Poison And The Sapphire by Joshua Mossman (Remastered)

Cinematic trap, downtempo 74 BPM halftime groove; deliberate heavy kick and spacious snare anchor sparse long-decay sub bass and low piano motifs, with restrained orchestral brass and tense strings swelling between sections, Cavernous reverb, dark stereo depth, restrained polished mix; male vocal with measured brooding phrasing, clear pauses, preserved recorded character, and a dramatic verse-to-chorus lift

Verse 1: The Dealer's Footsteps
He walks with a limp through the hollowed-out land,
Leaving hollowed-out souls with a wave of his hand.
A phantom of wrecking, a rapture of rust,
He trades human spirits for paper and dust.
Passing out poison to line his own coat,
Leaving nothing but ruins in the wake of his ghost.
Pre-Chorus: The Complex
At the back of the lot sits a house on the bend,
Where five crowded lives on one driveway depend.
An empire of ashes, a kingdom of spite,
Built on the poison he peddles by night.
Chorus
Every choice is a shadow that follows us home,
Every seed that we scatter takes root in the stone.
He’s selling the venom, but she pays the price—
A fragile diamond trapped in his vice.
Living scared behind wire, where the guard dogs bay,
Tell me, why does she stay?
Oh, why does she stay?
Verse 2: The Sapphire
On the far side of the road, on the far side of life,
Dwells a sapient sapphire—his forgotten wife.
A rare kind of beauty, a luminous spark,
Held captive by shadows, kept cold in the dark.
Behind warning signs and the lens of a glass,
She counts every camera as the days slowly pass.
Beaten by living and bruised by his name,
A queen forced to sleep in the den of his shame.
Bridge: The Weight of Karma
Karma is a ledger that is balanced in time,
Paying out pennies for a heavy-handed crime.
Every action we play, every gamble we make,
Carves out the prison that we cannot break.
She’s full of daylight, but drowning in gray,
Defeated as a woman, broken as a wife,
Bound to the debt of a drug dealer’s life.
Verse 3: The Breaking of the Glass 
In the dead of the night, when the cameras go blind,
She reaches deep down for the light in her mind.
A sapphire don't shatter, no matter the press—
It cuts through the iron, it cuts through the mess.
She steps past the wire, untethered and free,
Leaving his ledger to the dark of the sea.
No longer a prisoner to paper and dust,
She leaves him his poison, his kingdom, his rust.
Final Chorus
Every choice is a shadow that follows us home,
Every seed that we scatter takes root in the stone.
He tried to consume her, but paid his own price—
The jewel was too bright for the dark of his vice.
No longer in fear where the guard dogs bay,
Now she’s walking away...
Oh, she’s walking away.
Outro
One driveway... five houses...
The porch in the rain.
The sapphire is gone, but she carried no pain.
The poison keeps selling, the sky turns to gray...
And the dark only asks:
Where did she go today?

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Verse 1: The Dealer's Footsteps He walks with a limp through the hollowed-out land, Leaving hollowed-out souls with a wave of his hand. A phantom of wrecking, a rapture of rust, He trades human spirits for paper and dust. Passing out poison to line his own coat, Leaving nothing but ruins in the wake of his ghost. Pre-Chorus: The Complex At the back of the lot sits a house on the bend, Where five crowded lives on one driveway depend. An empire of ashes, a kingdom of spite, Built on the poison he peddles by night. Chorus Every choice is a shadow that follows us home, Every seed that we scatter takes root in the stone. He’s selling the venom, but she pays the price— A fragile diamond trapped in his vice. Living scared behind wire, where the guard dogs bay, Tell me, why does she stay? Oh, why does she stay? Verse 2: The Sapphire On the far side of the road, on the far side of life, Dwells a sapient sapphire—his forgotten wife. A rare kind of beauty, a luminous spark, Held captive by shadows, kept cold in the dark. Behind warning signs and the lens of a glass, She counts every camera as the days slowly pass. Beaten by living and bruised by his name, A queen forced to sleep in the den of his shame. Bridge: The Weight of Karma Karma is a ledger that is balanced in time, Paying out pennies for a heavy-handed crime. Every action we play, every gamble we make, Carves out the prison that we cannot break. She’s full of daylight, but drowning in gray, Defeated as a woman, broken as a wife, Bound to the debt of a drug dealer’s life. Verse 3: The Breaking of the Glass In the dead of the night, when the cameras go blind, She reaches deep down for the light in her mind. A sapphire don't shatter, no matter the press— It cuts through the iron, it cuts through the mess. She steps past the wire, untethered and free, Leaving his ledger to the dark of the sea. No longer a prisoner to paper and dust, She leaves him his poison, his kingdom, his rust. Final Chorus Every choice is a shadow that follows us home, Every seed that we scatter takes root in the stone. He tried to consume her, but paid his own price— The jewel was too bright for the dark of his vice. No longer in fear where the guard dogs bay, Now she’s walking away... Oh, she’s walking away. Outro One driveway... five houses... The porch in the rain. The sapphire is gone, but she carried no pain. The poison keeps selling, the sky turns to gray... And the dark only asks: Where did she go today?

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