Vindicated

[Intro] I told you the road was gone I told you the brakes were dead You threw me beneath the wheels Then blamed me for what I said [Verse 1] There was smoke in the wire There was rot in the frame There were hands on the lever With nobody taking blame I saw the map start bleeding I saw the numbers bend I watched the room keep smiling At the beginning of the end You called it vision You called it speed I called it poison Dressed up as need You wanted motion You wanted pitch I said, drive the bus Straight into the ditch [Pre-Chorus] And I was the problem For naming the fire I was the wound For exposing the liar I was the static Inside the machine The last living witness To the things you had seen [Chorus] Vindicated Buried, but I stayed alive Vindicated Thrown under, still I rise You can rewrite the story But you cannot erase it I stood in the wreckage And I was vindicated [Verse 2] Marketing madness Rained down like sparks Bad little ideas Set loose in the dark Same broken pattern Same hollow grin Same shiny failure With a new coat of skin Project kings fell silent Roadmaps turned to ash Deadlines became tombstones Budgets became trash You moved me sideways Thought I would fade But truth has a pulse And debt gets paid [Pre-Chorus] One by one The towers came down One by one No kings, no crown One by one Their names disappeared And every warning I gave Was suddenly clear [Chorus] Vindicated Buried, but I stayed alive Vindicated Thrown under, still I rise You can rewrite the story But you cannot erase it I stood in the wreckage And I was vindicated [Breakdown] I was right I was right I was right And you knew I was right I was right I was right About you I was right When the room went blind I was right When they crossed that line I was right When the whole thing slipped I was right About the bus in the ditch [Bridge] Now you rebuild what you worshipped Now you gut what you praised Now you bury the evidence Under cleaner names Now the lesson has funding Now the truth has a chair Now the ghosts are all missing But the damage is still there Do not call it learning Do not call it growth You sold the lie for profit Then pretended you were close [Final Chorus] Vindicated Buried, but I stayed alive Vindicated Thrown under, still I rise You can rewrite the story But you cannot erase it I stood in the wreckage And I was vindicated Vindicated Scarred, but never erased Vindicated I watched the masks break You can polish the failure You can rename and replace it But I was the warning And I was vindicated [Outro] No crown No speech No apology Just tire marks Dead machines And the truth beneath my feet Vindicated Vindicated Vindicated