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