Puppet Wires (Delusion of Control)

Delusions of control involve the sensation that one’s thoughts, actions, or body are being manipulated by external forces. The track dramatizes the erosion of agency and the eerie choreography of a life that feels pulled by invisible strings. A doom/death metal track featuring industrial mechanical drum programming, syncopated rhythms, and repeating guitar motifs. Verses use a monotone spoken delivery, interlaced with sharp, growled bursts. Bridge introduces processed synth patterns, and breakdowns simulate the feeling of involuntary, puppet-like movement. The mood is mechanical, helpless, and distressing.

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Engines hum inside my head,
Invisible hands, cold and red.
Remote commands dictate my thought,
Actions triggered, battles fought.
Every word and every sigh
Is orchestrated, I comply.
Puppet wires jerk,
I move on foreign urge—
My will erased,
My mind submerged.
Signals echo, unseen force,
My heartbeat skips a strange course.
Am I awake, or being played?
Consciousness invaded, freedom frayed.
Hands unseen, remote control,
Coded pulses scan my soul.
Desires planted, spirit drowned,
My thoughts are theirs, their plans unbound.
Who am I behind the script?
What is truth—what is crypt?
Commands constrict, compliance grows,
The marionette no longer knows.
Puppet wires jerk,
I move on foreign urge—
My will erased,
My mind submerged.
Cancelled signals, frozen mind—
Left suspended, redefined.