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