Tectonic Shift

[Verse 1]
The Tribune Tower's bleedin' out red from the rain on the glass
Your new blueprint is spread on the table, a future moving too fast
A cantilever dream held up by a theory I don't understand
The city outside is humming a frequency you've already planned

[Chorus]
If I replace the parts one by one
Tell me, who are you when the work is done?
A load-bearing wall with a hairline crack
Is there a way of turning back?

[Verse 2]
"It's just a different grid," you said, and laughed at my face
Tracing an emotional fault line I can't erase
Said the old wiring's shot, it's a fundamental flaw
But you're rewriting our municipal law

[Chorus]
If I replace the parts one by one
Tell me, who are you when the work is done?
A load-bearing wall with a hairline crack
Is there a way of turning back?

[Bridge]
Frame by frame
Name by name
Brick by brick
It's not the same

[Outro]
A tectonic shift...
A foundational crack...