ANOTHER VOICE

STREAMING/MERCH/SOCIALS: https://linktr.ee/machinaaeon BECOME A MEMBER! GET COOL THINGS! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCps9k9-qDWciJSuIPPvOsXw/join Lyrics: It starts like a whisper crawling under my skin Little crooked lullabies telling me to give in I don’t pick the moves, I just follow the thread A meat puppet with a pulse and a war in my head They talk in loops, overlapping my breath One says live fast, the next says flirt with death Another says smile while you twist the knife Make it look pretty while you ruin a life I let them guide me, I don’t even fight They pull my hands when I turn out the lights Tell me who to touch, tell me who to break Tell me every single choice I’m supposed to make I used to think I was the one in control But I’m just a body with a borrowed soul Every little thought feels planted and fake Like I’m wide awake but I’m still on a leash they shake I hear them laughing when I try to resist Fingertips tightening around my wrist They don’t care if I bleed or bruise Long as I dance when they tell me to move There’s another voice and it’s louder than before Scratching at the inside of a locked-up door It don’t whisper soft, it don’t play pretend It wants me to snap, wants to see me bend Yeah another voice, and it’s cold as hell Spinning me faster on its carousel I don’t get a choice, I just play my part Got another voice tearing through my heart The old ones tease me, call me their toy Tell me I’m chaos dressed up as a girl they enjoy But this new one don’t joke, don’t laugh, don’t tease It just tells me calmly, “Drop to your knees.” It don’t want fun, it don’t want games It wants destruction without the names No fucking edge or a twisted thrill Just pure intent to break my will It tells me truths I don’t wanna hear Like how I’m empty, how I disappear Says every move I make ain’t mine Just echoes stitched into borrowed time I tried to scream but it cut me off Said, “You were never real, just a fucked-up thought.” Now I’m shaking, biting down on my tongue While it rewrites everything I’ve ever done The others fade when it starts to speak Like even they feel small and weak And I’m stuck in place, can’t disengage While it carves its space inside my brain There’s another voice and it’s louder than before Scratching at the inside of a locked-up door It don’t whisper soft, it don’t play pretend It wants me to snap, wants to see me bend Yeah another voice, and it’s cold as hell Dragging me deeper down a private cell I don’t get a choice, I just play my part Got another voice tearing through my heart It don’t shout: It commands It don’t beg: It demands No hesitation in the way that it speaks Like it’s been waiting underneath for weeks “Stop pretending you’re in control" "You’re just a hole with a talking role" "Every breath you take, I approve" "Every step you make, I move.” I feel it settling into my spine Like it’s syncing up with every line Now when I blink, it’s staring back And I don’t know if I can survive the attack Shut the fuck up, I know you’re right I feel you crawling in every thought I fight Take it all, just don’t drag it slow If I’m not me then just let me go Rip it open, take the reins Flood my head, erase the names If I’m a puppet then cut me clean Or make me something I’ve never seen Now when they speak, I don’t respond It’s just that one that I’m stuck beyond And I swear I felt the last one die Then it smiled and said, “You’re mine.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transparency: Machina Aeon is human-led & AI-assisted. AI tools helped with brainstorming, editing, visual prep, and writing; Direction choices, song structure, and ALL final decisions were made by me, a human being. No unauthorized voice cloning.