[Intro: Moog Synth Riff, Detuned Guitars, Static Hiss] [Instrumental] [Verse 1: Baritone Vocal – Dry, Monotone, Emotionally Detached] Woke up chewing on static and wires Dreams like rust in a spiral fire Saw my name scratched into glass Bleeding backwards through the hourglass I flicker wrong in motel light Flicker-sync with a heart in flight I stitched my mouth shut just to scream But the echo leaks through every seam [Pre-Chorus: Whispered Doubles – Ghostly Tone, Subtle Delay FX] I hear my name, but it won’t align Keeps skipping on the faultline [Chorus 1: Quad-Tracked Vocals – Full Grit, Sludge Harmonies, Glitch FX Layers] Splinters in stereo, tearing through the signal snow Every word is warped and slow You hear me clear, then let it blow Static bloom, this crooked show [Glitch-Vox] I’m—just—a—gli-glitch—too—loud—to—go [Break: Distorted Moog Riff, Tape Flutter FX] [Instrumental] [Verse 2: Baritone Vocal – Gritty, Close-Mic’d, Palm-Muted Guitar Support] Hung my past on a bent coat hook Filed my life where no one would look Skinned my soul on a concrete smile I’ve been dead behind these eyes a while [Pre-Chorus: Whispered Doubles – Filtered Delay FX, Dry Whisper Layers] Tried to rewind, but the reel won’t catch I’m a loop with a missing patch [Chorus 2: Quad-Tracked Vocals – With VHS Synth Layer and Analog Hiss] Splinters in stereo, caught between the yes and no I vanish in the undertow You pull me close, then let me go Like ash that’s dancing in the glow I’m just a wound that won’t outgrow [Bridge: Filtered Vocals – Bitcrushed Layering, Moog Modulation & Wah Guitars] There’s a version of me in a locked cassette Screaming secrets I still regret You played it back, but all you got Was hiss and hum and tangled thought [Bridge Extension: Spoken Voice – Reverse-Filtered, Ghost Layered FX] [Spoken Fragment: Corrupted Memo Style] I stayed too long inside the noise Watched myself break through the voice Thought I was real, but it was just the sound Repeating until it all broke down [Break 2: Bitcrushed Guitars, Static FX, Swell Layers] [Instrumental] [Final Chorus: Stacked Harmonies – Spectral Push, Wide Analog Imaging] Splinters in stereo, I’m buried in the afterglow Signal cracked and overflowed You kept the lie, I watched it grow Now I’m the noise that won’t let go The broken song you used to know [END] [Tape Saturation], [Tight Compression], [Wide Stereo Imaging], [Analog Distortion], [Final Limiting –0.3 dB Ceiling], [Loud Rock Master –7 LUFS], [Bitcrushed & Glitch FX], [Tape Flutter & VHS-Core FX], [Static Bursts], [Lo-Fi Decay]
