[Intro] [A thick, rumbling bassline starts alone] [Guitar feeds back softly, panning left to right] [Drums enter with a heavy, dragging kick-snare beat] [Singer lets out a low, cynical laugh] [Verse 1] [Vocals: Low, gritty, almost spoken with a heavy attitude] Sirens wailing in the dead of night Stealing away the little bits of light Walking the grid in a heavy daze Trapped inside this urban maze The exhaust fumes settle on my skin I don't know where the walls begin Looking up at the towering grey Washing all the colors away [Pre-Chorus] [Guitar starts palm-muting, building a tight tension] [Vocals: Rising in pitch and volume] We breathe the smoke, we drink the dirt We find the comfort in the hurt There is nowhere else to go Down below, down below! [Chorus] [EXPLOSION OF DISTORTION - Wide open chords] [Vocals: Belting, raspy, full of frustration] Underneath the concrete sky! Where the dreams are born to die! Shadows block the bleeding sun! We are hiding from the gun! Underneath the concrete sky! We are choking on the grey! But we never walk away! (Never walk away...) [Verse 2] [Bass and drums carry the groove, guitar hits occasional dissonant chords] [Vocals: Punchy and aggressive] Pavements cracked and the alleys blind Leaving all the softer things behind Neon flickering a broken red A thousand voices inside my head We are the rats in the iron wheel Forgetting how we're supposed to feel But there's a pulse in the filthy ground A heavy, dark, familiar sound [Pre-Chorus] [Tension builds up rapidly] [Drums rolling heavy on the toms] We breathe the smoke, we drink the dirt! We find the comfort in the hurt! There is nowhere else to go Down below, down below! [Chorus] [Maximum Volume - Grunge Wall of Sound] Underneath the concrete sky! Where the dreams are born to die! Shadows block the bleeding sun! We are hiding from the gun! Underneath the concrete sky! We are choking on the grey! But we never walk away! [Bridge] [Tempo drops to a slow, sludgy crawl] [Heavy, dragging guitar riffs] [Singer chanting, sounding trapped and desperate] Look up. See the stone. Look up. You're alone. Look up. Block the light. Look up. End the night. [Scream:] END THE NIGHT! [Guitar Solo] [A heavy, blues-influenced grunge solo] [Lots of wah-pedal and aggressive bending] [Rhythm section keeps a punishing, heavy beat] [Chorus] [Final explosive chorus - band thrashing] Underneath the concrete sky! Where the dreams are born to die! Shadows block the bleeding sun! We are hiding from the gun! Underneath the concrete sky! We are choking on the grey! BUT WE NEVER WALK AWAY! [Outro] [Heavy, repetitive chugging riff] Concrete... (Never walk away...) Concrete... [Final heavy chord strikes and sustains] [Feedback squeal slowly dies out] [End]
