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Empire of Ash #Hook by Nate_mcg#* lyrics by Nate and Colton

V6

[Intro - spoken dialogue placed behind the listener's head, 7th order ambisonics] [Male - spoken, unhurried, rubato] [Male - deep haunting powerful voice, spoken from behind] Damien my guy, come down, come down. [Male - Damien, deep voice, spoken from behind] You wanted to see me, my prince? [Male - deep haunting powerful voice, spoken from behind] I'll get right to it, tell me first, who is this Nate character? [Male - Damien, deep voice, spoken from behind] Oh man, so check it, he's this artist songwriter on Suno, dude. Him and Colton have been studying each other's work and been working on a couple projects together... they make some cray— [Male - deep haunting powerful voice, from behind, subito, cuts in sharp] Silence! What is your job, Damien? [Male - Damien, deep voice, spoken from behind] To cast doubt and confusion on whom I'm assigned. But sir, you literally took everything from him in the last year, you even tried to take his dog twice... and judging by this Nate dude, he seems like he walks with the light and the darkness just like Colton... [Drop - subito] [Verse 1 - Male only, Colton] [Half-Time - dragging behind the beat] [Male - Colton, close-mic, emotional, defiant seduction rap] Look at him standing there acting so bold Chasing a ghost and a story untold I broke his spirit and emptied his cup You really think this new kid sets him up? He's walking in shadows he can't even fight You think you can save him by showing the light? He's built out of glass and it's starting to crack Tell him it's over, there's no turning back. [Verse 2 - Male only, Colton] [Double-Time - pushing forward] [Male - Colton, close-mic, emotional, defiant rap] You talk like a king but you rule in the dark You stole all the fuel but you missed the whole spark He stands in the storm and he welcomes the rain You think it's a loss but he handles the pain Nate's got the vision and Colton's the drive The deeper you bury them, the more they arrive Go open your eyes, look at what you have done You brought them together, now two fight as one. [Build-Up - Male only] [Male - Damien] They're playing with fire and burning their names! [Male - resolute, instant answer] They're building an empire out of your flames! [Hook - Male only, original artist, stop-start, punched lines] [Male - confident rap] Tell me I can't. Tell me I won't. Tell me to quit. You already know I don't. You got your reasons. I got my own. You got a thousand ways it fails— I only need one! [Break - drop drums, held silence] [Female - intimate whisper] (What if they're right?) [Male - resolute, morendo, landing late] Then let me be wrong. [Chorus - sparse gospel choir far off in the distance] [Female Lead - soulful, controlled] Let me be wrong! Let me be wrong! I'd rather fall chasing something Than stand where I don't belong! Let me be wrong! Let me be wrong! If I gotta see it break Let it break in my hands! [Post-Chorus - male and female call-and-response, breathy] [Male] Say I can't! [Female] (Let me be wrong!) [Male] Say I won't! [Female] (Let me be wrong!) [Male and Female - together, distant choir] You don't get to live my life Just because you're scared of your own! [Instrumental Break - groove opens, chopped female vocal samples, sparse distant choir] [Hook - Male only, original artist, double-time, urgent] [Male - defiant rap] Tell me I can't! Tell me I won't! Tell me to quit! You already know I don't! You got your reasons! I got my own! You got a thousand ways it fails— I only need one! [Break - drop drums, held silence] [Female - fragile whisper] (But what if they're right?) [Male - raw, defiant] Then let me be wrong! [Bridge - builds, rising tension] [Crescendo] [Female - defiant rap, growing more defiant each line] Let me be wrong! Let me be wrong! I'd rather fall chasing something Than stand where I don't belong! Let me be wrong! Let me be wrong! If I gotta see it break Let it break in my hands! [Post-Bridge - seductive male and female call-and-response, both breathy, leaning in] [Male - breathy, low] Say I can't... [Female - breathy] (Let me be wrong...) [Male - breathy, low] Say I won't... [Female - breathy] (Let me be wrong...) [Male and Female - breathy, close together, distant choir] You don't get to live my life Just because you're scared of your own... [Spoken Outro - Male, Colton, close-mic, calm] Yo, Nate. Thanks for the hook, my dude. Let's build that empire through the fire. [Male - calm, spoken, morendo] Now watch me try. [Mic Drop - sound effect, then everything cuts] [End]