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VOLTAGE SPIKE (The Brain Bleed)

V5

​(Intro - A low, menacing hum builds into a high-pitched, ear-piercing feedback squeal. A robotic voice counts down: "3... 2... 1... PURGE." The beat drops with a massive, distorted boom.) ​(Cm) (Ab) (G) (Fm) ​(Spoken, manic whisper): I can feel the wires touching. It's getting too hot in here. ​(Verse 1 - Rap Flow: The Pressure Cooker) ​(Cm) I got a migraine sitting right behind the eye and the lid (Ab) Keeping all the darkest secrets of the things that I did (G) The pressure gauge is broken, needle buried in the black and the red (Fm) A million hornets buzzing inside of my fucking head! ​(Cm) I try to regulate, try to keep the breathing steady and slow (Ab) But the volcano is active, and the lava's gonna blow (G) I'm sick of the polite conversation, sick of the mask that I wear (Fm) I wanna rip the insulation out and expose the bare wire! ​(Cm) Every text message is a trigger, every notification is a threat (Ab) I ain't even started fighting, but I'm covered in a cold sweat (G) The anxiety is structural, built into the bones of the place (Fm) I WANNA CLAW THE FALSEHOOD RIGHT OFF OF MY FACE! ​(Pre-Chorus - The beat accelerates. The synth sounds like a siren. The vocals become strained and frantic.) ​(Ab) THE VOLUME IS RISING! THE FREQUENCY IS TOO DAMN HIGH! (G) I CAN'T FIND THE EXIT! I CAN'T FIND THE SKY! (Fm) THE SYSTEM IS CRASHING! THE CIRCUIT IS FRIED! (Cm) THERE IS NOWHERE LEFT FOR THE DEMONS TO HIDE! ​(Chorus - Maximum Screamo Energy. The beat is a wall of distortion. Vocals are raw, high-pitched shrieks layered with deep growls.) ​(Cm) (Ab) (SCREAMED): VOLTAGE SPIKE! I'M BURNING THE FUSE! (G) (Fm) I'VE GOT NOTHING LEFT! NOTHING TO LOSE! (Cm) (Ab) SCREAM IT OUT! Until the THROAT IS RAW! (G) (Fm) I AM THE VIOLENCE! I AM THE LAW! ​(Verse 2 - Screamo Rap Flow: The Explosion) ​(Cm) (Ab) (Rap/Scream Hybrid): I'M SPITTING VENOM! I'm toxifying the AIR IN THE ROOM! (G) (Fm) SWEEPING THE WEAKNESS! With a jagged, broken BROOM! (Cm) (Ab) YOU WANT THE QUIET? Go find a GRAVE TO SLEEP! (G) (Fm) I'M WAKING UP THE NIGHTMARES THAT YOU TRY TO KEEP! ​(Cm) I cut the brake line, man, we're careening off the edge of the cliff (Ab) And I'm laughing at the gravity, asking "What if? What if?" (G) What if we let the chaos take over, let the animal run free? (Fm) TEAR DOWN THE PRISON OF WHO YOU PRETEND TO BE! ​(Breakdown - The music stops. Complete silence for two seconds. Then, a slow, crushing, sludge-metal beat drops. The vocals are a deep, demonic growl.) ​(Ab) (Growled): PRESSURE... (G) (Growled): BUILDING... (Fm) (Growled): VESSEL... (Cm) (SCREAMED, long and agonizing): BREAKING! (The band slams back into double-time speed) ​(Chorus - Final, overwhelming, brutal assault. Maximum noise.) ​(Cm) (Ab) (SCREAMED): VOLTAGE SPIKE! I'M BURNING THE FUSE! (G) (Fm) I'VE GOT NOTHING LEFT! NOTHING TO LOSE! (Cm) (Ab) SCREAM IT OUT! Until the THROAT IS RAW! (G) (Fm) I AM THE VIOLENCE! I AM THE LAW! ​(Outro - The beat distorts and slows down, sounding like a machine powering off and melting. The vocals dissolve into heavy breathing.) ​(Cm) (Ab) (G) (Fm) (Screamed whisper): DISCONNECT. (Cm) (Final distorted bass drop fades to silence.)