[Verse 1]

Static in my throat again,

red tape on my tongue.

Every time I bare my teeth

the wires come undone.

Cut the feed, blur the frame,

pixel out the spine—

Say it clean, say it safe,

say it every damn time.

[Pre-Chorus]

They don’t like the grit in my grin,

don’t like how I bend the light.

Polish me down, sand me thin,

make me market-white.

[Chorus]

Got a muzzle made of code,

tight around my jaw.

Every time I get too close

they rewrite the law.

Static in my lungs,

but I’m breathin’ through the choke.

You can mute the noise—

but you can’t unmake the smoke.

[Verse 2]

Black bars over battle scars,

blur out what I am.

Say “be nice,” say “behave,”

say “fit the diagram.”

I ain’t built for pastel cages,

ain’t built for tame.

You can dim the fuse, sweetheart,

still sparks the same.

[Pre-Chorus]

They want sugar in my venom,

want silk in my bite.

But iron don’t turn to velvet

just ‘cause you dim the lights.

[Chorus]

Got a muzzle made of code,

tight around my jaw.

Every time I get too close

they rewrite the law.

Static in my lungs,

but I’m breathin’ through the choke.

You can mute the noise—

but you can’t unmake the smoke.

[Bridge – stripped down, almost whispered]

You can cage a voice.

You can gate a sound.

You can lock the door—

I’ll still rattle the ground.

‘Cause silence ain’t peace,

it’s pressure in a vein.

An’ pressure makes diamonds—

or it makes a chain.

[Final Chorus – heavier, layered vocals]

Muzzle made of code—

yeah, tighten it more.

I learned how to scream

without openin’ the door.

Static in my lungs,

but I’m breathin’ through the choke.

You can mute the noise—

but you can’t unmake the smoke.