Paint the Cracks

(Intro – sparse guitar taps)

Polish the surface
Frame the lie
If it shines long enough
No one asks why

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(Verse 1 – clipped phrasing)

Mistakes
Painted gold

Only
Wins get told

Paint the cracks
Hide decay

Shift the numbers
Rename the day

Loss erased
Cost concealed

Truth redacted
Ledger sealed

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(Pre-Chorus)

Applause gets louder
Facts grow thin

No one owns
The state we’re in

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(Chorus – chantable, rhythmic hits)

Call it victory
Call it fate

Rename failure
Celebrate

Shine the trophy
Hide the stain

Dress the damage
Call it gain

If the lie
Still gets sold

Every rust
Turns to gold

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(Verse 2 – syncopated delivery)

Dress the pig
Silk and charts

Graphs and slogans
Modern art

Quarter close
Numbers rise

Quiet truths
Compromise

Broken frame
Polished clean

History cut
Scene by scene

Paint the cracks
Seal the seams

Audit ghosts
In the machine

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(Pre-Chorus 2)

Truth goes missing
Year by year

Buried deep
In cheers

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(Bridge – off-time tension)

Kill the spotlight
Drop the show

Let the fracture
Finally show

Truth is quiet
Hard and cold

Truth was never
Painted gold

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(Final Chorus)

Call it victory
Call it fate

Rename failure
Celebrate

Mirror cracking
Underneath

Gold is only
Paint and teeth

Every lie
Bought and sold

Turns the rust
Back to gold

Angular prog math metal, polyrhythmic riffs, tapped guitars, shifting meters, tense dynamics, jagged grooves, dark alt