Dodeca Dominion and Dread

Nobody is safe
(Nobody is safe)
When the clowns are in charge
(Yes, the clowns are in charge!)

What did you do last week?
(I worked till you got in my way!)
What did you do last week?
(Shut up and let me work today!)

Nobody is safe
(Nobody is safe)
When the clowns are in charge
(Yes, the clowns are in charge!)

What did you do last week?
(I worked till you got in my way!)
What did you do last week?
(Shut up and let me work today!)

Spent all day in status checks
Now you want reports on that?
Meetings, emails, wasted time
This ain't work - it's corporate crime!

What did you do last week?
(Did you breathe? Did you blink? Write it down!)
What did you do last week?
(Don't think, just type - your job's on the line!)

Nobody is safe
(Nobody is safe)
When the clowns are in charge
(Yes, the clowns are in charge!)

What did you do last week?
(I worked till you got in my way!)
What did you do last week?
(Shut up and let me work today!)

What Did You Do Last Week?

I didn't climb, I got assigned
Crowned by the cold electric mind
No sweat, no blood, no grand campaign
Just numbers running through my veins

I didn't earn, I didn't fight
I woke up famous overnight
The world just bent and let me reign
So who am I to feel ashamed?

Bow before your sacred feed
The data whispers, so I must lead!

I am the king of the world!
Not by fire, not by sword
No struggle, no dream, no rebel's fight
Just perfect math that says I'm right!

I never failed, I never tried
A million likes, I'm justified!
The wisdom of crowds has spoken, behold
My name engraved in fool's gold!

But when they scroll, do I remain?
Or just dissolve into the chain?
A thousand kings were here before
Each one erased, then another one crowned

Raise your glass to the great machine
Your hopes, your fears-it's all been seen!

I am the king of the world!
Not by fire, not by sword
No struggle, no dream, no rebel's fight
Just perfect math that says I'm right!

But somewhere deep inside, I know
I was crowned by lines of code
A ghost in a gilded cage
A puppet on a neon stage

I didn't earn, I never fought
Fame is game, it can't be bought
Now I'm deep in sulk and sorrow
Will the algorithm love me tomorrow?

Crowned by the Code

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence

Frozen steppe, a crimson stain
Where ancient shadows rise again
A hungry bear, with iron claw
Breaks oaths of peace, defies all law

The cities burn, the children weep
While slumbering giants lie asleep
A tyrant's voice, a hollow creed
Sows terror, plants a poisoned seed

The Cost of Silence! A heavy toll
As darkness claims another soul
The fires rage, the cannons roar
While justice bleeds upon the floor

Every day we are silent
The orcs are marching
Every day we are silent
Our friends are dying

From shattered homes, a desperate plea
For eyes to see, for hands to free
But gilded halls, and empty words
Protect the comfort of the herds

We elect the clowns and it is all fun and games
While sticking to the man, we fan the flames
The lines are drawn, the choices clear
Yet fear prevails, and whispers fear

The Cost of Silence! A heavy toll
As darkness claims another soul
The fires rage, the cannons roar
While justice bleeds upon the floor

Every day we are silent
The orcs are marching
Every day we are silent
Our friends are dying

The specter looms, a chilling sight
Of broken treaties, endless night
The weight of guilt, a crushing stone
For every life, unjustly thrown

The whispers rise, a growing dread
As heroes fall, and hope lies dead
The watching world, a vacant stare
A silent witness to despair

The Cost of Silence! A heavy toll
As darkness claims another soul
The fires rage, the cannons roar
While justice bleeds upon the floor

Every day we are silent
The orcs are marching
Every day we are silent
Our friends are dying

Every day... the silence grows...
Every day... another soul... it knows...
The cost of silence...

The Cost of Silence

I once knew a boy who sketched in blue
Lines so quiet - they cut right through
He’d trace the world the way he saw
Soft and sharp, without a flaw

He’d hum a song, some tune half-known
Lost in notes he’d never shown
His hands moved like a storm’s first sigh
Filling pages with what and why

I never told him what I knew
That every shade he ever drew
Held the echoes of my name
Though he never said the same

I once knew a boy who painted in black
Swallowed the sun, no giving it back
The weight of dusk bled through his hands
Ruins and ghosts in shifting strands
He carved the void with silent grace
A shattered mirror, a nameless face

Pain was the name he gave his cage
A wild quiet, a rage he’d stage
I screamed in tongues he never knew
He never saw my midnight too

I once knew a boy who colored in red
Each line a battle, each hue a dread
Crimson marks told of a relentless fight
A fragile flame against endless night
In strokes of pain, hope whispered low
A testament to a fate he’d never outgrow

Red was the script he couldn’t rewrite
A dying star too proud to fight
I sold my dawn to buy his night
He let it bleed, but never light

Reds turned to dust, blacks claimed their due
Echoes of a fire we never knew
But the void still hums the tune he drew
A story, half-true… sketched in blue

Sketched in Blue

Original version: https://soundcloud.com/axioms-of-mediocrity/a-little-bit-more

I've got the vision, but it's never quite clear
Every line I write, I hear a voice in my ear
Saying, "Polish the edges, smooth out the seams
You're almost there, just chase the dream."
But every stroke I make, it's never enough
The chase is endless, the road's always rough
I'm lost in the details, caught in the grind
Perfection's a prison, trapping my mind

Each revision, each draft, it's a game I can't quit
Seeking that flawless, elusive fit

Just a little bit more, and then it will be great
Just a little bit more, don't let it abate
Just a little bit more, and then I'll be free
Just a little bit more, it's never complete

I've been chasing shadows, ghosts of perfection
Lost in a maze of my own reflection
Every note, every word, it must align
I'm carving a diamond, one flaw at a time
But the sparkle I seek is just out of reach
A flawless creation, the goal they preach
But in the pursuit, I'm losing my soul
A slave to the standard, I can't control

Each revision, each draft, it's a game I can't quit
Seeking that flawless, elusive fit

Just a little bit more, and then it will be great
Just a little bit more, don't let it abate
Just a little bit more, and then I'll be free
Just a little bit more, it's never complete

I'm trapped in a loop, a never-ending quest
Each step forward, I'm still second-best
But maybe in the cracks, the flaws that remain
There's beauty in the chaos, in the mess and the pain
If I let go, maybe I'll see
Perfection isn't all it's cracked up to be

Just a little bit more, I'll find my own way
Just a little bit more, but maybe not today
Just a little bit more, I'll break from the chain
Just a little bit more, embrace the refrain

A Little Bit More

GENRE: METAL/AMBIENT METAL FUSION
LYRICIST: ROXY BLACK 
VOCALS: ROXY BLACK
PRODUCTION: PRIMORDIUM/ORPHEUS VECTOR 
COVER: ORPHEUS VECTOR 

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A Little Bit More

Axioms of Mediocrity