I traced the lines across the years Different faces, same old fears New flags rise, old blood dries Same hunger wearing new disguises I watched them promise, watched them burn Watched them rise, refuse to learn Every time we say never again We sharpen different hands It's not the name, it's not the throne It's not the monster carved in stone It's the part we don't confront– The need to feel like we're someone No crowns left, no gods to blame No single soul to take the shame If power grows where silence stays Then we're not innocent in this place I've seen the cycle, I've seen the cost Every empire thinks it's lost But history doesn't repeat itself– We do We dress it up in progress talk Call it order, call it law Say: This time it's different now As we bow without a sound We love the lie when it feels clean We hate the truth when it intervenes It's easier to pick a face Than face the pattern we embrace It's not the war, it's not the gun It's who we turn into when it's done If you want someone to rule your fear Someone always Appears No crowns left, no gods to blame No single soul to take the shame If power grows where silence stays Then we're not innocent in this place I've seen the cycle, I've seen the cost Every empire thinks it's lost But history doesn't repeat itself– We do We don't need tyrants to be ruled We just need comfort over truth No crowns left, no flags to wave No heroes coming to be saved If this machine is fed by us Then stopping it Is on us I won't pretend I'm standing clean I've felt the pull, I've seen the dream If this ends anywhere at all– It ends With me No kings No gods No silence