Compliance
Sangréa[Verse 1]
Fear took the gates before the dawn,
Grief kept the records all night long.
Rage filled the streets with broken glass,
Shame made sure no questions passed.
The city learned to live that way,
to let each feeling have its say.
No one asked who gave them power.
No one dared to name the hour.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every wound demanded more.
Every memory locked a door.
And somewhere under all that noise,
Reason tried to raise his voice.
[Chorus]
COMPLIANCE!
Let the fear decide again.
COMPLIANCE!
Let the grief crawl through the veins.
Let the anger write the law.
Let the shame explain it all.
And every time Reason speaks,
they drag him underneath.
COMPLIANCE!
[Verse 2]
Reason came without a sword,
only asking what the pain was for.
Why one memory ruled the years.
Why every choice belonged to fear.
Why anger always got the floor.
Why grief still guarded every door.
For one second, the city heard him.
For one second, something stirred.
Then Fear called him dangerous.
Rage called him weak.
Shame said nothing.
Grief agreed.
[Pre-Chorus]
They knew his words were making sense.
That made him harder to defend.
So every feeling took its place
and watched them drag him from the stage.
[Chorus]
COMPLIANCE!
Let the fear decide again.
COMPLIANCE!
Let the grief crawl through the veins.
Let the anger write the law.
Let the shame explain it all.
And every time Reason speaks,
they drag him underneath.
COMPLIANCE!
[Bridge]
Deep beneath the crowded mind,
Reason sits alone at night.
Above him, every feeling fights
for one more room,
one more light.
Fear says danger.
Grief says stay.
Rage says burn it all away.
Shame says hide.
And every time
Reason says “wait”—
they scream—
[Breakdown]
COMPLIANCE!
FEAR GETS THE FINAL WORD.
COMPLIANCE!
GRIEF GETS TO KEEP THE HURT.
COMPLIANCE!
ANGER GETS TO CHOOSE.
COMPLIANCE!
REASON ALWAYS HAS TO LOSE.
The country never needed chains.
It only needed enough pain.
Enough old wounds.
Enough old fear.
Enough loud voices in one head
to make the clearest one disappear.
[Final Chorus]
COMPLIANCE!
LET EVERY FEELING TAKE THE THRONE.
COMPLIANCE!
LET REASON ROT BELOW.
LET FEAR DECIDE.
LET ANGER LEAD.
LET GRIEF BECOME
THE ONLY NEED.
AND EVERY TIME
THE MIND KNOWS BETTER—
THE HEARTS INSIDE
SCREAM LOUDER TOGETHER.
COMPLIANCE!
[Outro]
The city sleeps behind closed eyes.
Fear still rules.
Grief survives.
And somewhere underneath them all,
Reason
is still alive.