Delayed Devastation

(Verse 1)  
I bit my tongue ‘til it bled black ink  
Swallowed the sermons, choked on the stink  
They said “be patient,” I said “be damned”  
Built my silence with a trembling hand  

(Pre-Chorus)  
Every second’s a fuse, every breath is a blade  
I’m the riot they buried, the ghost they made  

(Chorus)  
Delayed devastation—now I ignite  
Ashes in my veins, I was born to fight  
You stalled the storm, but it learned to crawl  
Now it’s clawing through your paper wall  

(Verse 2)  
You dressed the wound in velvet lies  
Hung your guilt in a saint’s disguise  
But I kept score in shattered glass  
Now your future’s bleeding from the past  

(Bridge)  
Tick... tick... tick...  
I’m the echo in your empty throne  
The backlash carved in flesh and bone  
Tick... tick... tick...  
You thought decay would make me tame  
But I’m the fire that forgot your name  

(Breakdown)  
No more waiting, no more chains  
I’ll paint your heaven in acid rain  
No more silence, no more grace  
I’ll carve my truth into your face  

(Final Chorus)  
Delayed devastation—feel it roar  
The reckoning you begged to ignore  
You stalled the storm, but it learned to crawl  
Now it’s tearing through your paper wall  

Punk / Metal