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Scum!

Unit 21b
Unit 21b
Experimental Folk, Progressive Hard Rock, Emo, Screamo, A slow-burning introduction built from suspended notes, nervous pauses and almost-empty space, Gradually lurch into slow, crooked folk dirges with acoustic strums, pulsing sub-bass and distant industrial guitar, Male vocals move between intimate whispers, awkwardly restrained clean singing and sudden, startling screamed fractures, Let rhythms stumble, restart and briefly collapse into silence, Unexpected chord changes, dissonant vocal layers and abrupt shifts between filthy, crushed production and pristine clarity, Instruments should sometimes arrive a beat too early or too late, creating deliberate unease, Build tension without predictability, then explode into a technical dual-guitar solo that seems to battle each other and tear through the arrangement before everything falls away, Remove ‘Eeeew’ from chorus to fit ‘Know’ in
V6

[Slow build introduction] [V1] And when I worked at the nightclub I’d see smashed people all over the place Laying down, Puking up in the toilets Then sucking off each others face [pre chorus] But none of them Not a single one of them Was as gross as… [Chorus] You You Know Who You Are! All those people were trying to numb the pain most of them have grown up and changed But you did what you did in the cold light of day And you couldn’t give a damn anyway [short instrumental outro] [V2] And when I worked at the metal factory I’d get bullied by the big guys everyday They’d tell me my work was defective And it wouldn’t pass when inspected [pre chorus] But none of them Not a single one of them Was as disgusting as… [Chorus] You You Know Who You Are! There was no point in me getting in a rage At a bunch of meatheads on minimum wage But you have taken from one of your own That you held in your arms and watched them grow [short instrumental outro] [Bridge] You’re scum You took your chance Pardoned yourself, looked good even You clearly have a dead conscience [Instrumental with duel guitar solo] [V3] And when I worked as a prison guard I dealt with nasty people; properly hard Brought up around gang fights and drugs Air thieves, serial killers and thugs [pre chorus] But none of them Not a single one of them Was as filthy as… [Chorus] You You Know Who You Are! What you did, you did with forethought And the difference is, you haven’t been caught But I’ve been thinking and know your fate You’ll want to make amends when it’s far, far, far too late [pre chorus] I’ve seen the worst of people But none are scum like… [Chorus] You You Know Who You Are! [short instrumental outro]