[Intro | dark | ominous | building slowly] [Low brass drones, distant drums, tension building] [Verse 1 | heavy | restrained intensity] They hung the bodies from the crane And filmed it for the world to see They put the children on the trains And called it revolutionary They stoned the woman in the square For the crime of her uncovered hair But none of these are why we're here None of these are what we fear [Pre-Chorus | building | escalating tension] You can bury every embassy in ash You can chant the death of nations in the street But the ledger isn't written for the past The ledger's written for the fire we won't let you complete [Chorus | massive | wall of sound | powerful] This isn't vengeance for the blood already dried This isn't payment for the ones who've already died This is pre-venge — the war before the war We've seen the blueprints and we know what they are for [Instrumental Break | aggressive | driving] [Brass stabs over heavy polyrhythmic riff] [Verse 2 | dark | intense | complex rhythm] They spun the centrifuge in caves Beneath the mountains, past the eyes They bought the time with talk of peace While engineers perfected lies A thousand suns inside a shell Addressed to cities where our children dwell Don't say we didn't see the signs Don't say we couldn't read the lines [Pre-Chorus | building | urgent] You can wave the treaties, call the diplomats You can beg the serpent not to strike But a fang that's growing in the dark Doesn't care what resolutions look like [Chorus | explosive | full band | screaming brass] This isn't vengeance for the blood already dried This isn't payment for the ones who've already died This is pre-venge — the war before the war We've seen the blueprints and we know what they are for [Bridge | dramatic | tempo shift | building intensity] [Drum build, shifting meters] [Guitar solo | dark, technical, aggressive] [Trumpet solo | cinematic, soaring over heavy riffs] [Verse 3 | heavy | declarative] So when they ask you why the sky lit up tonight And why the eagles flew without a vote Tell them every city still has lights Tell them every child still draws and writes Tell them that the monster in the mountain Never got to clear its throat [Final Chorus | massive | everything | climactic] This isn't vengeance for the blood already dried! This isn't payment for the ones who've already died! This is pre-venge — the war before the war! We've seen the blueprints and we know what they are for! [Outro | intense | dramatic resolve] [Full brass and guitar unison, descending line] [Single sustained dissonant chord] [Fade to silence] [End]
