Inside My Head

The Sacrifice

15 Missed Calls

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[Verse 1]
Dark roads whisper, shadows stay watchin'
Deals in the air, no room for the stoppin'
Night’s move quick, so the p’s keep poppin'
One wrong step, and the town starts droppin'

[Chorus]
Day time calls feel them menu shoppin'
Packs sealed tight got like six shots waitin’
Night shift calls so my worker keep it runnin'
Life or the line try feel the fear burnin’

[Verse 2]
The strip’s all tight, keep the circle steady
Trap line’s pingin', so we always stay ready
Eyes on the prize, but firm and deadly
Life's a roulette, but the road’s ain't friendly

[Prechorus]
Streetlights flicker like they know my name
Shadows stretch long in this endless game
Heart beats fast but it ain't from shame

[Chorus]
Day time calls feel them menu shoppin'
Packs sealed tight got like six shots waitin’
Night shift calls so my worker keep it runnin'
Life or the line try feel the fear burnin’

[Verse 3]
Cold winds howl and the alleys keep talkin'
I wanna step down but the p’s ain't stoppin'
Hustle runs deep where the truth keeps lurkin'
One slip here and the jake’s come lookin’

[Prechorus]
Streetlights flicker like they know my name
Shadows stretch long in this endless game
Heart beats fast but it ain't from shame

[Chorus]
Day time calls feel them menu shoppin'
Packs sealed tight got like six shots waitin’
Night shift calls so my worker keep it runnin'
Life or the line try feel the fear burnin’

[Verse 4]
Cameras all blinkin', streets always wired
We move like ghosts, like we never get tired
Dreams of peace, but the game's required
My town stays locked, till my Empire retired

[Prechorus]
Streetlights flicker like they know my name
Shadows stretch long in this endless game
Heart beats fast but it ain't from shame

[Chorus]
Day time calls feel them menu shoppin'
Packs sealed tight got like six shots waitin’
Night shift calls so my worker keep it runnin'
Life or the line try feel the fear burnin’

[Bridge]
Steel door room’s slam dreams into rust
Hope gets crushed beneath the dust
Clock ticks loud but it don’t rewind
I’m lost in the maze of a trapper’s mind

[Chorus]
Day time calls feel them menu shoppin'
Packs sealed tight got like six shots waitin’
Night shift calls so my worker keep it runnin'
Life or the line try feel the fear burnin’

Menu Shoppin’

Slur of an Ego

The central theme of "Architects of Ruin" is **the predatory hypocrisy of power brokers who engineer societal and human devastation for personal gain, contrasted with the inexorable tide of accountability and justice**—a blistering takedown of detached elites whose "marble shine" war rooms and "polished podiums" mask the blood-soaked fallout on the "streets" and "shattered ground" below.

This unfolds through the rap-metal verses' "vicious cadence" skewering "big suits" who "gamble lives like chips" and "watch the money wake," while the blues-metal chorus thunders the indictment—"They are the architects of ruin / Stackin’ steel on a broken truth"—evoking towers of exploitation "built on the backs of the fallen." The psychedelic-prog bridge dissolves into "chaotic FX" and battlefield echoes, whispering "Who answers for the cost?" before the male vocal's drifting prophecy of crumbling systems, amplified by the guitar solo's "Collapse of the Colossus" as a sonic demolition. Ultimately, the stern outro—"History keeps the balance / No throne stands forever"—affirms a redemptive reckoning, where "the world will see," turning rage into a progressive rock ritual of exposure and renewal, echoing anti-establishment anthems like Sabbath's own war cries.

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