What About...?

STREAMING/MERCH/SOCIALS: https://linktr.ee/machinaaeon BECOME A MEMBER! GET COOL THINGS! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCps9k9-qDWciJSuIPPvOsXw/join Lyrics: Yeah… Say it plain, own your mess or stay buried in it You get called on your shit and you scramble to shift Every question you face gets deflected away You start draggin’ in names just to dodge what you did Like the blame gonna fade if you widen the play Every time that it lands you go reach for a shield Pointin’ out someone else just to muddy the view You can’t stand in the moment, you just pivot and yield But it circles right back and it settles on you This ain’t heat from the crowd, it’s the weight of your act Every word that you twist just confirms what you are You can bury it deep but it’s stitched in the facts And it follows you close no matter how far What about this, what about that, now you changin’ the lane Every time that you’re pressed, you go run from the truth What about them, what about who, now you shiftin’ the frame But it bends back around and it’s landin’ on you What about this, what about that, you keep dodgin’ the weight Every answer you give just a move to evade What about them, what about who, now you passin’ the blame But it carves in your chest and it’s never erased You get backed in a corner, start reachin’ for names Anybody but you gotta carry that mark You start pullin’ up history to scatter the blame But the light stay fixed and it’s cuttin’ the dark You rewrite every moment just to soften the hit Try to bend every angle till it almost feels true But the cracks still show in the version you spit And it all comes apart when it’s tested on you You don’t stand on your word, you just shift when it’s tense Every push that you feel got you jumpin’ aside You keep stackin’ up noise just to dodge consequence But it builds in your chest and it won’t ever hide What about this, what about that, now you changin’ the lane Every time that you’re pressed, you go run from the truth What about them, what about who, now you shiftin’ the frame But it bends back around and it’s landin’ on you What about this, what about that, you keep dodgin’ the weight Every answer you give just a move to evade What about them, what about who, now you passin’ the blame But it carves in your chest and it’s never erased Say it once, say it clean, let it sit where it lands No more reachin’ for cover, no more changin’ the scene You can run from yourself but it’s still in your hands And it grows every time that you keep it unseen Keep sayin’ what about till your voice sound rehearsed But the truth don’t move, it just waits where it stood You can point every way, try to scatter the worst But it always comes back, you were never that good What about this, what about that, now you changin’ the lane Every time that you’re pressed, you go run from the truth What about them, what about who, now you shiftin’ the frame But it bends back around and it’s landin’ on you What about this, what about that, you keep dodgin’ the weight Every answer you give just a move to evade What about them, what about who, now you passin’ the blame But it carves in your chest and it’s never erased ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.