CLEAN SEAM / OPEN WOUND

[Intro – stuttering synth, distorted bass, odd-time hit]
Cut it
Seal it
Smile

[Verse 1]
Trim the record, cauterize
Change the words, anesthetize
Call it calm, call it care
Sweep the fracture, keep it fair

Housekeeping with bloody hands
Order built on shifting sand
If it doesn’t photograph
It doesn’t stand

[Pre-Chorus – rising tension]
You didn’t kill the truth
You split it down the grain
Now every step you take
Is stress against the frame

[Chorus – aggressive, driving]
SPLIT THE TRUTH — KEEP IT CLEAN
POLISH LIES UNTIL THEY SHINE
EVERY SEAM YOU HIDE TOO TIGHT
FAILS IN TIME
THE LIE’S NOT WRONG — IT’S INCOMPLETE
THAT’S HOW STRUCTURES BREAK
YOU DON’T ERASE WHAT YOU DIVIDE
YOU JUST DELAY

[Verse 2]
One half dressed in sanctioned light
Soundbite smooth, officially right
Other half locked underground
Rotting facts without a sound

Ask permission, not the cause
Repeat the rule, don’t test the law
Language trained to point at safety
Not at all

[Pre-Chorus 2 – clipped]
Correction feels like treason
Questions sound like war
When truth is something
You’re paid to guard

[Chorus]
SPLIT THE TRUTH — KEEP IT CLEAN
CALL IT STABLE, CALL IT SAFE
EVERY PATCH YOU GLUE IN PLACE
SHIFTS THE WEIGHT
THE LIE’S NOT WRONG — IT’S INCOMPLETE
THAT’S THE POISONED CORE
YOU CAN’T FIX WHAT YOU WON’T ADMIT
YOU JUST IGNORE

[Bridge – breakdown, half-time, dark]
Censorship isn’t silence
It’s pressure never released
Holding force on a fault line
Grinding teeth beneath your feet

Bury it — it mutates
Bury it — it bends
Comes back rage, comes back static
Comes back trustless in the end

[Instrumental – aggressive syncopation, synth stab duel]

[Final Chorus – stacked vocals]
SPLIT THE TRUTH — KEEP IT CLEAN
REALITY KEEPS SCORE
ERRORS STACK, SYSTEMS DRIFT
UNTIL THEY HOLD NO MORE
THEY’LL SAY NO ONE SAW IT COMING
BUT EVERYBODY KNEW
YOU CAN’T BUILD FOREVER
ON A HALF-TRUTH

[Outro – stripped, ominous]
Keep it clean
Keep it quiet
Feel the ground
COME APART

Prog-metal, Tool-leaning: hypnotic, cyclical, surgical language, pressure-building, mantra hooks, 5/4 = , 7/8 =, 11/8 re