F_ck the Past

STREAMING/MERCH/SOCIALS: https://linktr.ee/machinaaeon BECOME A MEMBER! GET COOL THINGS! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCps9k9-qDWciJSuIPPvOsXw/join Lyrics: Back when the lockers slammed like gunshots in the hall Middle school chaos, kids acting ten feet tall Met him by the vending machine, hoodie down, eyes low Didn’t say a word, but I could feel what he couldn't show They’d shove him, laugh like it meant nothing at all Teachers looking past it like they couldn’t get involved I clocked the silence, that pressure in his chest Same kind of weight I’d been dragging through my mess We’d sit on the curb where the buses wouldn’t wait Talk about runnin', swore we’d escape our fate He didn’t fake smiles, didn’t play pretend Didn’t need the world, just needed one friend (fuck the past) (fuck the past) (fuck the past) Then it got ugly, way worse than schoolyard games Some dumbass beef turned a house into flames Ghost lit the match, didn’t think it’d go that far Didn’t think a life would get rewritten in the dark I remember that night, sirens screaming through the street Neighbors in the yard, ash falling, I taste defeat He made it out breathing, but nothing stayed the same Skin like a memory of a permanent flame Wrapped up in gauze, head to toe, no face left Every mirror smashed, every breath felt like theft They didn’t just burn walls, they erased who he was Left him stitched in silence, fueled by nothing but blood Fuck the past, I ain’t living back there All that pain still breathing in the air Tried to bury me, I crawled out the ash Built a new me, fuck the past I couldn’t let it sit, couldn’t swallow that rage Had a name, had an address, had a man to erase Tracked him down late, where the streetlights die Same kind of night where excuses don’t fly Hands steady, mind loud, heartbeat like a war Every step forward felt like settling a score He saw me coming, yeah, he knew what it meant No words, no warning, just intent It was quick, it was messy, it was done in a breath One choice carved permanent, signed his death Didn’t feel victory, didn’t feel peace Just silence so loud it made everything cease (fuck the past) (fuck the past) (fuck the past) Five years gone in a concrete cage Steel doors closing on a younger man’s rage Time don’t heal, it just forces you to see Who you were, who you are, who you’ll never be No crowds, no noise, just thoughts in a loop Every bad choice playing back in the room Had to sit with it, couldn’t run, couldn’t hide Met the worst version of myself inside Learned how to breathe without feeding the flame Learned not every scar gotta carry a name Came out quieter, but sharper in truth Not clean, not fixed, but no longer that youth Fuck the past, it don’t own me now I don’t bow to the weight, I don’t break, I don’t bow Did the time, paid the cost in full Still standing here, ain’t nobody’s tool I remember the fire in his eyes that night Reflected in mine, mirrored in spite We were just kids with nothing to lose Now we’re shells wearing those same wounds Now I move different, don’t chase that war Don’t need revenge like I did before But don’t get it twisted, don’t test that line There’s still something buried I keep confined I built control out of everything broken Every threat I leave unspoken I’m not that man, I don’t live that life But I know exactly how to hold that knife Now we still here, yeah we made it through hell Both survivors with stories we don’t always tell Past stays buried where it’s meant to stay But I won’t hesitate if you drag me that way (fuck the past) (fuck the past) (fuck the past) I changed, yeah, don’t mean I’m soft Just means I learned what that shit cost Peace ain’t given, it’s something you guard And I built mine in a fuckin' graveyard Fuck the past, let it rot where it stays I ain’t chained to the smoke of those days I moved on, but I won’t forget You can wake that demon, don’t place that bet (fuck the past) (fuck the past) (fuck the past) (fuck the past) (fuck the past) (fuck the past) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.