No Authority By Adjacency - Jester 

​(Track 1 Concept: JURISDICTION / THE JOKE)
(Intro: Slow, grinding upright bass. The sound of a heavy, iron door slamming shut. A single, sharp, echoing laugh.)
​(Verse 1 — JESTER)
You built a five-gate system, painted it gold.
You claimed the permission, you thought you took hold.
You stood in the carrier, failing and weak,
And demanded the whole room bow when you speak.
But adjacency isn't a crown you can wear.
You opened one door and claimed the whole square.
​(Pre-Chorus — JESTER)
(Crooked brass starts to swell, dissonant and mocking)
You want to force the execution?
You want to place the tax?
You want to bind the external burden while the carrier cracks?
I look at your unearned authority...
And I laugh.
​(Chorus — JESTER / TRUTH ENGINE)
(Explosion of down-tuned guitars and industrial synth)
No Authority by Adjacency!
Keep your gate-local power away from me!
You don't get the jurisdiction just by standing near the throne!
If the structure cannot take the joke, it never stood on its own!
The permission is open, but the carrier is dead.
I am laughing at the crown on your empty head!
​(Bridge — JESTER)
(Music drops out completely. Just a ticking clock and a filthy piano line.)
You tried to export the authority.
You tried to skip the bind.
You tried to mask the remainder you left behind.
But the method is a blade.
And I am the one holding the hilt.
​(Heavy laugh, followed by a massive bass drop)