Paradox Engine

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[Intro – 4/4, sharp syncopated guitar riff + synth accents]

[Instrumental only: angular rhythm, like gears grinding into motion]

[Verse 1 – 4/4, vocal enters over riff]

Cranked the mind too many times
Now it runs on crossed designs
Left is right, and wrong feels true
I argue facts I never knew
 

The more I try to draw a line
The more it folds and twists through time
Each answer breaks the question’s frame
But I still chase it just the same

[Pre-Chorus – 9/8, tension builds with climbing chord progression]

I hold the gear that turns the wheel
But the wheel is me — so what is real?

[Chorus – 4/4, explosive and melodic]

I’m running in a paradox engine
Fueling both the doubt and the vision
One hand builds, one hand denies
Still I move — I synthesize
There’s no map, just moving parts
Truths colliding in the dark
I’m the spark and the machine—
The paradox in between

[Verse 2 – 4/4, return to tight groove]

Thoughts like mirrors face to face
Infinite, but leave no trace
Each step rewrites the ground below
The more I learn, the less I know

[Pre-Chorus – 9/8, variation with vocal harmony lift]

I trace the thread through loops and strain
But I’m the loom — I hold the chain

[Chorus – 4/4, repeat with added harmony and synth layers]

I’m running in a paradox engine
Fueling both the doubt and the vision
One hand builds, one hand denies
Still I move — I synthesize
There’s no map, just moving parts
Truths colliding in the dark
I’m the spark and the machine—
The paradox in between

[Instrumental Bridge – 9/8 → 5/4 → 6/8]

[Guitar and synth play jagged ascending riffs; polyrhythmic drum solo section]
[Ends with unison riff that leads back into chorus]

[Final Chorus – 4/4, key mod up a whole step for full lift]

I’m running in a paradox engine
Truth and error in collision
I collapse, then I ignite
Both the shadow and the light
No more fear of broken lines
I am all the grand designs
Not just cause, and not just scheme—
I’m the paradox, I’m the dream

[Outro – 4/4, syncopated riff returns, slower, more deliberate]

[Fades out on a decelerating riff that feels like winding down a machine]