[Lyrics] [Intro - dark hypnotic trap settling in, ink drop plinks + paper rip + chalk scratch + low whispered male voice + reversed tape swell] (noir… blanc… bleu…) Close your eyes — the beginning shows Let me write one formula down — DRIP NOIR, then LUMIÈRE — BLANC I already saw it all, 24K [Chant - low trance mantra, call-and-response + rolling 808 + ritual hand drums nonstop + ink & rip SFX] NOIR — BLANC — BLEU (DRIP) the colors of the beginning (RIP) (noir… blanc… bleu…) DRIP — RIP — BLOOM (already saw it) [Verse 1 - low hypnotic incantation rap, whisper doubles on NOIR/BLANC + ink drops + paper rustle] In the beginning, NOIR — black deeper than ink (DRIP) Matte velvet, soot, the silence of ink-black Light split open — LUMIÈRE, RIP (RIP) White was torn out of the black BLANC — blank page, chalk, the skin of a pearl Dawn milk, one strand of sterile shine NOIR is the mother, LUMIÈRE the birth canal BLANC the firstborn — child of light, first mark [Chant - trance mantra + rolling 808 + ritual percussion + ink & rip SFX] NOIR — BLANC — BLEU (DRIP) the colors of the beginning (RIP) (noir… blanc… bleu…) DRIP — RIP — BLOOM (already saw it) [Verse 2 - hypnotic incantation, deeper 808 + ritual percussion building + chalk scratch & ink bloom SFX] BLANC sets out walking — SCRATCH, chalk dragged Drawing lines on the blank page, drawing the outside And there it met — BLEU, blue breath (BLOOM) Cobalt, indigo, the vein of the deep sea Ink bleeding into water — BLOOM, BLOOM The sky cracks open, glaciers split apart BLANC puts on BLEU — blue over white And then it knew — it had to return (noir… blanc…) 24K [Chant - trance mantra + full ritual groove + ink & rip SFX] NOIR — BLANC — BLEU (DRIP) the colors of the beginning (RIP) (noir… blanc… bleu…) DRIP — RIP — BLOOM (already saw it) [Verse 3 - double time kept in the same low flat tone, five-stage spread + congas and timbales doubling + texture SFX accelerating] Five cards — the genesis of color (DRIP… BLOOM) First — NOIR, silence deeper than ink (DRIP) Second — LUMIÈRE, the ray that tears the black (RIP) Third — BLANC, blank page pearl chalk (SCRATCH) Fourth — BLEU, cobalt indigo deep sea (BLOOM) Fifth… guess it before I flip — you can't BLANC puts on BLEU and walks back into NOIR (DRIP) The ring closes — the start turns out to be the end (noir… blanc… bleu…) [Verse 4 - low hypnotic incantation, warm and slow + full ritual percussion + deep ink swell] So color isn't a straight line, it's a ring A curve that starts at NOIR and returns to NOIR LUMIÈRE was the split — the first RIP, the first cry BLANC the child, BLEU the journey BLANC took The day it sinks back into matte velvet, DRIP The silence after ink has soaked all the water, BLOOM The moment a white foot steps inside the black, SCRATCH The color of the beginning — turns out to be NOIR [Final Chant - trance mantra + full ritual band + layered hand percussion + ink swell] NOIR — BLANC — BLEU (DRIP) the colors of the beginning (RIP) (noir… blanc… bleu…) DRIP — RIP — BLOOM (already saw it) NOIR, BLANC, BLEU — the ring closes, 24K
