[6/8 throughout; preserve guide timing, harmony, melodic movement, bass/drum patterns, transitions and 88-bar structure] [Male lead: close-mic, raw, urgent, imperfect. Aggressive melodic singing first; fry and screaming only at selected peaks. Minimal tuning and minimal vocal polish.] [Bars 1-8 — instrumental opening] [No vocal. Let drums, bass and psychedelic guitar establish the unstable pulse.] [Bars 9-16 — restrained first entrance; low intensity, close and tense, long gaps] Well I've been misunderstood I should write a letter I walk right past you in the street I don't talk about the weather [Bars 17-24 — clipped and agitated; stronger consonants, rough chest voice] And I can't stop myself and I'm slipping out Picking fights with the ones I love It's never good enough I just keep fucking up [Bars 25-32 — first escalation; begin pushing higher, last phrases increasingly strained] Walking around scared of getting jumped But I'm bursting at the seams Nothing's what it seems You know what that means Come crashing down [Bars 33-40 — intensity drops; suspended melodic delivery, more air between phrases] And all the stars are floating 'round Grab your soul it's falling down [Bars 41-48 — first major peak; aggressive melodic shouting, cracked held endings, brief fry only] Should've caught the signs before I hit the ground again But I'm bursting at the seams Nothing's what it seems You know what that means Come crashing down [Bars 49-56 — reduced section; intimate, exhausted, almost conversational melodic delivery] No love in our hearts Thought we could grow something special Everything dies in the dark [Bars 57-64 — rebuild tension; clipped phrases, increasing rasp] And you can't just undo these things No it won't be the same When you drag it through the dirt [Bars 65-72 — unstable escalation; restless rhythm, sharper articulation] The people you meet in the dead of night Are usually creeps I'm out there on the street I cut off both my feet [Bars 73-80 — final melodic cycle; fewer words, longer notes, increasing strain] And I can't let you in again It's just not what I want But I'm bursting at the seams Nothing's what it seems [Bars 81-86 — rawest vocal peak; aggressive melodic shouting with one brief fry scream, imperfect impact double only where needed] You know what that means Come crashing down Should've caught the signs before I hit the ground again [Bars 87-88 — damaged release; final word breaks into the instrumental ending] Again [End at guide boundary. No added chorus, fade, extension or extra cadence.]
