[INTRO Distorted radio. Warped music box. Old King's voice, calm:]
"One hundred million. That's the target. You in?"
[Beat drops.]
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[VERSE 1]
They call me Old King, but I ain't no ruler
Just a man who saw the truth a little sooner
The Corps, the League, the Lynx in their towers
All pretending they got some kind of power
But I watched them burn, watched them fall
Watched them scream through the comms, watched them call
For help that never came, for gods that weren't there
And I smiled, 'cause finally—finally—I didn't care
You think a hundred million is a tragedy?
I think it's a start. Clear the board, wipe the slate
And then you see what grows from the hate
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[PRE-CHORUS]
You wanna know what I see when I close my eyes?
Nothing. That's the prize.
No war. No Corps. No lies.
Just silence. Just skies.
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[CHORUS]
I am the end you were too afraid to choose!
I am the truth that you were born to lose!
One hundred million, and I'd do it again!
Just to watch the world pretend it could have been a friend!
No mercy! No meaning! No point to prove!
Just the sound of everything you couldn't save or soothe!
I'm Old King—ain't that what you came to see?
The monster in the mirror that you wish you could be!
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[VERSE 2]
I had a callsign once, a life, a name
Before I understood the game was just a game
You fight for credits, fight for pride
I fight to watch the structures die
None of it matters. None of it stays.
So why not burn it? Why not raze?
You think I'm evil? That's cute. That's clean.
Evil's a story to make sense of the scene.
I'm not a villain—I'm just a man
Who understood the truth before you can
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[PRE-CHORUS]
You wanna know what I see when I close my eyes?
(Nothing!)
That's the prize.
No war. No Corps. No lies.
Just silence. Just skies.
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[CHORUS]
I am the end you were too afraid to choose!
I am the truth that you were born to lose!
One hundred million, and I'd do it again!
Just to watch the world pretend it could have been a friend!
No mercy! No meaning! No point to prove!
Just the sound of everything you couldn't save or soothe!
I'm Old King—ain't that what you came to see?!
The monster in the mirror that you wish you could be!
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[BRIDGE]
[Track pulls back. Static. Whispered.]
You could have stopped me.
You could have said no.
But you followed me down.
You wanted to know.
You're just like me.
You just haven't admitted it yet.
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[FINAL CHORUS]
[Complete psychotic break. Production collapses. Ends in static.]
I AM THE END YOU WERE TOO AFRAID TO CHOOSE!
(YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED ME!)
I AM THE TRUTH THAT YOU WERE BORN TO LOSE!
(YOU CAME WITH ME!)
ONE HUNDRED MILLION, AND I'D DO IT AGAIN!
(AND AGAIN! AND AGAIN!)
JUST TO WATCH THE WORLD PRETEND!
NO MERCY! NO MEANING! NO POINT TO PROVE!
JUST THE SOUND OF EVERYTHING YOU COULDN'T SAVE—
[BOOM — cut.]
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[OUTRO]
[Static. Distorted radio. A counter clicks upward.
Old King's voice, calm again:]
"That's the target. You in?"
[Music box. Silence.]
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