[INTRO — SPOKEN]

“If this comes down to litigation,
If it comes down to putting people in jail,
I think I’m talking to the person
They’ll be talking to.”

“That remains to be seen.”

[VERSE 1]

Twenty-five percent every month,
Media packages, easy money coming,
Anonymous hands behind the machine,
Nobody knows them, nobody’s seen.

“I’m just the affiliate,” that was the line,
Advertising money working overtime,
But Brandon kept asking, “Where does it come from?”
Follow the wallets, follow every one.

[PRE-CHORUS]

You can change the name,
You can change the screen,
You can tell everybody
It ain’t what it seems.

But sooner or later,
The money tells the story.

[CHORUS]

That remains to be seen,
Those were the words back in twenty-three,
While the money rolled in
And they sold the dream,
That remains to be seen.

From CryptoProgram to Amsys,
From broken promises to overseas,
Three years running couldn't bury the trail,
Now he's back on American soil.

That remains to be seen...
Well, now we've seen.

[VERSE 2]

Regulators knocking, questions getting loud,
“Stop digging deeper” was the word to the crowd,
“Blindly follow Ed, you don't need to know,”
But that's when investigators started watching where it'd go.

July came and the payments slowed,
Support went quiet while the pressure showed,
August fourteen, Brandon called the fall:
“This is how a slow rug starts.”

Five days later—

They stopped it all.

[CHORUS]

That remains to be seen,
Those were the words back in twenty-three,
While the money rolled in
And they sold the dream,
That remains to be seen.

One hundred sixty-five million in the case,
Thousands of investors left in its wake,
Twenty-five federal charges waiting at the end—

And Brandon kept digging
When they told him to pretend.

[VERSE 3]

Oz kept writing when the headlines died,
Brandon kept pulling every thread he could find,
Mugan Markets, money moving overseas,
Another name appearing in another scheme.

Then came Holland, then disappeared again,
Across the ocean, running from the questions,
Until a little island underneath the sun
Became the place where there was nowhere left to run.

[BRIDGE — BUILD SLOWLY]

He could've gone home
To watch his son get married.

But prosecutors say
He knew who might be waiting.

So he stayed away,
Seven thousand miles across the sea.

But you can't outrun
An investigation indefinitely.

Fiji knew his name.

America wanted answers.

And August fourteen—

The journey turned around.

[BREAKDOWN]

No more anonymous owners.

No more “master affiliate.”

No more changing names.

No more running.

Twenty-five charges.

One hundred sixty-five million dollars.

And one old sentence
Still hanging in the air...

[FINAL CHORUS — FULL BAND]

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN!

That's what he said back in twenty-three,
When Brandon told him where this road might lead,
Through the wallets, through the warnings,
Through the disappearing money—

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN!

From Georgia all the way to Fiji,
You can cross an ocean, you can cross the sea,
But the questions followed everywhere he'd been—

He said:

“That remains to be seen.”

Well, Ed...

Now we've seen.

[OUTRO — SPOKEN OVER GUITAR]

An indictment is an allegation.
Guilt is decided in a courtroom.

But warnings leave a record.

Wallets leave a trail.

And investigators who refuse to give up...

Leave receipts.

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