[Intro - 76 BPM, soft synth pulse, dotted-eighth delay guitar fading in at bar 3, faint ticking clock + chopped synths] [Verse 1 - 76 BPM, half-time feel, tight whispered vocal, sub-bass on beat 1, glitch ticks every 2 bars] Four a.m., the ceiling's got my name on it Seven tabs open in the back of my brain Coffee's gone cold but the thoughts are still boiling Counting every ghost in the hum of the rain [Pre-Chorus - accelerando 76 → 112 BPM over 4 bars, rising arpeggio, snare roll, delay guitar repeating faster] Faster, faster, I can't slow it down Faster, faster, I can't slow it down [Chorus 1 - 112 BPM, pounding electro kick, wide detuned synths, delay guitar cutting through, vocoder harmonies] I'm overclocked, I'm overclocked Running hot on a heart that's stopped Every light says go, go, go But I'm burning out and nobody knows I'm overclocked, I'm overclocked [Verse 2 - jump to 154 BPM, rap-sung, aggressive staccato, distorted 808s, stuttering glitch drums, delay guitar chopped into short stabs] Inbox screaming, calendar bleeding Meeting in a meeting about the meeting I'm needing Smile for the camera, sleep when I'm dead Static in the wiring, fire in my head Notification, notification, vibration in my chest Told them I was thriving, but I'm failing every test Ten thousand voices and none of them are mine Every second's a deadline, every breath is a line [Pre-Chorus 2 - 154 BPM drops to 84 BPM mid-bar, tape-stop effect, one beat of total silence, then a slow dark swell] Faster, faster, I can't slow it down Slower, slower, why can't I slow down [Chorus 2 - 112 BPM, heavier distorted bass, bitcrushed drums, choir pad, vocals doubled with a cold robotic layer] I'm overclocked, I'm overclocked Running hot on a heart that's stopped Every light says go, go, go But I'm burning out and nobody knows I'm overclocked, I'm overclocked [Bridge - 58 BPM, solo delay guitar and cracked vocal, heavy reverb, distant synth drone, no drums] I sat down in the glow of the screen Watched my own reflection flicker and freeze Somewhere a fan is spinning too loud Somewhere a man is fading out [Build - 58 → 144 BPM, relentless accelerando over 8 bars, industrial percussion, distorted riser, gang vocals dissolving into static] Don't stop, don't stop Don't stop, don't stop Don't stop, don't stop [Breakdown - 94 BPM, crushing half-time groove, distorted sub-bass and kick only, processed spoken vocal] I was built for speed Not for sleep Not for silence Not for me [Final Chorus - 144 BPM, double-time industrial electro, wall of distorted synths, delay guitar at maximum shimmer, vocals strained and layered, everything degrading with bitcrush and tape wobble] I'm overclocked, I'm overheating Nothing left but the sound of the machine I'm overclocked, I'm overheating Fading out in a static dream Overclocked, overclocked [Outro - 76 BPM, tempo sinks back, intro pulse returns slower and slower, delay guitar repeats one note until it decays, shutdown sound effect, abrupt silence] Overclocked... (echo) (echo) (shutdown)
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