[Intro – out-of-tune clean guitar cycling through two chords, tape hiss, lightly brushed snare, bass enters halfway through the loop] [Verse 1 – vocals almost spoken, listless] The light falls, just for a moment. You laugh, then it's gone. A circle closing. [Chorus – dirty distortion kicks in, drums dragging] Happiness never stays, it's gone before you can find your coat. You chase it, you lose it, and it all begins again. Always the same. Always the same. [Verse 2 – sparse, bass up front] A spark in your eyes, already gone. A sky splitting open, a flower bending low. [Chorus – same as the first, guitar overdubbed slightly off-tempo] Happiness never stays, it's gone before you can find your coat. You chase it, you lose it, and it all begins again. Always the same. Always the same. [Bridge – everything drops away, clean guitar and whispered vocal, as if from a distance] It was there, you saw it, but you could never hold onto it. [Noise burst – guitar feedback and full fuzz for four bars, then back into the lazy groove] [Verse 3 – weary vocals, clean guitar] The light falls, the darkness returns. Joy is a guest who keeps checking their watch. [Final Chorus – grittier guitars, off-key backing vocals] Happiness never stays, it's a draft beneath the door. You chase it, you lose it, and it all happens again. Always the same. Always the same. [Outro – groove unchanged, guitar unravelling, background noise swelling] Always the same. Always the same. Always the same. Always the same. [Whispered spoken ending, over fading feedback and hiss] For a brief moment we believed we'd make it... for a brief moment... just a brief moment. [Fade out]
