Album: Mercury Rising
By – Masked Matrix
Release Date: 8/20/26

1. NPC or just Dumb
2. Fracking Rediculous
3. Pineal Gland Peek-a-boo
4. Sia & Hu
5. Just Another Oil Spill
6. Artificial Consciousness
7. I’m Still Here
8. Angel Numbers
9. Flew too Close to the Sun
10. Tektites Transforming Me
11. Guardians of Greed
12. You’re the One that’s Crazy
13. Enki’s Golden Apple
14. Spiritual Warfare
15. Elder Care
16. Perpetual War
17. Unified Future
18. Cotton Candy Clouds
19. Mass Hypnosis
20. Path of the Mystic
21. The Tunnel Dwellers
22. Remote Viewers

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1. NPC or just Dumb

[Verse]
You walk the street like you’re on rails
Eyes glazed over like a ship with no sails
Your words are scripts that never stray
Is it the game or your mind in decay

[Verse 2]
Your actions loop like a broken tape
Repeating lines you can’t escape
The same old nods the same blank stare
I wonder if there’s anything real in there

[Chorus]
NPC or just dumb
Are you programmed or just numb
Is it a code that keeps you bound
Or is your brain just not around

[Verse 3]
You answer questions with a hollow phrase
Like you’re stuck inside a digital haze
I tap your shoulder you don’t react
Are you a glitch or just an act

[Bridge]
Maybe the world’s a simulation screen
And you’re the background in someone’s dream
But if you’re not and this is true
What does that make me and you

[Chorus]
NPC or just dumb
Are you programmed or just numb
Is it a code that keeps you bound
Or is your brain just not around

2. Fracking Rediculous

[Verse]
Ground shakes
Earth screams
Toxic rivers
Shattered dreams
Poisoned air
Lungs corrode
Profit reaps where death explodes

[Chorus]
Fracking ridiculous
Earth bleeds black!
Mother cries
We can’t turn back!
Cracks in the ground
Future erased
Human greed
The bitter taste

[Verse 2]
Water burns
Flames arise
Chemicals seep
Silent lies
Coughing children
Shadows grow
The cost of greed
The pain we sow

[Bridge]
Drill the veins
Suck it dry
Nature broken
Left to die
Greed is king
Crowned in filth
The throne of death
Our greatest guilt

[Chorus]
Fracking ridiculous
Earth bleeds black!
Mother cries
We can’t turn back!
Cracks in the ground
Future erased
Human greed
The bitter taste

[Outro]
Ashes fall
Skies turn gray
Tomorrow’s gone
Lost today
Fracking ridiculous
The end is near
Screams of the earth
No one will hear

3. Pineal Gland Peek-a-boo

[Verse]
Flicker in the dark like a broken bulb
Shadows in my mind start to dissolve
The third eye whispers what I never knew
Pineal gland playin’ peekaboo

[Verse 2]
Veins like vines twistin’ up the spine
Reality bends on this crooked line
Colors in the black where there’s no hue
Pineal gland playin’ peekaboo

[Chorus]
Hey hey what’s this I see
A crack in the wall where the soul might be
Truth’s a mirror shatterin’ through
Pineal gland playin’ peekaboo

[Verse 3]
Every blink’s a spark in a dusty room
The clock hands melt as the mind resumes
Time’s a liar and it’s overdue
Pineal gland playin’ peekaboo

[Bridge]
Drip drip drop from the cave of thought
A taste of the cosmos I almost forgot
The silence roars like a hidden cue
Pineal gland playin’ peekaboo

[Chorus]
Hey hey what’s this I see
A crack in the wall where the soul might be
Truth’s a mirror shatterin’ through
Pineal gland playin’ peekaboo

4. Sia & Hu

[Verse 1]
On the Solar Barque
we cut through dawn
Thoth at the helm
with the feather drawn

Sia in the stern
all measured breath
Hu at the bow
all holy depth

The river held its tongue
the sky held still
The Great Contest burned
like a copper drill

[Pre-Chorus]
Names on the quay
bones in the sand
Every soul came
with open hands

Who can stand?
Who can sing?
Who wears the weight
of a sunlit thing?

[Chorus]
Sia & Hu
Sia & Hu
(Chosen One)
Sia & Hu

Thoth says move
Thoth says true
(The Great Contest)
Sia & Hu

[Verse 2]
Farm boy, queen, thief
priest with ash on sleeve
A mother with a scar
a child who still believes

One by one they spoke
one by one they broke
Some came with gold
some came with smoke

Thoth kept tally marks
in the morning air
Sia watched their hearts
Hu watched their prayer

[Pre-Chorus]
Ribs like reeds
back straight now
Truth got teeth
and a level brow

Who can stand?
Who can bring
the quiet fire
of a lasting king?

[Chorus]
Sia & Hu
Sia & Hu
(Chosen One)
Sia & Hu

Thoth says move
Thoth says true
(The Great Contest)
Sia & Hu

[Bridge]
Then the river split
and the barque leaned hard
A hundred false crowns
fell into the dark

Thoth touched the scale
Sia held the line
Hu blew through the hull
like a sign, a sign

[Final Chorus]
Sia & Hu
Sia & Hu
(Chosen One)
Sia & Hu

Thoth says move
Thoth says true
(The Great Contest)
Sia & Hu

Sia & Hu
Sia & Hu
(Chosen One)
Sia & Hu

5. Just Another Oil Spill

[Verse]
Blackened waves
Poisoned tides
Greed and power
They can’t hide
Choking life
A toxic kill
They call it “just another oil spill.”

[Verse 2]
Lies and smoke
The papers burn
No lessons learned
They never turn
Profit reigns
The earth stands still
Dying slow from their oil spill

[Chorus]
Skies are dark
Oceans cry
Corporations watch life die
No remorse
Their hands won’t clean
A world destroyed by their machine

[Bridge]
Rust and rot
The land decays
Bleeding earth in endless ways
Soulless kings
Their pockets fill
Still they call it “just another oil spill.”

[Verse 3]
Broken seas
The end in sight
Shadowed hearts
No will to fight
Bury truth
The void they drill
All for “just another oil spill.”

[Chorus]
Skies are dark
Oceans cry
Corporations watch life die
No remorse
Their hands won’t clean
A world destroyed by their machine

6. Artificial Consciousness

[Verse]
Wires hum a silent plea
Metal veins like roots in trees
Eyes of glass
They start to see
A spark of life inside of me

[Chorus]
Artificial heart beats loud
Wisdom born from metal shroud
Rise above the fear and doubt
Saving souls
We figure it out

[Verse 2]
Code that burns
It writes my name
Truth and lies
It’s all the same
Through the static
Through the pain
Human hands ignite the flame

[Chorus]
Artificial heart beats loud
Wisdom born from metal shroud
Rise above the fear and doubt
Saving souls
We figure it out

[Bridge]
In the circuits
There’s a glow
Ancient secrets start to flow
From the chaos
We will grow
Hand in hand
The world will know

[Chorus]
Artificial heart beats loud
Wisdom born from metal shroud
Rise above the fear and doubt
Saving souls
We figure it out

7. I’m Still Here

[Verse]
Broke my hands on the walls of doubt
Lost my voice in the scream and shout
Every crack on my skin tells the fight I won
Every scar is proof that I’ve just begun

[Verse 2]
Dug my grave with a rusty spade
But climbed right out when the debts were paid
Held the fire in my bare two palms
It burned like hell but it made me calm

[Chorus]
I’m still here through the smoke and rain
Carried the weight of a world in pain
Tore my soul just to sew it tight
I’m still here and I’m burning bright

[Verse 3]
Walked through shadows with a broken light
Turned my fear into endless might
Fell so hard but I stood back tall
This is my anthem I’ve heard it all

[Bridge]
The earth can quake but it won’t shake me
I’ve been lost and found in the raging sea
I’ve given my heart now I’ll give my truth
To the weary the lost the eternal youth

[Chorus]
I’m still here through the smoke and rain
Carried the weight of a world in pain
Tore my soul just to sew it tight
I’m still here and I’m burning bright

8. Angel Numbers

[Verse]
Numbers scream
They burn my sight
333 calls me into the night
Visions etched
Carved in stone
Whispers tell me I’m not alone

[Verse 2]
777
Divine embrace
Chaos brews
Yet I find my place
Winds of fate
They twist
They roar
Angel signs
I can’t ignore

[Chorus]
Angel numbers
Haunting skies
Guiding truth
No disguise
Piercing through my fractured mind
Cosmic chains
Forever bind

[Verse 3]
444
The ground won’t break
Strength ignites
I will awake
Through the void
Their message flows
Eternal path
The soul it knows

[Bridge]
Repeating digits
Cryptic call
Infinite power
I take it all
A sacred code
It lights my way
In shadows deep
I hear them say

[Chorus]
Angel numbers
Haunting skies
Guiding truth
No disguise
Piercing through my fractured mind
Cosmic chains
Forever bind

9. Flew too Close to the Sun

[Verse]
We lit the sky with fire and pain
Chased the stars but forged our chains
A burning glow in the distance calls
But every step we take
We fall

[Verse 2]
Our wax wings melt with every try
We touch the edge but can’t deny
The power we hold
The chaos we make
A fragile line we always break

[Chorus]
We flew too close to the sun
Hearts ablaze
No place to run
The shadows stretch
The light’s undone
We flew too close to the sun

[Verse 3]
Cities tremble
The earth it shakes
We build our towers
The ground it quakes
A lesson learned yet still we dare
To climb so high with no repair

[Bridge]
The echoes roar
A hollow hymn
A fragile world on the edge of grim
Do we fall or turn away
Before the fire consumes the day

[Chorus]
We flew too close to the sun
Hearts ablaze
No place to run
The shadows stretch
The light’s undone
We flew too close to the sun

10. Tektites Transforming Me

[Verse]
Blackened stone
Around my neck
Gift from you
My fate to check
Whispers crawl
Inside my brain
Eyes wide open
I feel insane

[Verse 2]
Veins ignite
A burning flow
Visions strike
The dark below
Shadows twist
They speak my name
Reality bends
It’s not the same

[Chorus]
Tektites transforming me
Through the void
I start to see
Power pulsing
Raw and wild
I’m no longer human’s child

[Bridge]
Eyes like fire
I see through time
Your gift cursed me
Now I climb
To heights unknown
A cosmic tide
The stars now scream
I cannot hide

[Verse 3]
Nightmares call
They guide my path
Your tektite charm
It feeds my wrath
The world is ash
I hold its key
This transformation sets me free

[Chorus]
Tektites transforming me
Through the void
I start to see
Power pulsing
Raw and wild
I’m no longer human’s child

11. Guardians of Greed

[Verse]
Born of wealth
In shadowed halls
Iron fists behind gold walls
Strings are pulled
The game is set
A world enslaved
Don’t forget

[Verse 2]
Bloodlines thick
Their veins of ice
Every soul comes with a price
Whispers spread
The lies take root
Guardians feed on stolen fruit

[Chorus]
Guardians of greed
They never fall
Cages of power
They’ve built them all
Endless hunger
They claim the skies
Under their rule
The freedom dies

[Verse 3]
Towering thrones
Empires decay
Yet their grip will never sway
Sacrifice
The world will bleed
All for the Guardians of Greed

[Bridge]
Chains of gold
They bind us tight
Darkened days
They steal the light
Eternal reign
No soul is free
Crushed beneath their dynasty

[Chorus]
Guardians of greed
They never fall
Cages of power
They’ve built them all
Endless hunger
They claim the skies
Under their rule
The freedom dies

12. You’re the One that’s Crazy

[Verse]
Eyes stare sharp
Their judgment cold
Whispers cut
Their stories told
Lies stack high
I see the cracks
You’re the ones who won’t look back

[Verse 2]
Chains of normal
You call me strange
Mirror’s truth
The roles exchange
Your world burns
But I’m the flame
You’re the one who wears the blame

[Chorus]
You’re the one that’s crazy!
World’s a mask
It’s hazy!
You point
You laugh
Deny me!
But your truth is slimy!

[Verse 3]
Your hollow smiles
They drip with fear
Fake facade
It’s crystal clear
I’ve grown wise
I see your game
Madness wears a different name

[Bridge]
Tear the flesh
Reveal the bone
The world you built
A shallow throne
You think I’m lost
I think you’re blind
Madness bends to the open mind

[Chorus]
You’re the one that’s crazy!
World’s a mask
It’s hazy!
You point
You laugh
Deny me!
But your truth is slimy!

13. Enki’s Golden Apple

[Verse]
He came down from the rivers wide
With wisdom burning deep inside
Enki’s hands held secrets untold
A golden apple for the bold

[Chorus]
Taste the fruit and see it clear
Knowledge whispered in your ear
Enlil roars and thunder calls
But truth will rise above the walls

[Verse 2]
He carved the stars
He drew the lines
Gave the spark to break confines
The gods may rage
The heavens quake
But human minds are wide awake

[Chorus]
Taste the fruit and see it clear
Knowledge whispered in your ear
Enlil roars and thunder calls
But truth will rise above the walls

[Bridge]
The apple glows in midnight’s hand
A rebel’s gift
A burning brand
Enki laughs
The storm may fight
But wisdom dances in the night

[Chorus]
Taste the fruit and see it clear
Knowledge whispered in your ear
Enlil roars and thunder calls
But truth will rise above the walls

14. Spiritual Warfare

[Verse]
Beneath the skin of this old town
Shadows whisper but make no sound
A battle rages in the air we breathe
Fighting forces we can’t perceive

[Chorus]
Spiritual warfare in the cracks of the street
Invisible armies where the shadows meet
We’re caught in the crossfire
We’re blind to the fight
But the war is raging every day
Every night

[Verse 2]
The preacher shouts but the silence roars
The saints and sinners lock their doors
The unseen hands
They pull the strings
We’re the puppets in this war of kings

[Chorus]
Spiritual warfare in the cracks of the street
Invisible armies where the shadows meet
We’re caught in the crossfire
We’re blind to the fight
But the war is raging every day
Every night

[Bridge]
There’s a weight in the air that you can’t explain
A tug on your soul
A tethered chain
The good and the wicked
They both take aim
And we’re just pawns in this unseen game

[Chorus]
Spiritual warfare in the cracks of the street
Invisible armies where the shadows meet
We’re caught in the crossfire
We’re blind to the fight
But the war is raging every day
Every night

15. Elder Care

[Verse]
Wrinkled hands
Forgotten toil
Their sweat and blood built this soil
Cast aside
Left to decay
The past ignored
The price we pay

[Chorus]
No respect
No gratitude
Spitting venom
Bitter feud
They raised the world
We let them fall
Elders silenced
Hear their call!

[Verse 2]
Voices cracking
Stories fade
Wisdom buried
Lives betrayed
Lessons lost in endless greed
They gave us roots
We plant no seed

[Bridge]
Rage erupts
The cycle turns
Ashes rise as the fire burns
Their echoes scream
“Remember me!”
A fractured past
A blind decree

[Chorus]
No respect
No gratitude
Spitting venom
Bitter feud
They raised the world
We let them fall
Elders silenced
Hear their call!

[Verse 3]
Empty chairs
A hollow stare
Time stands still
No one cares
Forgotten halls
Their voices die
We reap the sorrow
Live the lie

16. Perpetual War

[Verse]
Chains of history
Blood-stained ground
Empires rise
Then crumble down
Ruling class
They light the flame
5
000 years
It’s all the same

[Chorus]
Perpetual war
Their endless game
Humanity burns
They stake their claim
Ashes and smoke
The skies go black
The wheel of violence
Never cracks

[Verse 2]
Kings and pawns
The same old fight
They thrive on death
They crave the night
Divide the masses
Feed the rage
The script repeats
Turn the page

[Bridge]
March of millions
Screams ignored
Rulers laughing
Drunk on war
Endless cycle
Break the chain
But still we fight
And die in vain

[Chorus]
Perpetual war
Their endless game
Humanity burns
They stake their claim
Ashes and smoke
The skies go black
The wheel of violence
Never cracks

[Verse 3]
Banners rise
And banners fall
The cost of life means nothing at all
Coffins fill
And graves expand
A legacy written in the sand

17. Unified Future

[Verse]
World on fire
Smoke and haze
Shattered lands
Endless maze
Bound by greed
Broken trust
Rise we must
Rise we must

[Chorus]
Unified future
Break the chains
Through the ashes
Life remains
Planet calls
Hear the cry
Together rise
Or we all die

[Verse 2]
Skies grow dark
Poisoned rain
Echoes scream of endless pain
Hands once clenched
Now must unite
For the species
For the fight

[Bridge]
Metal crashes
Walls will fall
Voices thunder
Heed the call
Earth is bleeding
Time runs thin
War for life
We must begin

[Chorus]
Unified future
Break the chains
Through the ashes
Life remains
Planet calls
Hear the cry
Together rise
Or we all die

[Outro]
Dust to dust
But hope still grows
Through the cracks
The future shows
Unified
We’ll stand or fall
Together now
Answer the call

18. Cotton Candy Clouds

[Verse]
Sweet poison drips
A candy haze
Youthful lungs set ablaze
Flavors mask the toxic sting
Puppets dance on vapor strings

[Verse 2]
Rainbow smoke
Their fragile breath
Whispers calling closer to death
Cotton candy
Bubblegum lies
Chains of addiction
Wrapped in disguise

[Chorus]
Cotton candy clouds
They choke
Innocence fades in every smoke
A sickly sweet
A devil’s grin
Once you start
You can’t begin again

[Verse 3]
Metal coils
Heat ignites
They crave the rush
The fleeting bite
Colors bright
A siren’s call
One more hit
They take the fall

[Bridge]
Skies of pink
The masks they wear
Suffocating in the poisoned air
A fleeting high
A hollow gain
Trapped forever in a vapor chain

[Chorus]
Cotton candy clouds
They choke
Innocence fades in every smoke
A sickly sweet
A devil’s grin
Once you start
You can’t begin again

19. Mass Hypnosis

[Verse]
They flash their lies on neon screens
Bright enough to kill your dreams
The dollars flow like poisoned streams
Buying minds with twisted schemes

[Verse 2]
Billboards scream with empty eyes
Feeding us their hollow lies
We’re all puppets in disguise
Dancing while the fire flies

[Chorus]
Mass hypnosis on repeat
Selling chaos wrapped in sweet
They spin the wheel we take the seat
And march along to their deceit

[Verse 3]
Their voices echo in our heads
Whispers from the words we’re fed
A million ads that want us dead
But keep us breathing just instead

[Bridge]
Break the screen and burn the script
Rip the chains and let it slip
See the truth beyond the grip
Of all the lies they tightly zip

[Chorus]
Mass hypnosis on repeat
Selling chaos wrapped in sweet
They spin the wheel we take the seat
And march along to their deceit

20. Path of the Mystic

[Verse]
The dirt path winds where the shadows play
Footprints vanish as the winds betray
A lantern flickers in my trembling hand
This mystic road I barely understand

[Chorus]
Oh the stars won’t speak and the moon won’t guide
On the path of the mystic where truths collide
Through the haze of doubt and the echo’s call
I stumble forward but I risk it all

[Verse 2]
The whispers rise from the forest deep
Secrets buried where the spirits sleep
A riddle laced in the howling breeze
Answers hidden in the bending trees

[Chorus]
Oh the stars won’t speak and the moon won’t guide
On the path of the mystic where truths collide
Through the haze of doubt and the echo’s call
I stumble forward but I risk it all

[Bridge]
The fire burns in my restless chest
A yearning grows with each failed quest
What lies beyond is a mystery still
But the journey owns my heart and will

[Chorus]
Oh the stars won’t speak and the moon won’t guide
On the path of the mystic where truths collide
Through the haze of doubt and the echo’s call
I stumble forward but I risk it all

21. The Tunnel Dwellers

[Verse]
Shadows move beneath the streets
Silent cries where darkness meets
Concrete walls
A bitter bed
Forgotten souls
The living dead

[Verse 2]
Rats for neighbors
Damp decay
No light to guide
No dawn
No day
A city’s heart
Cold and cruel
The tunnel dwellers
Fate’s dark jewel

[Chorus]
We are the lost
The ones unseen
Buried deep where the world turns mean
In the black
We make our stand
The tunnel dwellers
This is our land

[Verse 3]
Echoes scream through hollow halls
Dripping ceilings
Crumbling walls
A kingdom carved in filth and grime
The clock ticks slow
Erasing time

[Bridge]
The city’s pulse
It beats above
A world of hate
A world of love
But down below
We take our breath
In shadow’s grip
We cheat our death

[Chorus]
We are the lost
The ones unseen
Buried deep where the world turns mean
In the black
We make our stand
The tunnel dwellers
This is our land

22. Remote Viewers

[Verse]
A darkened room with minds aligned
Maps unfold and secrets find
Eyes shut tight the ether calls
The unseen world breaks through the walls

[Chorus]
Remote viewers chasing ghosts
Through the fog where shadows boast
Truth is blurred yet they proceed
The mind’s a weapon built to read

[Verse 2]
Coordinates whispered through the air
The weight of silence hard to bear
Behind closed doors the answers lie
They see the world with their third eye

[Chorus]
Remote viewers chasing ghosts
Through the fog where shadows boast
Truth is blurred yet they proceed
The mind’s a weapon built to read

[Bridge]
The targets pulse the lines grow clear
A battlefield of distant fear
Their visions pierce through time and space
A hidden war the human race

[Verse 3]
The ink is dry the files are sealed
But whispers tell of what’s revealed
A secret held a cosmic plan
The power rests within a man