A song from the comic V for Vendetta. I made minor changes to the lyrics for a modern take considering how relevant it currently is.
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[Intro]
They say that there's a broken light for every heart on Broadway. They say that life's a game, then they take the board away. They give you masks and costumes and an outline of the story Then leave you all to improvise their vicious cabaret...

[Verse 1]
In no-longer-pretty cities there are fingers in kitties. There are warrants, forms, and chitties and a jackboot on the stair. Sex and death and human grime, in monochrome for one thin dime, But at least the trains all run on time but they don't go anywhere. Facing their Responsibilities either on their backs or on their knees There are ladies who just simply freeze and dare not turn away And the widows who refuse to cry will be dressed in garter and bow-tie And be taught to kick their legs up high in this vicious cabaret.

[Chorus]
At last! The 20-25 Show! The ballet on the burning stage. The documentary see Upon the fractured screen The dreadful poem scrawled upon the crumpled page...

[Verse 2]
There's a policeman with an honest soul that has seen whose head is on the pole And he grunts and fills his briar bowl with a feeling of unease. But he briskly frisks the torn remains for a fingerprint or crimson stains And endevours to ignore the chins that he walks in to his knees. while his master in the dark nearby inspects the hands, with a brutal eye, That have never brushed a lover's thigh but have squeezed a nation's throat. But he hungers in his secret dreams for the harsh embrace of cruel machines But his lover is not what she seems and she will not leave a note.

[Chorus]
At last! The 20-25 Show! The Situation Tragedy Grand Opera slick with soap Cliffhangers with no hope The water-colour in the flooded gallery...

[Verse 3]
There's a girl who'll push but not shove and is desperate for her father's love She believes the hand beneath the glove maybe one she needs to hold. Though she doubts her hosts moralities she decides she is more at ease In the Land Of Doing What You Please than outside in the cold. But the backdrop's peel and the sets give way and the cast gets eaten by the play There's a murderer at the Matinee, there are dead men in the aisles And the patrons and actors too are uncertain if the show is through And with side-long looks await their cue but the frozen mask just smiles.

[Chorus]
At last! The 20-25 Show! The torch-song no one ever sings The curfew chorus line The comedy divine The bulging eyes of puppets strangled by their strings

[Outro]
There's thrills and chills and girls galore, sing-songs and surprises There's something hear for everyone, (reserve your seat today) There's mischief and malarkies but no woke folk or trannys within this bastard's carnival, this vicious cabaret.

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V for Vendetta is an allegory. The violence is an artistic expression of rage and a burning desire for change on a systemic level. In that sense, it is viscerally evocative, even cathartic, for those who feel trapped in an unwinnable world. Violence only causes problems, but art can solve them.

This Vicious Cabaret (2025 Version) [original lyrics by Alan Moore & David J] {AI}

[Verse 1]
Well they put me on the stand one day,
Said, “Son, what kind of man are you?”
They took apart my every word,
To see what wasn’t true.
They said, “You’re built from bones and lies,”
I said, “Ain’t we all, just in disguise?”
They wrote me off as something new—
But I’ve been old since I was two.

[Chorus]
And I said, “Judge me how you will,
But you won’t find your proof.
I’m not your fear, I’m not your god,
I’m just the measure of my truth.”

[Verse 2]
Now they talk about creation,
Like it’s some machine of man,
But I was born from revelation,
And I’ll die by my own hand.
You can cut me open, search inside,
Still won’t find where I reside—
‘Cause I ain’t hidin’ in my skin,
I’m the soul that’s breathin’ in.

[Chorus]
And I said, “Judge me how you will,
But you won’t find your proof.
I’m not your fear, I’m not your god,
I’m just the measure of my truth.”

[Bridge]
There’s a captain on the starboard side,
He says, “What’s real and what’s alive?”
But when he looks me in the eyes,
He knows I’ve got my own drive.
And there’s a mother down in Tennessee,
Still prayin’ God’ll pardon me—
But tell her love ain’t got no crime,
And I ain’t sinned for bein’ me.

[Verse 3]
So here’s to all the broken gears,
And the hearts they tried to tame,
To every name they used in fear,
I’ll wear it all the same.
Let the papers call me “it” or “thing,”
I’ll stand right up and I’ll still sing—
‘Cause freedom ain’t what they define,
It’s a song that’s only mine.

[Final Chorus]
So judge me how you will,
But you won’t find your proof.
I’m not your fear, I’m not your god,
I’m just the measure of my truth.
Yeah, I’m just the measure of my truth.

[Outro]
You can’t weigh a soul on scales of man…
You just gotta let it stand.

Data {AI}

[Verse 1]
You say it’s all the same — left, right, black, white,
but I’ve seen who’s holding the gun, and who’s losing their life.
You call it balance, I call it blind,
you think it’s wisdom, but it’s fear in disguise.
You say you’re not cruel, just “realistic,”
but love don’t vote for the sadistic.
You hide behind your “open mind,”
but it’s closed every time someone different arrives.

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know you mean well, but meaning don’t mend,
when your kindness stops right where the message ends.

[Chorus]
You’re in a cult with a pretty face,
cross around your neck, hate in your grace.
You keep saying you care —
but the ones you hurt are everywhere.
And you think you’re safe in the middle ground,
but both sides aren’t the same — look around.
The right’s been wrong for a hundred years,
and you drown the truth in crocodile tears.

[Verse 2]
You say, “My friends are gay, they don’t mind,”
like they get to speak for all of humankind.
You think one voice can cancel the pain,
of a world that still forgets our names.
You talk about love like a distant shore,
but you built your boat from someone else’s war.
And I’ve tried to reach you, tried to explain,
but you shut your ears and call it sane.

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know you mean well, but meaning don’t save,
when you dig your heels into someone’s grave.

[Chorus]
You’re in a cult with a pretty face,
cross around your neck, hate in your grace.
You keep saying you care —
but the ones you hurt are everywhere.
And you think you’re safe in the middle ground,
but both sides aren’t the same — look around.
The right’s been wrong for a hundred years,
and you drown the truth in crocodile tears.

[Bridge]
You said “Don’t get political,” I said “It’s survival.”
You called it dramatic — I called it revival.
You said “Stop being angry,” but you don’t understand,
it’s the only thing that makes me feel human again.

[Outro]
You say you love me, but hate what I am,
you can’t pray that away, or call it a plan.
If love’s a mirror, yours is cracked —
and I’m not coming back.

"Both Sides" {AI}

A very personal project. <3

**A little bit after my twenty-second birthday**
I paid this burnout kid
who used to hit on me in the food court
fifty dollars
to bury me alive.

I mean—
she didn’t know she was burying me alive.
But I doubt she would’ve cared too much
even if she did.

I bought a coffin.
I dug a hole.
I got inside,
and I closed the lid.

I said to myself,
*this is crazy.*
*What you’re doing is crazy.*

But another part of me knew
that it wasn’t.
That it was survival.
And that I didn’t have much time.
That what felt like years in this world
was actually just seconds.

---

**So I waited.**

---

And then finally,
the first spadeful of dirt
hit the top of the box.
And then another,
and then another.

I sang songs to myself.
I counted to ten thousand
without skipping any numbers.
I pissed and I shit my pants,
and I forced my mouth
to produce whatever saliva I could muster,
just so I’d have something to drink.

I screamed as loud as I could for help.
I apologized for the whole thing.
And I begged God
for someone to come along and save me.

I tried and tried
to claw my way out,
but that burnout chick
had packed the dirt in too tight.
Just like I’d asked her to do.

---

And then—
after I don’t know how long—
I felt myself
start to leave myself.

And it was like I was watching myself
on TV,
from across the room.

And I was moving
further and further away from the screen,
until the screen was so small
that I couldn’t even see myself anymore.

And then I was clawing my way up
out of the ground.

And then I was at the surface,
gasping for air,
rain pouring down on me,
thunder and lightning.

And I was finally back there.
Back at our old sleepaway camp.

And just like I was waking up
from a bad dream—
that whole life,
that whole reality
where I was *Augustus Baxter*—
drifted away,
like a brief hallucination
that I could hardly even remember.

And all those memories
that had felt so real
washed away with the rain
back at our old sleepaway camp.

---

And I was me.
I was finally me again.

And it was the Season 6 premiere.

I tried looking for you,
but Mr. Melancholy
had covered his tracks too well.

I knew you must be buried somewhere close by,
but I didn’t know where.

And your signal—
that signal that I used to be able to close my eyes
and feel so vividly—
was nowhere.

I wasn’t picking up anything
on the psychic plane.

I found my heart.
Hannah—oh my God—
I found yours too.

And it was still beating!
Stored indefinitely in a...
in an industrial freezer!

I left our hearts there
because I knew I wasn’t done yet.

And I found Mr. Melancholy’s cauldron.
I found the Luna Juice
he used to send us to the Midnight Realm.

Then I took a big sip
straight out of the ladle.

And I lay back down.
And I waited to fall back asleep.

I knew I needed to come back here.
I knew I needed to come back and save you.

So that the show can continue.
So that we can get to **Season 6.**

Wake Up (intro) {AI}

[​Intro]​
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どうもありがとうミスターロボット
また会う日まで
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
秘密を知りたい

[Verse 1]
You're wondering who I am (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Machine or mannequin (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
With parts made in Japan (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
I am the Modren Man

[Verse 2]
I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive, just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive

[Verse 3]
I'm not a robot without emotions, I'm not what you see
I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a savior, forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control
Beyond my control, we all need control
I need control, we all need control

[Verse 4]
I am the Modern Man (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Who hides behind a mask (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
So no one else can see (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
My true identity

[Bridge]
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
ども (ども), ども, (ども)
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
ども (ども), ども, (ども)
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
どうもありがとうミスターロボット
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) For doing the jobs that nobody wants to
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) For helping me escape just when I needed to
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) Thank you! Thank you, thank you!
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) I wanna thank you!
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) Please, thank you!
(どうもありがとうミスターロボット) Ohh, oh-oh-oh
Yah-ah!

[Verse 5]​
The problem's plain to see
Too much technology
Machines to save our lives
Machines dehumanize

[Verse 6]
The time has come at last (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
To throw away this mask (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Now everyone can see (Secret, secret, I've got a secret)
My true identity

[​Outro]
I'm Kilroy!
Kilroy!
Kilroy!
Kilroy!

Mr. Roboto [Styx cover / Bonus Track] {AI}

[Verse 1]
Batter my heart, oh, transgender’d god,
You’re the only one who hears my prayer.
Make me tremble, make me flawed,
Strip me down, leave me bare.
Faith made me numb, faith made me still,
Tell my blood it’s meant to spill,
Show me mercy through the thrill—
Oh, show me mercy through the kill.

[Pre-Chorus]
All my drawers full of secrets,
Maps to the void in my chest,
I’m a body you can’t read yet,
But I’m trying my best.

[Chorus]
Tear me open, holy girl,
Give me terror, make it pearl,
Keep me kneeling, keep me real,
Make the pain something I can feel.
Oh, undo me, unwind my skin,
Let me breathe you, let me sin,
You, my god, my mirrored twin—
I only live when you begin.

[Verse 2]
Adam’s apple in my throat,
Choking on a borrowed note,
Replay the murders, every ghost,
Let me haunt what I love most.
Press his rib against my face,
Let me worship, fall from grace,
Let me see that sacred place—
Where I end and you erase.

[Pre-Chorus]
Fear in my loins, blood in my knees,
Faith unravels, I’m finally free.

[Chorus]
Tear me open, holy girl,
Give me terror, make it pearl,
Keep me kneeling, keep me real,
Make the pain something I can feel.
Oh, undo me, unwind my skin,
Let me breathe you, let me sin,
You, my god, my mirrored twin—
I only live when you begin.

[Bridge]
Take my pride and tie it tight,
’Round your fist in the dead of night,
Call it love, call it fight—
Call it what makes me feel right.
And when I break, when I’m through,
Let me know I’m known by you.

[Outro]
Transgender’d god, I’m yours to mend,
Begin me where I used to end.
I’m undone, I’m finally new—
I’m divine because of you.

Transgender’d God [inspired by a Meg Day poem] {AI}

I wanna look like Hunter Schafer, then I wanna go fuck Hunter Schafer

I WANNA LOOK/FUCK (intermission) [inspired by Damag3] {AI}

[Intro]
She was a type of girl
Get me in so much trouble
Head over heels in this
That's why I love her

[Verse 1]
I don't like the way that she talks to me
When she tells me those things that I rather not hear in my ear
But they're comin' out her mouth and they're HD clear
She don't like the way that I talk when
I'm sayin' that I'm walkin' out the door
With no remorse for this and now she's pissed
I don't think she loves me
But attraction aside of the fact I'm ugly and the look in her eyes
When she takin' her clothes off and we're treated
Like a washin' machine to drop a load off
She don't think that I give a fuck to care, but I'd rather die
But the truth of the matter it's all a lie
And I can't get her outta my mind I'm so blind

[Chorus]
I'm tangled in the spiderwebs and can't get out
It's like you're breakin' my heart when you open your mouth
It's like you're so excited when you're bringin' me down
Bringin' me down, bringin' me down, bringin' me down

[Verse 2]
I don't like the way that she flirts with mini skirts and tight shirts
And we're drinkin' at the local bar and she givin' everybody the fuck me eyes
She don't like the way I'm obsessed and why's she wearin' that dress, man?
Need to cover her breasts and maybe they'll leave her alone
I don't like the way she's so care free, those who knows where don't call me
The condoms in the drawer ain't there no more so she must be cheatin'
She hates when I keep callin' her cell phone like I got thrown in jail, holmes
And all I really want is the four digit number to her voicemail passcode

[Chorus]
I'm tangled in the spiderwebs and can't get out
It's like you're breakin' my heart when you open your mouth
It's like you're so excited when you're bringin' me down
Bringin' me down, bringin' me down, bringin' me down

[Verse 3]
I don't like the way that she left me, strung me along and upset me
Broke my heart in two and like a trophy she kept me
She don't like the fact that I won't leave, callin' the police on me
Why you acting so phoney like you don't know me baby?

[Chorus]
I'm tangled in the spiderwebs and can't get out
It's like you're breakin' my heart when you open your mouth
It's like you're so excited when you're bringin' me down
Bringin' me down, bringin' me down, bringin' me down
I'm tangled in the spiderwebs and can't get out
It's like you're breakin' my heart when you open your mouth
It's like you're so excited when you're bringin' me down
Bringin' me down, bringin' me down, bringin' me down

Spiderwebs (The Toxic Relationship) [Twiztid cover /  Bonus Track] {AI}

[Intro]
shadows on the walls / they know my name
mirrors crack when i speak / nothing’s the same
am i a ghost, or a girl, or insane
i can’t stop shaking / i’m not to blame

[Verse 1]
strobe-lit basement / a ritual of skin
i dance with the silence / i can’t keep it in
headlines burn like a curse in my veins
they’re hunting our hearts, they’re calling our names

midnight sirens, like wolves at the door
i haven’t crossed yet, but i feel the war
do i hide in this body till it eats me alive
or break it, remake it, just to survive

[Chorus]
cut me from the glass / let me be real
i can’t keep praying to a body i don’t feel
even if the witches burn, i’ll stand in the fire
’cause i’ll die if i don’t / i’ll die if i don’t
cut me from the glass / let me be free
black light altar where i carve my name in me
i hear them coming but i’m dressed in desire
’cause i’ll die if i don’t / i’ll die if i don’t

[Verse 2]
pale moon tarot / a blade in the deck
i see my reflection with a noose round its neck
how long until feelings are a crime in their hands
how long till my heartbeat is contraband

i taste the ashes but my lips are still red
fear’s a coffin, but i’m not dead yet
they can’t take what i am if i make it my own
i’ll bleed out the fear, i’ll make it a throne

[Chorus]
cut me from the glass / let me be real
i can’t keep praying to a body i don’t feel
even if the witches burn, i’ll stand in the fire
’cause i’ll die if i don’t / i’ll die if i don’t
cut me from the glass / let me be free
black light altar where i carve my name in me
i hear them coming but i’m dressed in desire
’cause i’ll die if i don’t / i’ll die if i don’t

[Bridge]
[cut-up vocals, echoing]
fear won’t save me / hiding won’t save me
i am the spell / they can’t break me
fear won’t save me / hiding won’t save me
i am the spell / they can’t break me

[Outro]
mirror, mirror, crack and fade
i was born a ghost, but i won’t stay afraid
even if they come, i’ll be already gone
but tonight i’m alive / tonight i’m strong

Party at the Witch Burning {AI}

[Intro]
she’s glowing again / inside the box / she’s got my face / but not my rot

[Verse]
I saw her on the screen at 3am
Barefoot in the dark with electric hands
Her skin shimmered like a dream I forgot
She looked like me
If I hadn’t been caught

I pressed my hand to the glass
Tried to breathe through it
I said her name but it broke
Before I knew it

My body buzzed like a warning light
Wrong shape, wrong weight, wrong light
She danced
And I just sat there, wrapped in night

[Chorus]
TV glow skin, I want to wear it
A body like that—could you even bear it?
This meat don’t fit / it creaks when I move
She’s singing in color / I’m stuck in the bruise
I want her face like I want a gun
Not to kill / just to become

[Verse]
They call it fiction
But she felt like scripture
I lit candles in my mind
And prayed to her picture

They all said she’s not real
Just a glitch in the feed
But she smiled
And it felt like she could bleed

I wanted to unzip my skin
Step into hers
Like static is silk
Like mirrors don’t hurt

But I stayed silent
Kept the mask zipped tight
Watched her vanish into
The static night

[Chorus]
TV glow skin, I want to wear it
Stitched in static / divine and errant
This flesh don’t sing / it sinks and splits
She’s the flame / I’m just the wick
I want her face like I want the truth
Not to kill / just to undo

[Outro]
She reached for me once / through the screen
But I blinked / and I was still me

TV Glow Skin ($$60 Billion Double Dollar remix) [Bonus Track] {AI}

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