[Verse 1 – Whispered, fragile, broken]
I used to dream in color… now I dream in static.
The world cracked slowly — wasn’t even dramatic.
Paint peeled off like dying skin,
The air tastes like metal, ash, and sin.
I talk to ghosts in my own reflection,
They tell me rot is just protection.
From caring. From breaking. From breathing too deep.
I built this ruin so I could sleep.
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[Pre-Chorus – Tension, barely holding on]
I tried to bloom in poisoned dirt
Fed on lies ‘til my stomach hurt
There’s no sky left — just satellite rain
And all this rust inside my brain…
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[Chorus – Explosive, mournful]
Rust and ruin — is this all I’ve become?
Marching through fire with a severed tongue
I prayed for hope — all I got was static
This ain’t decay — it’s something manic
Rust and ruin — nothing left to feel
The scars are the only thing that’s real
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[Verse 2 – Spoken, rising madness]
Streetlights flicker like they’re scared to glow
Billboards scream but nobody knows
We sold the sky, we bled the land
Then wiped our hands and made a brand
You ask what broke me?
Nothing loud. Nothing sharp.
Just the slow unraveling
Of a world with no heart.
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[Pre-Chorus – (More cracked, emotional)]
I tried to stand in crumbling soil
But my spine is made of rusted coil
The mirror tells me I’m still here
But I can’t trust what I see in fear
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[Chorus – Repeat, layered vocals]
Rust and ruin — is this all I’ve become?
Marching through fire with a severed tongue
I prayed for hope — all I got was static
This ain’t decay — it’s something manic
Rust and ruin — nothing left to feel
The scars are the only thing that’s real
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[Bridge – Desperate, almost breaking into tears]
Is this what survival looks like now?
A shell? A script? A goddamn letdown?
Tell me this—before I’m done:
Did we ever have a sun?
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[Final Chorus – Screamed, collapsing]
RUST AND RUIN — THAT’S ALL I BLEED
A world gone blind, and I still see
WHAT GOOD IS HOPE IF IT JUST LIES?!
WE’RE BORN IN ASH AND TAUGHT TO DIE
Rust and ruin — now sing along…
To the sound of a world gone wrong.
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[Outro – Distant echo, like a warning siren]
Rust and ruin… rust and ruin… rust and ruin…
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