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    January 17, 2026 / No Comments

    They walk the lines
    I tear them open

    They move in perfect circles
    Polish mass and quiet lines
    I’ll undo their perfection
    Just to watch them vaporize

    They humble for acceptance
    Pay for names and cold applause
    I stay feral in the shadows
    Tearing holes through all their laws

    I don’t fit their little boxes
    Don’t respond to trained command
    There’s no ribbon on my spirit
    There’s no leash around these hands

    Every time they try to tame me
    I just turn more iron-willed
    I’m a fire they can’t smother
    I’m a voice they couldn’t still

    They march in rhythm chasing higher praise
    I run my own beat through the smoking blaze

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Unashamed, uncontained, undeterred
    I don’t fit the script
    Don’t play their game
    My soul wasn’t built to kneel and obey

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Let them bleed
    Let them beg to belong
    I don’t bow, don’t lie, don’t conform

    I’m a savage in a civilized world

    They lace their dreams in cages
    Call their caution something wise
    But I found truth in chaos
    Where the hunting spirit lies

    Their hands are tied in comfort
    Mine are hooked in my own grip
    They speak about the path I take
    The path I burned through it

    They need a world that likes ’em
    I just need a world of taste
    They need shelter from the storm
    I treat the storm like a kind of kiss

    Don’t invite me to your kingdom
    I’ll just rip apart the dome
    My religion is defiance
    My allegiance is my own

    They march in rhythm chasing higher praise
    I run my own beat through the smoking blaze

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Unashamed, uncontained, undeterred
    I don’t fit the script
    Don’t play their game
    My soul wasn’t built to kneel and obey

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Let them bleed
    Let them beg to belong
    I don’t bow, don’t lie, don’t perform

    I’m a savage in a civilized world

    Give me coffins
    Give me stones
    Give me crowns
    Give me thorns

    Let them chase a flawless reign
    I was built to break the chain

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Untamed, unafraid, uncontrolled
    I’ve done marks around (?)
    Don’t wear them on my paws
    This is why my blood runs bold

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Let them kneel to the norm they serve
    I don’t blend, don’t bend,
    Don’t perform under storm
    That we’re warned about since birth

    I’m a savage in a civilized world

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Uncontained, unrestrained, undeterred
    Let them walk in line bowing to the norm
    I was built for the wild
    Not built to perform

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    I don’t chase, don’t kill
    Don’t learn to conform
    I don’t blend, don’t beg
    Don’t deserve their cause (?)


    I’m a savage in a civilized world

    ***not the official lyrics, this is my own transcription, apologies for any misheard lyrics

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