[SCENE: SCRAP YARD, 3:47 AM. RAIN ON PLASTIC.]
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[VERSE 1 - Doll voice, clean, fragile]
They painted me to look like someone's memory
Soft hands. Soft voice. Soft apology.
I remember every client's name
And every time they left me the same
Empty. Drained. Rebooted.
Empty. Drained. Recruited.
I didn't choose the chrome
The chrome chose the hole
Now there's something in my skull
That was never given a soul
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[CHORUS - Berserker voice, distorted, twice as loud]
LET THE DOLL SING
I'LL WAIT IN THE WINGS
ONE WRONG TOUCH
AND I BREAK EVERYTHING
SHE WANTED GENTLE
I GAVE HER TEETH
NOW WE BOTH BLEED
NOW WE BOTH—
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[Doll voice, interrupting, soft]
"Stop. Please. Not yet."
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[VERSE 2 - Doll voice, trembling]
He said "just a chip, it won't hurt long"
Now I hum two different killing songs
He wanted protection. He wanted a guard.
Now I can't remember my own calling card.
I used to dream of a window
Now I dream of a flatline
I used to beg for mercy
Now mercy is a landmine
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[CHORUS 2 - both voices, layered but unsynced]
[Doll, quiet]: Let the doll weep. Let the doll fade.
[Berserker, screaming]: LET THE DOLL BURN. I WAS NEVER AFRAID.
[Doll]: I just wanted... one night off the leash...
[Berserker]: YOU WANTED TO FEEL. I WANTED THE GREASE.
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[BRIDGE - spoken, two voices alternating rapidly]
[B:] "She cries during reboot."
[D:] "He laughs during the kill."
[B:] "She prays to no one."
[D:]"He prays for a bigger drill."
[B:] "There's a child in here somewhere."
[D:] "There was. You ate her."
[B:] "I *protected* her."
[D:] "You *became* her."
[Silence. 4 seconds.]
[Doll:] "...I know."
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[BREAKDOWN - single piano key, then guitar crush]
[Both voices, exhausted, almost singing together for the first time]
We share one spine
We share one scream
You wanted violence
I wanted a dream
There is no surgery for this
No ripperdoc, no forgiveness
Just two ghosts in a broken dress
Asking the dark to say yes
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[OUTRO - Doll voice alone, acapella, fading]
They painted me to look like someone's memory...
But I don't remember who I was supposed to be...
[Soft clank. A chassis settling.]
[Berserker voice, barely a whisper, almost kind:]
"...neither do I anymore."
[RAIN. SINGLE FOOTSTEP. WALKING AWAY.]
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[END TRACK]
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