Track · Sep 19, 2026 · English
Prey to Ourselves
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7:49
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English
Lyrics
[Intro]
We built the cage from steel and stone
Then called the lock a world we own
[Verse 1]
We drew the border, raised the wall
Measured the worth of everyone small
We fed the furnace, praised the flame
Then blamed the smoke and hid the name
[Verse 2]
We sharpened hunger into law
Took what we wanted, asked for more
A hand on the throat, a boot on the floor
We made a feast of the ones we swore
[Pre-Chorus]
Every crown has a rusted tooth
Every promise is stripped of truth
When the hunter sleeps in the heart of man
The trap is waiting where we stand
[Chorus]
We are the prey to our selves
We ring the dinner bell
We are the teeth, we are the claws
We write the wound, we make the laws
We are the prey to our selves
No heaven, no warning bell
The beast we fear wears our own face
And leaves no living trace
[Verse 3]
We turned the river black with trade
Counted the dead and called it paid
We taught the child to fear the strange
Then sold the cure for pocket change
[Verse 4]
We praise the hand that pulls the wire
While cities choke beneath the fire
The loudest lie becomes the throne
The crowd goes quiet, flesh and bone
[Pre-Chorus]
Every crown has a rusted tooth
Every promise is stripped of truth
When the hunter sleeps in the heart of man
The trap is waiting where we stand
[Chorus]
We are the prey to our selves
We ring the dinner bell
We are the teeth, we are the claws
We write the wound, we make the laws
We are the prey to our selves
No heaven, no warning bell
The beast we fear wears our own face
And leaves no living trace
[Breakdown]
Bite down
Break down
The hand that feeds is the hand that bleeds
Stand down
Black crown
We harvest fear like a field of seeds
We made the knife
We chose the vein
We named the loss
We praised the gain
[Bridge]
If every mirror showed the cost
If every ledger named the lost
Would we still kneel to the machine
Would we still call the ruin clean
No outside enemy
No foreign flame
No distant monster
To carry the blame
[Instrumental]
[Female Chorus]
We are the prey to our selves
We ring the dinner bell
We are the teeth, we are the claws
We write the wound, we make the laws
We are the prey to our selves
No heaven, no warning bell
The beast we fear wears our own face
And leaves no living trace
[Final Chorus]
We are the prey to our selves
We built this living hell
We are the teeth, we are the claws
We crown the wound, we break the laws
We are the prey to our selves
The last confession bell
When every hunter meets the gaze
The cage consumes the cage
[Outro]
No savior coming through the smoke
No hand to mend the chain we broke
The jaws close slow, the silence swells
We are the prey to our selves
Style
heavy metaldark groove-metal weightdowntuned guitarsaggressive palm-muted riffspounding double-kick drumstense bassdramatic tempo shiftsominous clean-guitar intro into crushing verseshuge half-time pre-chorusesexplosive female chorus with a raw scratchy rasplayered gang shoutsbleak cinematic bridgeextended instrumental breakdown and guitar solowide distorted mixhard-edged drumsominous endingenglish
Prompt
A heavy metal song with a scratchy voice female vocal chorus. Long as possible, the whole song is about how humanity is its own predator. Make the song title: “we are the prey to our selves” AABBrhyme
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Young_E_and_OpticalG
Young_E_and_OpticalGGeneratedSep 19, 2026
ModelZona