[Genre: Extreme Technical Rap / Nu-Metal] [Tone: Defensive, frantic, remorseful, explosive] [Instrumentation: Clean delayed electric guitar, palm-muted riffs, power chords, bass, drums, DJ cuts. No piano.] [Tempo: 105 BPM | 4/4] [Vocals: Multisyllabic rap, double-time, triplet pickups, melodic screamed hooks] [Flow: / = pocket break | CAPS = stress] [INTRO | 8 BARS] [Clean guitar riff. Muted scrape and DJ cut interrupt its ending. Bass and chugs build.] [VERSE 1 | 16 BARS] [1–4: Behind-beat internals.] First winter / burnt dinner / split fries by the corner store, Third winter / short temper / we spoke less than the year before. Rent letters / wet sweaters / red ink in the kitchen drawer, You'd start telling me your day / I'd tell you what the bills were for. [5–8: Displaced 16ths.] Late payment / same statement / "It's another rough week," Shift changes / missed chances / you stopped waiting up for me. You said, "I miss you when you're here." / I said, "I'm here, aren't I?" You quit trying to convince me / I took your silence as "all right." [9–12: Double-time chains.] Last December / bad temper / you were crying by the dishes, Fast defenses / half your sentence / I cut in before you'd finished. Cut your meaning / into pieces / kept the parts that proved me right, You went quiet / I called it peace / rolled over, killed the light. [13–16: Half-time collapse.] Your birthday fell on Friday; I was stuck at work till ten, Bought flowers Sunday morning, said I'd make it up again. They sat beside the kitchen sink until the petals dried, You didn't ask me where I'd been / I thought that meant we're fine. [CHORUS 1 | 8 BARS] [Wide distorted guitars. Simple, sustained melodic shout.] I HAD THE LAST WORD! YOU STOPPED TRYING TO BE HEARD! I KEPT ASKING FOR MORE TIME! YOU'D BEEN GIVING ME YOUR DAYS! I COUNTED EVERY HOUR! LIKE THE HOURS MADE ME RIGHT! I HAD THE LAST WORD! BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WON! [VERSE 2 | 16 BARS] [1–4: Internals, guitar chokes.] By April / late dinners / I called the quiet growing up, Cold supper / foil cover / you left my dinner in the pot. New position / big decision / you came smiling through the door, I asked, "How much?" / You didn't smile the way you had before. [5–8: Fast pickups.] No dog pics / no "bus is late" / no jokes along the ride, Scrolled back / watched your long texts shrink to "okay" and "goodnight." Booked Friday / wore your favorite shirt / thought I'd finally got it right, You were folding up your sweaters / said, "My train leaves at five." [9–12: Peak double-time. Two-beat breath windows after each slash.] Cab waiting / hands shaking / stranded there out on the landing, Backtracking / fact-stacking / begging you to understand me. Past payments / rent statements / naming everything I'd carried, "Can I finish?" / "I'M LISTENING!" / I cut you off before you finished. [13–16: Decelerate.] Kept receipts for what I paid / never counted what it cost you, Your suitcase hit the stairs / I kept talking till I'd lost you. Wrote a long apology / deleted every line with "but," Sent "I'm sorry." / Three dots flashed. / Then the typing bubble stopped. [CHORUS 2 | 8 BARS] [Full distortion; lyric shifts after departure.] I HAD THE LAST WORD! YOU STOPPED TRYING TO BE HEARD! I KEPT ASKING FOR MORE TIME! YOU'D ALREADY PICKED A DAY! I COUNTED EVERY HOUR! YOU WERE COUNTING DAYS TO LEAVE! I HAD THE LAST WORD! BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WON! [BRIDGE | 8 BARS] [1–4: Dry voice, clean guitar only.] You left the spare key by the sink, A note about the rain: "That window doesn't close all the way." You wrote it like you'd stay. [One beat of silence inside bar 4.] [5–8: Full-band rupture. Screamed.] YOU SPENT YOUR LAST FIVE MINUTES MAKING SURE I'D BE ALL RIGHT! I SPENT THE YEARS YOU GAVE ME SAYING I HAD NO TIME! [FINAL CHORUS | 8 BARS] [Widest guitars; bar-7 choke.] I HAD THE LAST WORD! YOU STOPPED TRYING TO BE HEARD! I KEPT ASKING FOR MORE TIME! YOU'D BEEN GIVING ME YOUR DAYS! I COUNTED EVERY HOUR! YOU WERE COUNTING DAYS TO LEAVE! I HAD THE LAST WORD! [Bar 7, beats 3–4: dead silence. The interruption fails.] I WISH I'D LET YOU FINISH YOURS! [OUTRO | 8 BARS] [Clean guitar returns. Scratch cuts out. The riff finally completes; feedback fades. No vocals.]
