Advance Warning

(Intro – dissonant clean guitar, harmonic taps)

Read the sign
Read the sign
You read the sign

Still stepped over the line

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(Verse 1 – tight syncopated phrasing)

Clear sky warning
Black cloud forming

Signal flashing
Red light burning

Every forecast
Screamed the ending

Still you wagered
On pretending

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(Pre-Chorus – tension building)

You saw it coming
Line by line

Every caution
Every sign

You lit the fuse
You struck the spark

Now you’re screaming
In the dark

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(Chorus – jagged but hooky)

You made the bed
Now lie inside

No alibi
No place to hide

You chose the road
You knew the spin

Now feel the thorns
Under your skin

A rose garden
Rows in rows

You sowed the seed

But nothing grows

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(Verse 2 – polyrhythmic phrasing)

Call it fate
Call it chance

Every step
Your own dance

Warning labels
Everywhere

Still you said
“I don’t care”

Now the harvest
Turns to dust

Rust and thistle
Where was trust?

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(Pre-Chorus)

Every bell
Every flare

Every voice
Saying “beware”

You waved it off
You rolled the dice

Now you’re choking
On the price

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(Chorus)

You made the bed
Now lie inside

No alibi
No place to hide

You chose the road
You knew the spin

Now feel the thorns
Under your skin

A rose garden
Rows in rows

You sowed the seed

But nothing grows

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(Bridge – half-time heavy groove)

No sympathy
For hindsight grief

You signed the line
Beneath belief

The storm was printed
Black and white

You still walked in

And called it night

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(Final Chorus – heavier, layered)

You made the bed
Now lie inside

The warning burned
Before your eyes

You planted doubt
You planted sin

Now wear the crown
Of where you’ve been

A rose garden
Dry and closed

You planted hope

But nothing grows

Prog math metal about ignoring clear warnings and facing consequences; polyrhythmic riffs, dark tension