Grooming My Replacement / The Game

Truth comes in twos One is mine, one is yours Gossip reaffirms what you thought that you heard Now you're deaf, blind, dumb and confused So you spew like a sewer of your truth until you purge it out All those words that you puked turned our blue into brown I'm grooming my replacement Consuming all their hatred The insects come to life under the movie lights Keep a list in my mind of the times that you cried "neophyte" You wear me like a suit Spine upright filled with screws Stand up tall like your old man wantеd you to Show some gall and be mean Likе I want you to be I'm grooming my replacement Consuming all their hatred I'm grooming my replacement Consuming all their hatred Accruing a debt that you can't afford But you've heard it all, said it all, done it before I gnawed at your center, I rotted your core But you've heard it all Said it all Right? I'm already in your mind Your brain's a vehicle for my failures So give me the fucking light Give me the Light Give me the fucking light Give me the

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 12, 2026

Yeah I am the artificer The pathogen that is pulling at the strings You're just the documenter Taking shots of the scene This is the game We crave but hate the taste This is the game Create the game but then we don't wanna play And I'm becoming amoebic This is the game At the sound of your name Just look the other way I just pressed the red button To stimulate a little hatrеd Just a little bit of light and a precise manipulation You'rе a predictable machine And you keep learning the same lesson Never bite the hand that feeds Never befriend your oppressor This is the game We crave but hate the taste This is the game Create the game but then we don't wanna play And I'm becoming amoebic This is the game At the sight of your face Just look the other way Look the other way Look the other way You're a predictable machine And you keep learning the same lesson Never steal a crumb from my kingdom You will be made into an example Yeah This is the game That you chose to play This is the game That you chose to play Play, play So look the other way

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 12, 2026