(hybrid: alien industrial / spectral jazz-grunge) (tempo shifts: 88 BPM → 132 BPM → half-time collapse) [Intro – sparse, uncanny] (detuned piano + subharmonic drone + distant metallic chime) Gold in the marrow Gold in the teeth Something ancient Is counting in me (glitch flickers enter, reversed breath) It doesn’t want wealth It wants the wanting [Verse 1 – intimate / creeping] (lo-fi piano + brushed drums + sub bass pulse) I found a vein beneath the floor Not in the earth — inside the more Every thought began to shine Like it had a price… like it was mine Skin went thin where light would leak Every word turned obsolete Started weighing what I feel By how much it could be… made real [Pre-Chorus – tension rising] (hi-hats stutter in, analog hiss swelling) It hums in decimals Soft and low Says “you don’t own it” “You just hold” [Chorus – FULL FUSION DROP] (industrial drums + distorted bass + layered falsetto + shouted doubles) I HOARD THE GOLD INSIDE MY VEINS STACK IT TALLER THAN MY NAME EVERY TOUCH TURNS INTO WEIGHT EVERY LOVE COMMERCIALIZED I DIG / I BLEED / I FEED THE GLOW A KINGDOM BUILT BELOW THE SOUL I DON’T KNOW WHERE I ENDED JUST THE METAL TAKING HOLD (falsetto echo) —taking hold— —taking hold— [Verse 2 – faster, fractured cadence] (glitch percussion + octave bassline + wah guitar ghosts) Audit my pulse, it ticks in bars Measured breath like credit cards Every memory I kept Now accrues a kind of debt Hands like ledgers, touch like trade Love depreciates with age You said “stay” — I heard “invest” Now your voice compounds in interest [Pre-Chorus – warped] (time-stretched vocals, pitch drifting) Midas logic Neural rot Everything I love I forgot [Chorus – heavier / dirtier] (more distortion, gang vocals, tom fills crashing) I HOARD THE GOLD INSIDE MY VEINS CUT MYSELF TO SEE IT RAIN EVERY COLOR DRAINS TO SAME LIQUID GOD / I PRAY IN CHAINS I DIG / I BLEED / I FEED THE GLOW A HUNGER I CAN’T OVERTHROW IF I MELT DOWN EVERYTHING WILL I FINALLY FEEL WHOLE? [Bridge – psychedelic breakdown] (tempo collapse → half-time / reversed jazz chords / phaser wash) Gold… isn’t gold… It’s a signal… (whispers overlapping) “store me” “be more” “be worth” “be adored” I opened up the vault inside my chest There was nothing left Just reflected want endless endless endless— [Build – duality clash] (jazz drums vs industrial kick fighting rhythmically) One voice: Let it go Melt it down You are more than what you count Other voice: Add it up Lock it in You are nothing if you thin [Final Chorus – maximal / cathartic] (all elements fused, screaming + falsetto harmonies) I HOARD THE GOLD INSIDE MY VEINS BUT IT NEVER FILLS THE SPACE EVERY MOUNTAIN I CREATE JUST COLLAPSES INTO TASTE I DIG / I BLEED / I FEED THE GLOW BUT IT’S EATING THROUGH THE SOUL I WAS LOOKING FOR A GOD FOUND A MIRROR MADE OF GOLD [Outro – decaying signal] (piano returns, warped tape, slowing down) Gold in the marrow Gold in the teeth Nothing left That belongs to me (final glitch dropout) —signal lost—
