[Intro]
[Camera-shutter snare hits count in the main riff.]

[Verse 1]
At 10:04 the minister adjusts his navy tie,
Three flags stand behind him while the western substations die.
He praises local servers and a strategy “on track,”
The teleprompter loses power, then the camera lights come back.
A journalist asks plainly why the fuel alarms went blind,
He calls the breach “a challenge of a temporary kind.”
Another asks who owned the code controlling every gate,
He says the public must avoid “attempts to speculate.”

[Chorus]
Digital sovereignty, spoken through a dead display,
Digital sovereignty, while the breakers fall away.
Flags behind the podium, cables in decay—
Own the word and lose the world: digital sovereignty.
Digital sovereignty without authority.

[Verse 2]
The briefing room grows warmer as the ventilation stops,
A deputy keeps talking while the signal stutters, drops.
He says the grid is stable; every microphone goes dead,
A handwritten evacuation note is passed behind his head.
Outside, the traffic signals flash conflicting shades of green,
Inside, they praise resilience on a battery-powered screen.
Mara sends the evidence: one password crossed the chain,
The minister circles “messaging” and sends it back again.

[Pre-Chorus]
Redact the name, reframe the cause,
Protect the plan, defend the flaws.
If language keeps the blame away,
Perhaps the lights will learn to stay.

[Chorus]
Digital sovereignty, spoken through a dead display,
Digital sovereignty, while the breakers fall away.
Flags behind the podium, cables in decay—
Own the word and lose the world: digital sovereignty.
Digital sovereignty without authority.

[Break: Reporter + Minister]
Question: Who changed the password?
Answer: That review is under way.
Question: Who linked the systems?
Answer: We cannot say.
Question: Is the city safe now?
Answer: Please remain assured.
Question: Why is the building dark?
Answer: The network is secured.

[Guitar Solo]
[A mocking lead circles the podium riff before collapsing into feedback.]

[Bridge]
A nation is not sovereign
Because a slogan fills the air.
A flag cannot authenticate; a speech cannot repair.
His badge reader says “ACCESS DENIED.”

[Final Chorus]
Digital sovereignty, spoken as the screens turn gray,
Digital sovereignty, while the pumps forget the way.
Flags behind the podium, cables in decay—
Own the word and lose the world: digital sovereignty.
Mara folds the briefing underneath the network tree—
“You cannot claim the system when the system owns the key.”

[Outro]
The press room loses power.
The flags remain upright.
A backup camera catches
The minister leaving by flashlight.
