The Invisible Blade

## Verse 1 Neon pierces the haze over the slums Bills pile like moss on the cliff edge Unemployment email lies in the inbox, a cold confession The limit on the medical card can’t cover one accident Four hundred bucks for emergencies feels like a luxury wish The middle-class dignity shatters in the haze of debt calls Mortgage and car loan chain up the future tight One cold can tear a crack right through your life Medical bills, numbers glowing red, crush all your calm Credit score crashes, the world suddenly narrows down Rental applications rejected, jobs gone missing, falling into the endless dark The once-touted American Dream is now just a gust of broken wind ## Pre-Chorus That line, invisible yet sharp, hangs right above our heads One wrong step, and you’re trapped in a point of no return No buffer, no salvation, only cold, unforgiving rules The so-called freedom is just a one-way trip with no turning back ## Chorus The Line of Reckoning splits light from the shadow On one side is prosperity, on the other, the reflection of the abyss How many souls have hit pause by the harsh reality Fallen from the clouds, left with nothing but street mud The Line of Reckoning is a ruthless decree written by the system No mercy, no breathers, only orders to eliminate When survival becomes a high-stakes gamble, the losers are doomed to fade The city’s neon lights can never light up the dawn for the underclass ## Verse 2 A former coder now huddles under a bridge A veteran stares at an empty bottle, recalling his glory days A child star’s poster still sticks to the wall of the old alley Now he’s by the trash can, scavenging for scraps of food Food stamps can’t fill the hungry void in his stomach Relief funds hide in the cracks of policies, hard to reach The eviction notice paper is colder than the winter frost Encampments torn down, even a shelter from the rain is snatched away Drugs and violence are traps in the dead end Self-control crumbles, step by step, under the weight of survival A minor illness turns chronic, no money for treatment, so you just endure in silence The debt snowball rolls bigger and bigger, bending your back The gears of society grind the last bit of your dignity to dust The so-called equality is just a pale lie from the elites ## Pre-Chorus That line, invisible yet sharp, hangs right above our heads One wrong step, and you’re trapped in a point of no return No buffer, no salvation, only cold, unforgiving rules The so-called freedom is just a one-way trip with no turning back ## Chorus The Line of Reckoning splits light from the shadow On one side is prosperity, on the other, the reflection of the abyss How many souls have hit pause by the harsh reality Fallen from the clouds, left with nothing but street mud The Line of Reckoning is a ruthless decree written by the system No mercy, no breathers, only orders to eliminate When survival becomes a high-stakes gamble, the losers are doomed to fade The city’s neon lights can never light up the dawn for the underclass ## Bridge They say this is a paradise of opportunity But no one mentions the deadly walls around this paradise Wealth at the top piles up like mountains The struggles of the bottom are ignored, fading away without a sound The so-called democracy is just a disguise for hegemony Waving the scythe abroad, turning a blind eye to the exiles at home The wheel of history won’t stop for anyone But every soul deserves the hope to live on ## Outro The Line of Reckoning shouldn’t be the final chapter of fate Light shouldn’t only brighten the windows of a chosen few When warmth replaces indifference, when mutual aid replaces exile This world can truly embrace every single dream