Drones Above

[Verse 1]
Screens glow
In the back of my skull
Thin wires
Where the thoughts used to pull
Wake up
To a code on a wall
"Stand by"
While the world starts to fall
[Pre-Chorus]
Every step is a line they drew
Every breath is a borrowed use
Are we living or being used
Tell me
Tell me
[Chorus]
Drones above
We crawl below
Marching to a voice we don't control
In a future we destroy
Because it already owns our soul
Drones above
Still we obey
Hands on our heads as we fade away
In a future we destroy
There’s nothing left of us to save
[Verse 2]
Steel wings
Cut a grid in the sky
Cold eyes
Never blink
Never tire
Sleep comes
When the timers allow
Dreams die
On a factory floor now
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] We were the makers
We built our cage
Fed every byte of our fear and rage
[harsh vocals] Now the wires wrap tight
We’re the program’s prey
Who pulls the plug when we gave it away? (away)
[Chorus]

rock, Modern metalcore with detuned guitars and sharp, syncopated riffs. Drums hit in tight bursts that open into half-time stomps on the chorus. Screamed and clean male vocals trade lines; verses stay tense and palm-muted, chorus widens with chanting gang vocals and a soaring top melody. Brief ambient guitar break before a crushing final hook., sleep, metal