Break The Cage

Verse 1

Chains bite cold into the concrete floor

He laughs so sweet behind the steel door

Count down slow — one, two, three

Every bone I break is the old me

White room stinks of iron and sweat

He says pain’s the only thing I get

“Can you feel it? Tell me the score”

I scream till my throat is raw and sore

Hide’s face fades, Touka’s light dims

All I am is blood and him

Pre-Chorus

Snap the finger, crack the rib

Humanity’s wearing thin, thin, thin

Count to ten or count to hell

I can’t tell where I end and the darkness dwells

Chorus

Break the body, break the mind

Kill the boy the monster hides inside

One hundred and three… one hundred and four…

I don’t feel the hurt anymore

Flesh gives way, bones turn to dust

Every shatter is a memory I lose

Jason’s voice is a knife in my head

The Kaneki I was is dead, dead, dead

Verse 2

He plucks my fingers one by one

Says “pain is proof you’re not the only one”

I used to beg, I used to cry

Now I watch the ceiling and I don’t try

No more prayers, no more please

Just the hunger growing underneath

Skin feels tight, eyes burn red

The boy who loved books is long gone dead

He broke me down piece by piece

Till the monster was the only release

Pre-Chorus

Snap the finger, crack the rib

Humanity’s wearing thin, thin, thin

Count to ten or count to hell

I can’t tell where I end and the darkness dwells

Chorus

Break the body, break the mind

Kill the boy the monster hides inside

One hundred and three… one hundred and four…

I don’t feel the hurt anymore

Flesh gives way, bones turn to dust

Every shatter is a memory I lose

Jason’s voice is a knife in my head

The Kaneki I was is dead, dead, dead

Bridge

(beat drops to slow, jagged heartbeat — vocals fractured, overlapping, whispering then screaming)

One hundred and twenty… one hundred and twenty three…

It doesn’t hurt. It doesn’t hurt.

WHY DOESN’T IT HURT?!

He broke the cage. He broke the cage.

The thing inside was always there —

I WAS NEVER HUMAN, NEVER FAIR!

I lied to myself, I wore their skin —

THE MONSTER WAS ALWAYS WINNING!

(glitch screech, bass slams in — distorted, unhinged)

I AM NOT THE ONE WHO’S BROKEN NOW.

I AM THE TEETH. I AM THE PROUD.

Final Chorus

(double-time, screaming, layered — human voice gone, only the ghoul)

BREAK THE BODY! BREAK THE MIND!

LET THE BEAST CONSUME THE LIGHT!

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN… ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT…

I AM THE HURT. I AM THE HATE!

Flesh is dust, bones are ash —

I’M THE NIGHTMARE YOU CAN’T UNLEASH BACK!

Jason’s silence fills the room —

THE OLD ME DIED. THE NEW ME CONSUMES!

Outro

(fading — low distorted hum, distant bone crunch, one final whisper)

…128…

…Thank you…

(cut to silence)