Rémi Du Chemin - Numb Protocol Lyrics

[Intro]
Static in my head, frequencies align
Watching daddy stand so still that night
Blue lights flashin', but his face stayed tight
Teaching me survival without a fight

[Verse 1]
Can't feel shit anymore, that's the price we pay
Desensitized to the bullshit day after day
They scan our streets like we're all just prey
But I learned from pops how to keep that rage at bay
Underground clubs where we go to fade
Bass so heavy makes my numbness sway
F*ck their system, but I'm too drained
To scream and shout, so I let it rain

[Chorus]
Dead nerves, dead feelings
My armor's my healing
Can't break what's already broken
Dead nerves, keep dealing
With shit that needs stealing
My silence speaks words unspoken

[Verse 2]
Scanner frequencies buzz in my dome
Cop cars circling around my home
Daddy taught me how to hold my own
When they profile us, make our flesh and bone
Into targets, but we've grown too cold
Emotional novocaine, that's how we roll
Call it weakness? Nah, this shit is gold
Survival strategy that keeps us whole

[Bridge]
They say feel something, anything at all
But numbness is my fortress, my wall
Learned it young when I saw him fall
Into that composed silence, standing tall
While they searched him, tried to make him crawl
But his dignity made their power small

[Verse 3]
Now I move through clubs like a ghost
Beats penetrate but I feel them most
When they're hurting me, that's when I'm close
To something real, yeah that's what I boast
This ain't weakness, this is how we cope
With systematic pressure on our throat
Built different now, yeah that's all she wrote
Numb to their game but my mind still float

[Outro]
Static fades but we remain
Desensitized to their game
Survival mode, can't complain
When numbness keeps us sane