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Breakup

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Breakup

World War III

Tactical, Explosive, Shell-Shocked. Leaving staged as a military operation.

About This Track

A breakup fought as armed conflict — surveillance, no-fly zones, psy-ops, embargoes and a nuclear code found under the skin. He reaches the extraction point and wins, and then the outro counts what it cost.

Lyrics

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Yeah... I tried to leave peacefully.

But you want a battle? Roger that. Let's go!

0800 hours, I had the plan in motion

Bags packed silent, trying to cause no commotion

I checked the perimeter, the coast looked clear

But you had surveillance planted everywhere, my dear

I tried to flank left, head straight for the gate

But you deployed the snipers, lying in wait

I'm pinned down in the lobby, heavy suppression

You blocking the exit with a lethal obsession

I threw a smoke grenade, tried to disappear in the mist

But you got heat vision, you grabbed on my wrist

Talking 'bout "Where you going? The border is closed"

My cover is blown, and my position exposed!

This ain't a relationship, it's an occupation

I'm sending distress signals to the whole nation!

Tactical maneuvers just to say "we are done"

But you holding my heart like a loaded gun.

Why is breaking up feeling like World War Three?

I'm fighting for freedom, you fighting for "we"

Dodging grenades of your love and your lies

This battlefield logic, it's hurting my eyes

I shout "Ceasefire!" you say "Hold the line!"

Girl, discharge me, I've served my time!

(Boom-bap-bap-bap) It's a war zone!

Then you issued a decree, a rigid No-Fly Zone

Said "Nobody leaves," locked the sky like a dome

So I loaded up the stealth ship, blacked out the lights

Ghost in the machine, taking off in the night

Cruising altitude, thought I slipped through the net

Cloaking device on, placed my final bet

But your air defense system is the wildest yet

Advanced technology, a serious threat!

Your radar too strong, caught the blip on the screen

You locked on my signal, if you know what I mean

SAM turrets turning, I hear the lock-on beep

You shot my heart out the sky, now I'm buried in the deep!

Look, I'm on the ground now, moving erratic

Radio silence, too much static

Camo paint on my face, automatic

You block the door? I go through the attic!

Guerilla warfare, jungle tactics

You want a hostage? Girl, you dramatic!

I got the intel, I check the schematics

I'm cutting the power, I'm dodging the traffic

You send the troops, I send 'em back

I'm going rogue, yeah, I'm leading the pack

Ambush your feelings, a sneak attack

There isn't a general bringing me back!

Left, right, left, right, marching away

I don't care what the commander say!

(Pah! Pah! Pah!)

Why is breaking up feeling like World War Three?

I'm fighting for freedom, you fighting for "we"

Dodging grenades of your love and your lies

This battlefield logic, it's hurting my eyes

I shout "Ceasefire!" you say "Hold the line!"

Girl, discharge me, I've served my time!

Now I'm back in the mud, it's dirty and cold

You using Psy-Ops and stories untold

Gaslighting tactics to mess with my head

Spreading propaganda 'bout the things that I said

We sat at the table for a peace treaty talk

But you embargoed my freedom, so I had to walk!

You cut my supply lines, froze all my accounts

The casualties of love in reckless amounts

I'm done with the diplomacy, the UN is gone

I'm going rogue, baby, waiting for the dawn!

I'm out of ammo, fatigue setting in

But I found the nuclear code under my skin

No more negotiations, no more retreats

I'm burning the bridge just to clear up these streets!

(FIRE!)

Red wire... (Cut it!)

Blue wire... (Cut it!)

Detonation in 3... 2... 1...

Smoke clearing out...

I finally breached the perimeter.

I made it to the extraction point.

I won the war, yeah.

But look at me... I'm shaking.

Shell-shocked from the love that you gave.

PTSD from the texts that you send.

I swear on my life... I am never enlisting in love again.

Honorably discharged. Mission complete.

TacticalExplosiveShell-Shocked