(INSTRUMENTAL INTRO - Heavy, repetitive synth bassline, rigid drum machine loop. Duration: 8 bars) (VOCAL - LOW, MUTTERED, MONOTONE, RISING IN VOLUME) i. take. your. hand. the floor is cold. the lights are dead. a silver screen. a final scene. (VERSE 1 - MECHANICALLY SHOUTED, FAST TEMPO) the music dies! i see your eyes! it’s a lie! a final, cold goodbye! i’m never dancing again! [SHOUT:] this chance is ash! this chance is ended! guilty feet! they have no rhythm! i was foolish! i cheated friend! [SHOUT:] i wasted you! (PRE-CHORUS - ABRUPTLY LOWER, COLD MONOTONE, ALMOST WHISPERED) (low) should have known better. should have known. (whispered) the truth will hurt. (CHORUS - HIGH-ENERGY SHOUTING, LIKE A HYMN OF PAIN, WITH DELAY EFFECT) [SHOUT:] never dance again! (again!) the rhythm is dead! (dead!) you are not foolish! (foolish!) [SCREAM:] my cheat, my betrayal! (pain!) never dance again! the way i danced with you! (synth line rises, distortion added) (VERSE 2 - FAST, DRIVING RHYTHM, VOCALS BARKED OUT, STACCATO) time will not mend! the whispers! the whispers! the whispers! a careless sound! the truth is pain! ignorance is kind! no comfort here! just what i find! [SHOUTED, RAPIDLY:] no rhythm! no rhythm! guilty! guilty! i failed! i failed! i failed! (PRE-CHORUS - ABRUPTLY LOWER, COLD MONOTONE, ALMOST WHISPERED) (low) should have known better. should have known. (whispered) the truth will hurt. (CHORUS - HIGH-ENERGY SHOUTING, LIKE A HYMN OF PAIN, WITH DELAY EFFECT) [SHOUT:] never dance again! (again!) the rhythm is dead! (dead!) you are not foolish! (foolish!) [SCREAM:] my cheat, my betrayal! (pain!) never dance again! the way i danced with you! (BRIDGE - HEAVY, SLIGHTLY SLOWER BEAT. VOCALS ARE A DESPERATE, DISTORTED SCREAM) [SCREAM, DISTORTED:] the music is loud! i wish you were gone! no! wait! stay! i need your love! we could have been good! we could have lived forever! [SHOUTED, DESPERATE:] now who will dance?! (long, distorted scream/synth feedback) who will dance with me now?! (BREAKDOWN - MUSIC STOPS. ONLY A LOW PULSE AND HI-HAT) (VOCAL - LOW, HUSKY, CLOSE MIC, NO REVERB) now that you’re gone. my actions were wrong. so wrong. you had to leave me. alone. (OUTRO - MUSIC SLAMS BACK IN - REPETITIVE, HYPNOTIC) [SHOUTED, ECHOING:] never dance again! (again!) guilty feet! no rhythm! (FADE OUT - REPEATING THE PHRASE, INCREASINGLY DISTORTED AND FASTER) [SHOUT:] no rhythm! no rhythm! no rhythm!
