[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Aggressive Drum Build, Distorted Bass Rumble, Feedback Guitar Noise, Siren Synth FX]
Concrete shaking under restless feet
Anger marching through the street
Everybody screaming loud
Trying to disappear into the crowd
[Verse 1]
[Arrangement: Fast Punk Guitar Strums, Driving Bassline, Snappy Snare Hits, Raw Gang Vocals]
Signs held high in the pouring rain
Everybody swearing they can end the pain
But nobody’s saying what comes next
Just another slogan to project
Burn the bridge, erase the wall
Watch another system fall
Smoke rising through the sound
As the chaos spins around
[Chorus]
[Arrangement: Heavy Power Chords, Chant-Style Backing Vocals, Crashing Cymbals, Tight Bass Groove]
Tear it down
(Without a plan)
Another round
(For no plan man)
Break the will
(With empty hands)
Spin until
(We don’t understand)
[Verse 2]
[Arrangement: Palm-Muted Guitar Chugs, Syncopated Drums, Distorted Synth Pulse, Vocal Delay Effects]
Every side declares they’re right
Feeding flames all through the night
Truth dissolves into the feed
Fueled by outrage, fear, and greed
History repeats again
Different flags, familiar ends
Everybody takes a stand
Nobody knows how to land
[Bridge]
[Arrangement: Half-Time Breakdown, Low Organ Swells, Sparse Kick Drum, Feedback Guitar Layers]
If you tear away the ground
What will hold you when you’re down?
If you burn away “we’ll begin”
Can you build it back again?
[Chorus]
[Arrangement: Full Band Anthem, Double-Time Drums, Layered Gang Vocals, Roaring Guitar Leads]
Tear it down
(Without a plan)
Another round
(For no plan man)
Raise the fire
(Watch it expand)
Till it’s dire
(All the land)
[Outro]
[Arrangement: Fading Distortion, Marching Drum Echoes, Distant Crowd Chants, Low Bass Drone]
Round and round the cycle spins
Revolution starts again
Every empire built on sand
Falls to ever understand.
From the album “Raze“