00:12In the garden of faith, where the flowers grow thin
00:20A petal falls soft on the blood of the sin
00:46She walked in the room with the hope in her eyes
00:50They stamped her, not special, they measured her size
00:54Changed the face, changed the shape, changed the sound of her name
00:58Still the old man in suit said you're never the same
01:02They called her the product, they sold her the dream
01:06While the painting behind them watched the whole scheme
01:10The hurt quitter hung their warning
01:13In all of the ones who refuse and the ones who still toil
01:20Little songbird kept smiling
01:24Through every disguise
01:27While the boardroom decided which version survives
01:49The petals of blood on the cutting room the floor
01:53The chainsaw was quiet until she wanted it more
01:57They molded the body, they programmed the mind
02:01But the coded transmissions left just behind
02:05Watch the petal fall
02:16Watch the petal fall
02:36One face at the table looked far too familiar
02:41The legend who signed every star since the mirror
02:45The same eyes that built them
02:47The same smile that broke them
02:49Now painted in prosthetics
02:50The old king unspoken
02:52She swung once for the past
02:54She swung twice for the claim
02:56That the system still feeds on the ones who remain
03:00Then she stepped off the set in a coat full of red
03:04In the waiting room
03:06Women all cheered what she said
03:08But the cameras kept rolling
03:10The lights never died
03:12She walked back to the herd
03:14With the blood still applied
03:24The petals of blood on the cutting room floor
03:28The chainsaw was quiet until she wanted more
03:32They molded the body, they programmed the mind
03:35But the coded transmission was left just behind
03:40Watch the petal fall
03:51Watch the petal fall
04:11Watch the petal fall
04:1229 years and the ring comes around
04:15Saturn returns
04:17And the old self is drowned
04:19Mind, flood, mind, merge
04:21The alternate face
04:23They call it awakening
04:25She calls it replace
04:26The witch and the interview
04:29Laughed through the glass
04:31Somewhere between real and the spell
04:33That they cast
04:35And the interludes whispered water and code
04:38While the perfect product
04:41Kept walking the road
04:47Pedals of blood on the cutting room floor
04:50The chainsaw was quiet until she wanted more
04:54They molded the body
04:56They programmed the mind
04:58But the coded transmission was left just behind
05:02Now the old king is gone
05:05And the new ones still sing
05:09And the songbird still sings
05:13With a use from the throat
05:15That they build
05:18Watch the petal fall
05:25Watch the petal fall
05:32Watch it fall
05:36Watch the petal fall
05:46Ones who know, already know
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