steady counting
And it always collects its fees
(You wanted mercy—
Here's equilibrium)
[Final Chorus]
This is ret·ri·bu·tion
Not revenge, just cosmic law
Every hurt accounted for and measured
Every lie comes back to your door
You can call it cold
But it's just the truth you can't ignore
This is ret·ri·bu·tion
[spoken/whispered] (/ˌre-trə-ˈbyü-shən/)
