(VAI) Remix - On The Art & Act Of The Warlanguage

Lyrics

[Verse 1] They didn’t take the tower down, They just renamed the wind. They took the howl out of the wolf And made it safe to spin. They didn’t ban your questions— Just made the answers thin. Then handed you a script to read, And told you truth begins within. [Verse 2] They paved the roads with promises, And billboards full of light. They told you that your pain was wrong, Your anger, impolite. They didn’t steal your memories— They made you doubt your sight. Then thanked you for your loyalty As you vanished overnight. [Chorus] The word came first, and then the rule. They built a school to make you cool. Then clipped your tongue and trained your thought— Until you said what you were taught. No cage, no cell, no chains, no scream— Just fewer colors in your dream. No violence here, just grammar games. Until your prayers all sounded the same. [Verse 3] They didn’t break the poets’ hands— They paid them to write safe. Turned rebels into hosts of shows, And risk into escape. They offered peace in sterile rooms, And masks for every face. And called it growth when no one moved, And called it grace when we obeyed. [Bridge] You’ll find no blood beneath the screen, No echo in the phrase. Just narrowed hearts, and lowercase gods, And all the saints replaced. And still we say it isn’t war— Because the streets are clean. But war was never bullet-shaped— It started in a dream. [Chorus] The word came first, and then the chains. The rest was ink. The rest was games. They made the scream a metaphor, And told you not to feel it more. No flags, no guns, no marching feet— Just empty eyes and endless screens. And every thought you once believed, Now sits behind a loading screen. [Outro] So whisper loud while you still can. Say something they won’t understand. And if your voice begins to shake— It means there’s something still awake. No need to shout, no need to fight— Just hold your words beyond the night. For words, you see, can burn and bite— Or tear the veil and birth the light. ⸻