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Quagmire (Stripped)

V6

[DESPAIR] [ENTRAPMENT] [PSYCHOLOGICAL DECAY] [INEVITABILITY] [START] [INTRO] [VOCAL – WHISPERED TAG] [ANALOG PAD – LOW DRONE] [REVERBED PIANO] [SUB BASS – FAINT] [FX – TAPE HISS, DISTANT REVERSE SWELLS] "O.C.F" [VERSE 1] [VOCAL – LOW BARITONE][DELIVERY – CLOSE, RESTRAINED] [LO-FI DRUM MACHINE][ANALOG SYNTH PAD][DARK GUITAR SWELLS] Fell through the cracks where the silhouettes slither, Sewn to the past with a filament’s shimmer. Marrow like wax and my ligaments flicker, Dripping in tar while the images wither. [VERSE 2] [VOCAL – SLIGHTLY MORE PRESENT] [SUB BASS – DEEPER][DETUNED SYNTH LEAD – SUBTLE] [REVERSE FX] Sick of the cycle, the spiral, the noose, Sinking in tides that rewind and reduce. Mimicking life in a mime of abuse, Every decision designed to deduce That I never had choice, never had voice, Never had color, just various voids. Fingers extend but they grasp at the static, Everything fractures, collapses to habit. [VERSE 3] [VOCAL – EMOTION RISING] [DRUMS – FULL PULSE][PIANO – DISTANT CHORDS][GUITAR – SUSTAINED AMBIENT LAYERS] I was promised horizons but swallowed by shade, Now I’m lost in the echoes the hollow creates. I keep painting the sky but it all turns to grey, Every dawn is a fraud that dissolves in decay… [BRIDGE] [VOCAL – INTIMATE][DELIVERY – TENSE] [DRUMS – PULLED BACK][LOW DRONE][REVERSE TEXTURES] Bury my name where the gravities bend, Every reflection’s a parody, spent. Cities of silence, mechanical men, Gears in their chests where the agony stems. Cobwebs of consciousness cling to my breath, Walking through hallways of versions I left. Shadows keep mouthing the things I forget, But they never whisper what happens next. [HOOK] [VOCAL – DOUBLE TRACKED][DELIVERY – HAUNTING, RESIGNED] [FULL SUB BASS][WIDE SYNTH PADS][SUSTAINED GUITARS][LONG REVERB] I was promised horizons but swallowed by shade… Now I’m lost in the echoes the hollow creates…