[Structure: Intro 4 bars / Verse 1 8 bars / Pre-Chorus 4 bars / Chorus 8 bars / Verse 2 8 bars / Pre-Chorus 4 bars / Chorus 8 bars / Bridge 8 bars / Final Chorus 12 bars / End] [Singer: Female] [Global: sly adult female lead, spoken-sung verses, explosive chant hook, bratty sacred-slut energy, cheeky not innocent, playful danger, minimal melisma] [Intro] Dirty detention Dirty detention [Tag: 4 bars, CRT hum, kick enters, palm-muted guitar, whispered hook fragment] [Verse 1] Fake bell rings and I’m wide awake Chalk dust crown on a bad girl saint Tie hung loose like a warning sign Red exit light doing time on the blinds Host left keys by the prop-room door TV hissing from the AV floor Somebody wrote my name on the board Then the tape clicked play and the room wanted more [Tag: 8 bars, sly spoken-sung female lead, tight bass groove, adult costume-party scene] [Pre-Chorus] I came for trouble, trouble lit candles Plaid little curse with a grip on the handle One more rule and I’ll break it pretty Meet me after dark in the blackout city [Tag: 4 bars, rising drums, backing vocals answer the last words, teasing lift] [Chorus] Dirty detention Write my name in red I was good till the tape started talking from the television set Dirty detention Kiss the chalk instead I got caught with a grin and a sermon in my head Dirty detention Dirty detention Be kind, rewind Then sin again [Tag: 8 bars, big chant hook, shouted backing vocals, dance-rock lift, trashy chorus guitars] [Verse 2] Desk carved deep with a switchblade heart Cheap old paperback losing cover art Cola can sweating like it knows too much Cassette deck breathing when nobody touched Boots on wood and my pulse goes click Lipstick X on a detention slip Clock says late, I’m fashionably damned Hall pass signed by the monster’s hand [Tag: 8 bars, more attitude, guitar scratches, rubbery synth bass, clattering percussion] [Pre-Chorus] I came for trouble, trouble took notes Chalk dust prayer in a paper throat One more rule and I’ll break it pretty Meet me after dark in the blackout city [Tag: 4 bars, tighter and more teasing, drums push harder, backing vocals snap in] [Chorus] Dirty detention Write my name in red I was good till the tape started talking from the television set Dirty detention Kiss the chalk instead I got caught with a grin and a sermon in my head Dirty detention Dirty detention Be kind, rewind Then sin again [Tag: 8 bars, bigger gang vocals on title, guitar and synth bass locked together] [Bridge] Manager called but the phone line’s dead Fluorescent lights going cherry red Every grown ghost in the lost and found Started dancing when the bell broke down I don’t need saving I need a beat I need your bad idea Asking before it bites [Tag: 8 bars, half-time stomp, spoken-sung, creepy fun, sacred heat with consent intact] [Final Chorus] Dirty detention Write my name in red I was good till the tape started talking from the television set Dirty detention Kiss the chalk instead I got caught with a grin and a sermon in my head Dirty detention Put the blame on me I’m the final girl laughing in the faculty Dirty detention Dirty detention Be kind, rewind Then sin again [Tag: 12 bars, full band, doubled lead, shouted backing vocals, final hook ad libs, hard dance-rock lift] [End] Dirty detention [Tag: hard stop, VHS click, whispered]
