(Intro - A distorted, fast electric guitar riff hits, driving and high-energy. The beat drops hard with heavy 808s and a sharp snare.) (Em) (C) (G) (D) (MGK-style spoken intro, quick and punchy): Yeah. Pop the top. Let the noise fade out. This is the only frequency. (Verse 1 - The Ritual and the Relief) (Em) Life runs too fast, man, the clock is screaming loud in my face (C) Every deadline, every headache, every person in my space and my place (G) Gotta hit the brakes hard, gotta find the switch and the zero point where I land (D) And the only damn anchor that I trust is right here in my hand and my plan. (Em) Got the papers laid out, got the herb, looking golden and green and clean (C) Forget the cheap liquor, forget the synthetic, fake scene that they mean (G) This is organic silence, the only prescription I need to obey (D) Watch the smoke rise, carry all the small worries away and decay in the wind. (Em) It’s the ritual reset, the moment I finally breathe and I flow (C) Where the complex problem unravels and the simple solutions show and grow (G) You see the haze, I see the focus, the clarity that it brings to the mind (D) Leaving all the paranoia and the drama behind. (Pre-Chorus - The guitar riff intensifies dramatically, building to the melodic chorus. Drums shift to a rapid, driving rhythm.) (C) When the world goes max volume and the pressure starts to mount and to climb (G) I take the deep pull! Yeah, I clock out of linear time! (D) This is my freedom, my defiance, my only damn code! (Em) Smoke signal clarity! It lightens the whole heavy load! (Chorus - The flow shifts to a melodic, slightly raspy sing/shout, backed by heavy guitar chords and booming drums.) (Em) (C) (G) (D) (SUNG/SHOUTED): I'M IN LOVE WITH THE BUD! Yeah, the smoke in my lungs is my prayer! (Em) (C) (G) (D) IT'S THE ESCAPE ROUTE! It's the only damn thing that I share with the air! (Em) (C) (G) (D) BURN IT DOWN SLOW! Let the whole damn room fade to black! (Em) (C) (G) (D) SMOKE SIGNAL CLARITY! I'M NEVER GOING BACK! (Verse 2 - The Creative Fuel) (Em) Now the headphones are on, the bass is shaking the floor of the house (C) The pen starts to move, quiet as a whisper or a mouse (G) Every bar, every rhyme, every complex idea starts to shine and to flow (D) This is the engine for the music, the real reason the whole damn thing starts to grow! (Em) I catch the melody I missed when the brain was moving too fast and too loud (C) Step out of the judgment, step out of the frantic, noisy crowd (G) This ain't about getting wasted, this is about getting focused and true (D) Finding the perspective that only the smoke can bring to me and to you. (Em) So yeah, I'll take the judgement, I'll take the side eye and the shame (C) Because the peace I find here is worth playing the whole damn game (G) I found the frequency, I found the final state of my mind (D) LEAVING ALL THE BAD VIBES AND THE FAKENESS BEHIND! (Outro - The beat continues hard and fast. The melodic guitar riff repeats, accelerating and fading out into a final, heavy chord.) (Em) (C) (G) (D) (MGK-style quick chant): Smoke signal! Yeah! Never going back! (Em) (C) (G) (D) (Final heavy, distorted chord hit and bass drop.)
