Prompt / Lyrics
(Intro – 7/8 feel, clipped delivery) Breathe it in / breathe it out Fear and doubt / twisting now Complicated / fractured truth Righteous fury / sold to youth ⸻ (Verse 1 – 9/8 phrasing) No happy ending / nothing right You in the crosshair / in my sight Drums keep beating / flags still fly Crowds keep cheering / no one asks why ⸻ (Pre-Chorus – tightening tension, 7/8) Every banner / every lie Every reason / justified Every promise / forged in lead Every sermon / ends in red ⸻ (Chorus – drop to groove, chantable) Ask the dead What’s the cost of war Ask the dead Do they care anymore Ask the dead They won’t make a sound Ask the dead Six feet in the ground ⸻ (Verse 2 – angular phrasing) March the young / feed the flame Write their futures / into names Steel and thunder / smoke and sand History written / hand by hand ⸻ (Bridge – eerie halftime) Medals shining / silence grows Truth is buried / no one knows If the fallen / spoke tonight Would we listen / would we fight ⸻ (Final Chorus – layered chant) Ask the dead What’s the cost of war Ask the dead Do they care anymore Ask the dead They won’t make a sound Ask the dead Six feet in the ground Ask the dead Ask the dead
Tags
Prog math metal, odd meters 7/8 9/8 11/8, polyrhythmic guitars, dark anti-war theme, chant chorus “Ask the Dead”
Duration
4:29
Instrumental
No
Created
3/6/2026