Strength Within

🖤 Track 2 – "Fading Sanity" 🕳️

A relentless descent into madness, this intense chapter of Echoes of a Broken Mind captures the struggle of losing touch with reality. Crushing riffs 🎸, eerie melodies 🌫️, and raw, desperate lyrics 🗣️ pull you into a world where every reflection is a lie, and every thought is a trap. Are you real? Is anything? The void is calling… Will you resist, or let it take you? ⚫🔥

Fading Sanity (Oblivion Descent)

Stone to Stone

Youtube Video:
https://youtu.be/JXAgAyp2p1s

"Billion Dollar Bandages" is an electrifying anthem of resistance, spotlighting the greed within the healthcare system. The track dives into the exploitation of frontline workers, with aggressive guitars, hard-hitting drums, and raw vocals that capture the fiery spirit of rebellion. The gritty energy builds through dynamic contrasts, delivering a rallying cry against corporate greed. It's a song for anyone who's ever felt overlooked or underpaid in the face of immense profits. This one hits hard and speaks loud.

Lyrics:

[Intro]
"Thank you for your service. Your raise request has been denied."

[Verse 1]
Hands in the gloves, sweat on the brow
Suits in the towers, they're laughing now
Overtime hours, bills unpaid
While they stack profits, we wither away

[Pre-Chorus]
"Tough year," they say, "Budgets are tight"
But their pockets grow deeper night after night

[Chorus]
Billion dollar bandages, covering the cuts
We bleed, they feed, and they call it enough
Suits count the bodies, then cash out the trust
Billion dollar bandages, silence the rust

[Verse 2]
Hospitals run like corporate machines
Stock buybacks over healing the weak
Every dollar saved, a life they ignore
Boardroom applause, demanding more

[Pre-Chorus]
"Tough year," they claim, "Budgets are tight"
Yet bonuses rain in the dead of the night

[Chorus]
Billion dollar bandages, covering the cuts
We bleed, they feed, and they call it enough
Suits count the bodies, then cash out the trust
Billion dollar bandages, silence the rust

[Bridge]
Record profits, wage freezes, layoffs ensue
Executives feast while the frontline's abused
We're done with the scraps, we're calling the bluff
No more excuses, enough is enough

[Final Chorus]
Billion dollar bandages, covering the cuts
We bleed, they feed, and they call it enough
Suits count the bodies, then cash out the trust
Billion dollar bandages, silence the rust

[Outro]
"Your raise request has been denied."


UnitedHealth Group
CEO: Andrew Witty
Comp: $23.5M, Salary: $1.5M, Stock: $15M

Elevance Health
CEO: Gail Boudreaux
Comp: $21.9M, Salary: $1.6M, Stock: $11.8M

CVS Health
CEO: Karen Lynch
Comp: $21.6M, Salary: $1.5M, Stock: $12.3M

Molina Healthcare
CEO: Joseph Zubretsky
Comp: $21.5M, Salary: $1.5M, Stock: $15.5M

HCA Healthcare
CEO: Sam Hazen
Comp: $21.3M, Salary: $1.5M, Stock: $6.96M

Cigna Group
CEO: David Cordani
Comp: $21M, Salary: $1.5M, Stock: $12.6M

Centene
CEO: Sarah London
Comp: $18.5M, Salary: $1.4M, Stock: $13.6M

Tenet Healthcare
CEO: Saum Sutaria, MD
Comp: $18.5M, Salary: $1.5M, Stock: $10.1M

Humana
CEO: Bruce Broussard
Comp: $16.3M, Salary: $1.47M, Stock: $10.9M

Universal Health Services
CEO: Marc Miller
Comp: $14.4M, Salary: $1.35M, Stock: $4.94M

Community Health Systems
CEO: Tim Hingtgen
Comp: $8.3M, Salary: $1.28M, Stock: $3.69M

Billion Dollar Bandages

This Ain't No Good Time For Me

"Minute to Midnight" lyrics by Melissa Ritter and Christina Lynn Martin basic melody by Melissa Ritter, vocals and instrumentation by Ai

Minute to Midnight

Ancient Fire, Living Light

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Written by Cracked Reflection. 

Cracked Reflection is a collection of songs that look inward, outward, and everywhere in between. Blending the drama of arena rock, the intimacy of country-pop storytelling, and the raw emotion of theatrical ballads, this album captures the sound of questions we all ask — and the answers we sometimes don’t want to hear.

From dark, obsessive rock to sweeping anthems and tender piano-driven confessions, each track is a piece of the mirror — fractured, imperfect, but undeniably real. Cracked Reflection doesn’t sit neatly in one genre; it’s a fusion of power and vulnerability, with songs that soar, sting, and stay with you long after they end.

Fee-Fi-Fo

"Bollywood Electric" surges with neon fire — fusing sitar and tabla with down-tuned metal riffs, thunderous drums, and haunting dual vocals. A collision of tradition and rebellion, this track pulses like a midnight carnival under storm clouds. Heavy, cinematic, and unapologetically global, it’s a riot of colour and darkness that turns Bollywood into a battlefield of sound.

Bollywood Electric

This is my battle cry. Burned Not Broken is an 80s-inspired rock ballad forged in the fire, scarred but unshaken. It’s about rising from the ashes, carrying the weight of struggle, and turning pain into power. Big hair, big drums, screaming guitars, and a voice that refuses to back down. This track is my story of never giving up, a tribute to everyone who’s been knocked down but still stands tall.

Turn it up loud. Let it hit your chest. If you’ve ever fought through the flames and kept going, this one’s for you.

Every spin and repost fuels the fire. Tell your friends, let’s build this movement together.

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Burned not Broken

Songwriter, Lyricist

Massive thanks for all the positive support, comments and likes towards this collection of songs.

My only hope is you enjoy the music as much as I've enjoyed writing, working towards their release, on what I believe are some pretty cool ai assisted songs.

I'm extremely proud of this accomplishment, especially the lyrical content, as that's something I hold very dear to my heart. 

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Mastering by Landr
Art work by Canva
Album Release by Reverbnation 



This Ain't No Good Time For Me

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