ACID REIGN (Duet Version)

[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1 - Female] You hide behind towers of contracts, gold, and lies While the starved choke on silence 'neath velvet-painted skies You call this "order," call this "peace" But peace built on chains is just a disease You grin like you’ve already won But kingdoms crumble when wildfires run [Verse 1 - Male] Oh, come to save the kingdom? How noble, how sweet You light your tiny torches while I buy half the street You prattle of hope and freedom like they’re coins I lack But hope with no foundation is just a heart attack [Pre-Chorus - Female] I’d rather watch it burn to ash Than rot in your gilded cage [Pre-Chorus - Male] And I’d rather own that ash And charge you rent for your rage [Chorus] Male: This is my acid reign, velvet over veins Female: You cloak your poison sweet and call it just and sane Male: I don’t need flames when I can melt your name Female: I’d burn the throne itself to end your quiet reign Male (calm, cutting): Every crown corrodes, but mine behaves Female (defiant): Your kingdom rots Male: Yes. Under my control [Verse 2 - Female] You tax the very air we breathe, call it "necessary cost" You drain the life from everything, never counting the lost I’d tear it down, I’d shatter every wall Let chaos judge you when your lies fall [Verse 2 - Male] And leave the starving in the streets with nothing left to defend? You mix up destruction with a moral high ground bend Revolution feels heroic till it can’t pay its way I don’t scream, I don’t ignite—I just choose who owns the day Empires crumble in reckless hands But mine rises sharp, by my demands [Pre-Chorus - Female] You call yourself a king [Pre-Chorus - Male] Because I am Even your breath runs on my program [Chorus] Male: This is my acid reign, silk gloves, cold chain Female: You forged those chains and branded them with your name Male: I never spill blood—I make it sign its own name Female: You twist the law and call it fair and sane Male (firm, low): You want the throne? Then learn the game Female (challenging): I’d rather burn it down Male: Then you burn your home [Bridge] Female (soft, searing): If I strike the match Male (whispered): I own the flame Female: If I tear the crown Male: I draft the claim Female: You call this justice? Male: No. I call it stable Female: You’re a monster Male (amused): Yes. But profitable [Chorus] Male: This is my acid reign, no rust, no stain Every rival dissolves the same Female: You sit on a throne of bones and blame Male: Incorrect—I sit on contracts that sustain Both (layered): Smile for the seal, bow for the name Male (final line alone): Long live the king… of acid reign [Outro] Male (spoken, low): "Order isn’t good. Order is necessary."