[Intro][Male Lead Spoken Vocal over one elevator bell and a descending guitar slide]

Going up.
Going up.
Going...
Stop.

[Verse 1][Male Lead Vocal]

Victor steps inside with three directors and a phone,
"Take us to the boardroom. We prefer to ride alone."
The doors seal like a verdict, polished steel and white,
The car jumps half a meter and kills every light.
Coffee leaves its cup and lands inside a shoe,
Victor hits all twelve buttons like executives do.

[Chorus][Male Lead with Gang Vocals]

The elevator has chosen violence,
Locked the suits in corporate silence.
Stuck between the floors in proud defiance,
The elevator has chosen violence.
No action plan, no legal guidance:
The elevator has chosen violence.

[Verse 2][Female Lead Vocal]

GREH-ta takes the service stairs, six flights at a run,
Her radio erupts before the first complaint is done.
"We have a client call!" "The air is getting thin!"
"You have a vent," she says. "Stop yelling into it."
The service log says "Monitor" beside a grinding sound,
A motor priced last winter never made it into town.

[Pre-Chorus][Female Lead Vocal]

Hook the brake. Test the bar.
Hear the cable through the car.
No rushed hand, no clever choice.
Metal answers in its voice.

[Chorus][Female and Male Duet]

The elevator has chosen violence,
Locked the suits in corporate silence.
Stuck between the floors in proud defiance,
The elevator has chosen violence.
No action plan, no legal guidance:
The elevator has chosen violence.

[Guitar Solo][A bent-note solo climbs, stalls twice, and drops back into the heavy shuffle]

[Bridge][Distorted Male Character Vocal as the Elevator]

I hauled your desks ten times a day.
You skipped my service, cut my pay.
You called me smart; you liked my shine.
Now carry your own weight. I carried mine.

[Breakdown][Female Lead Spoken Vocal]

One turn left. One safety bar.
Nobody jumps inside the car.
Steel groans once. The doors divide.
Four pale directors crawl outside.

[Verse 3][Female and Male Alternating Vocals]

[Male Lead]
Victor smooths his jacket: "No cause for alarm."

[Female Lead]
GREH-ta hangs the warning sign and powers down the car.

[Male Lead]
"Keep this quiet. We can handle one delay."

[Female Lead]
The temperature display climbs three degrees anyway.

[Duet]
The stranded car rests, but something in the ceiling moans.
Another failing system warms its bones.

[Final Chorus][Female and Male Duet with Gang Vocals]

The elevator has chosen violence,
Locked the suits in corporate silence.
Years of skipped repairs became compliance.
The elevator has chosen violence.
Take the stairs and skip the guidance:
The elevator has chosen violence.

[Outro][Female Lead Vocal beneath an unanswered elevator bell]

Victor leaves. The car stays still.
GREH-ta tags the repair bill.
Then her radio cuts through:
"The cooling plant just failed there, too."