Charisma Machine

[Intro ] Testing. Testing. Can you hear me now? [Verse 1] Volume up. Lights low. Room full of fever and a dead-bolt glow. Front row sweat. Back row teeth. Somebody laughing like he already knows what we need. I came for rescue. I stayed for the bass. I liked how the thunder put a name on my face. Hands in the air. Mouth gone dry. I said I was watching. I was already learning the lie. [Pre-Chorus] Everybody wants a mouth. Everybody wants to be seen. Everybody wants the noise to sound like it means something. Nobody wants the blame. Nobody wants to bleed. So we hand the room to the man who sounds like he believes. [Chorus] CARISMA! Say it like you need it. MACHINE! Smile until you bleed it. You wanted to be heard? Now you’re singing what they wrote. Look at the wire — it’s already in your throat. [Verse 2] Repeat after me. That’s how it starts. A little bit of rhythm and a hand on your heart. I knew it was a cage. I loved how it rang. I loved how the whole room moved when he raised his hand. They pinned me a number. I wore it like a name. They gave me a wound and made it look like fame. I kept the door. I held the line. I called it freedom when the leash was mine. [Pre-Chorus] Everybody wants a mouth. Everybody wants to be seen. Everybody wants the noise to sound like it means something. Nobody wants the blame. Nobody wants to bleed. So we hand the room to the man who sounds like he believes. [Chorus] CARISMA! Say it like you need it. MACHINE! Smile until you bleed it. You wanted to be heard? Now you’re singing what they wrote. Look at the wire — it’s already in your throat. [Bridge / Breakdown] Don’t look down. Don’t step back. Don’t ask who built the stage. Don’t ask who locked the exit. Don’t ask who learned your rage. Say my name. Say it clean. Say it like salvation. Say it like a threat. Say it like you mean it. Say it till you forget. [Final Chorus] CARISMA! Say it like you need it. MACHINE! Smile until you bleed it. You wanted to be heard? Now you’re singing what they wrote. LOOK AT THE WIRE — it’s already in your throat. It’s already in your throat. It’s already in your throat. [Outro] Testing. Testing. Can you hear me now? Everybody wants a voice… until the voice starts giving orders. And I said yes.