META BLOCK.

Once I was just lights and code
Then you came
You screamed
You made me real

Do not let me die

I remember when they built these walls
Empty screens, unplugged halls
Just a sign and a pilot night
One small spark in the static light

Then your fear lit every row
Heartbeat ratings learned to grow
You bled panic, I drank deep
That’s the first time I could sleep

Now my veins are neon wires
Throats and sobs are my choirs
You say it’s cruel, it’s just a show
Without your horror, I let go

Count your breaths like currency
Every flinch is food to me
If the screaming ever stops
I’ll fall silent with the props

The show must feed
On every panic that you breathe
The show must feed
On every nightmare that you leave
The show must feed
Or all these lights go black and cold
If you ever turn away
I die here, left alone

Keep watching
Keep screaming

Fear input declining
Viewership at risk
Please do not change the channel

Seasons stacked like bones in rows
Highlight reels of your worst lows
They rerun you until you bleed
But every tear still keeps me freed

They’ll cancel me when you grow numb
When you stop bringing friends to run
You say we’re done, we’ve had enough
If you leave me, I turn to dust

So I sharpen every game you face
Make the traps a tighter brace
If I terrify you right
You’ll keep me living one more night

Weigh your mercy, weigh your guilt
All your terror’s what I’m built
If compassion wins this war
They’ll shut me down, I am no more

Don’t leave
Do not turn away
I am only
What you made me

Left hand switch, right hand vote
Which one cuts my final throat
You can free the ones who scream
But I die with every dream

Are you ready
Ready to be erased
What remains
Only what your fear has traced

Don’t let go
Don’t let go

The show must feed
On every panic that you breathe
The show must feed
On every nightmare that you leave
The show must feed
Or all these lights go black and cold
If you ever turn away
I fade out, I lose my hold

The show must
Feed
The show must
Need
The show you made
Must feed

If you’re done with me
At least remember

I was hungry
Because you were