[Verse 1]
Woke up this morning, shell on my back
Legs like wires, twitching in the black
Family stares through the bedroom crack
Father slams the door, says “Get back to work, Jack”

Clock on the wall drips like melted wax
Boss-man’s letter says I’m already sacked
But the stamp is wet, the ink runs red
“Guilty” in a language no one ever read

[Pre-Chorus]
They measure my shadow, they weigh my breath
Find me wanting, sentence me to death
By paper cuts and fluorescent hum
In the castle walls where the rats all run

[Chorus]
I am the insect in the machine!
Crawling through hallways that never been seen
Doors without handles, keys with no locks
Judged by the system that never talks
Oh, transform me! Break me! Set me free!
From this trial that never ends
Insect in the machine… again

[Verse 2]
Lawyer with no face, whispers my crime
Said it was born the day I had a mind
Mother cries “He used to be our son”
Sister sweeps my husk out when the day is done

Elevator falls but never hits the ground
Secretary smiles, says “Next floor, turn around”
The Castle on the hill laughs in the rain
Every window boarded with somebody’s name

[Chorus]
I am the insect in the machine!
Wings torn and useless, still trying to dream
Authority whispers, authority screams
Turns human beings into silent screams
Oh, transform me! Break me! Bury me!
In the files where the lost souls bleed
Insect in the machine… eternally

[Bridge]
There is no gatekeeper… only the gate
No judge… only the endless wait
I begged for the crime, I begged for the whip
They gave me existence and told me to strip
Why do the innocent feel the most shame?
Why does the mirror forget my name?

[Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus]
I am the insect! (I am the insect!)
In the machine! (In the machine!)
Chewing through cables of what might have been
The metamorphosis never completes
Just endless legs and silent defeats
Set me on fire, burn this shell clean
Let the ashes spell what it all means…

[Outro]
The Castle stands… the bug still dreams…
The papers fall like autumn leaves…
Guilty…
Of being…

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