Republic of Masquerade
Republic of Masquerade

Act of War

December 26, 2025 · Demo

As in The Diplomat, from which the lyrics are explicitly inspired, this song explores the emotional divide endured within a relationship of control, suspended between attachment and suffocation, dependence and alienation. This intimate violence appears not as an exception, but as a mirror of the structures of domination that shape society as a whole, extending even to the relations between nations and empires.

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As in The Diplomat, from which the lyrics are explicitly inspired, this song explores the emotional divide endured within a relationship of control, suspended between attachment and suffocation, dependence and alienation. This intimate violence appears not as an exception, but as a mirror of the structures of domination that shape society as a whole, extending even to the relations between nations and empires.

Lyrics

I heard you in the corridor The silence when you pass the door The look, the smell, that I adore And desperately, I want it more You keep me on your bridge of grace I hate you in the corridor The violence when you close the door The lock, the spell, an anchor And desperately, I don’t want it anymore I fell from your bridge of grace ‘Cause each time I see you I have to wonder why I can’t help loving you Even if it would make me die Every time I’ve trusted you And God knows how many times You keep lying as you always do Straight into my eyes But who the hell are you To roll me like a loaded dice This wicked game you love, don’t you? I’m stained by your vice But I’m done with you. Am I really done with you? Like a weapon of mass destruction You made me a woman of mass deception Irradiated by your illusion Alienated by my delusion State of mind (This is an act of war) Hate of mine (This is an act of war) Mine my head (This is an act of war) Out of my mind (This is an act of war) But I’m done with you.