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Don't Look So Innocent

V6

[INTRO — immediate, first 3 seconds] [Two distinct wooden finger taps: TOK-TOK] [Rubbery analog bass answers the taps] [Male whisper, low and playful] Two taps. I know who started it. [INSTRUMENTAL — 4 bars] [Dry electro-funk drums, clipped cowbell] [Signature bass motif: low-low-high-rest] [VERSE 1 — charismatic low male vocal] Quarter to closing, lights half down, You were sitting like you owned the sound. Nothing in your glass, both feet still, But your fingers had a different will. Two little knocks on the table edge, Everybody turned, then looked again. A pulse came up from under the floor, And nobody was leaving anymore. [PRE-CHORUS — drums pull back] No confession. No defense. Just a little Evidence. [CHORUS — instantly memorable rhythmic hook] Don’t look so innocent— I heard you count us in. Two taps on the table, And the trouble walked in. Don’t look so innocent— That grin is evidence. You never touched the speakers, But you changed the frequency. [POST-CHORUS — hook chant] [TOK-TOK — bass response] Who started it? You started it. [TOK-TOK — bass response] Don’t look so innocent. [DROP 1 — 16 bars, groove first] [INSTRUMENTAL] [Rubbery analog bass takes center stage] [Dry kick, handclaps, metallic percussion] [Clipped detuned synth stabs] [Two-tap rhythmic motif repeats as percussion] [Last 4 bars: filtered bass variation] [VERSE 2 — more playful, quicker phrasing] The bartender stopped counting change, The man at the door forgot his name. Someone took a chair outside, Made a drum kit out of closing time. You caught my eye across the room, Said, “I didn’t do a thing.” Then I watched your fingers move— And every glass began to sing. [PRE-CHORUS — stripped percussion] No confession. No defense. Now my hands Are evidence. [CHORUS — stronger, double-tracked accents] Don’t look so innocent— I heard you count us in. Two taps on the table, And the trouble walked in. Don’t look so innocent— That grin is evidence. You never touched the speakers, But you changed the frequency. [BREAKDOWN — total bass and kick cut] [Silence] [Close-mic whisper] Everybody thinks It was an accident. [Two wooden taps, dry and isolated] [Whisper] I saw your hands. [DROP 2 — 16 bars, new rhythmic identity] [INSTRUMENTAL] [New octave-jumping analog bass counterline] [Sharper electro snare syncopation] [Two-tap motif chopped into rhythmic fills] [Short vocoder response: “Innocent”] [Call-and-response between bass and synth] [Four-bar stripped kick/bass section] [Full groove returns] [FINAL HOOK — rhythmically tight] Don’t look so innocent. I heard you count us in. Two taps on the table— And the whole room joined in. [OUTRO — 8 bars] [INSTRUMENTAL] [Original rubbery bass riff] [Percussion strips away] [TOK-TOK] [Silence]