[INTRO — UNPITCHED ROOM TONE | A SINGLE DISTANT DRIP] [VERSE 1 — THE SEA | WHISPERED MALE VOICE | SUB DRONE | WATER CREAKING] Dead air. Sky abandoned. Coastline erased. The water holds its breath. Something beneath the surface rests frozen. Something beneath the surface is listening. [SINGLE BASS CHUG — SILENCE — SINGLE BASS CHUG — LONG SILENCE] [VERSE 2 — THE FOREST | DEAD-AIR VOCAL | SLOW CHUGS | NO REVERB TAIL, EVERYTHING CUT SHORT] The birds froze mid-air. Wings locked. Mute. Every branch is leaning toward the same dark place. Everything stands rigid. Everything holds still. You hear your own pulse and wonder who else does. [PRE-CHORUS — DRONE SWELLS | METAL SCRAPING | BREATH IN THE MIX, TOO CLOSE] The void carries weight. The dark is occupied. It is waiting for you to speak first. [CHORUS — HEAVY BASS CHUGS LAND ALL AT ONCE | HARSH VOCAL | THEN INSTANT CUT TO SILENCE ON THE LAST WORD] Silence. You were the Word. Silence. I am what is left when the Word is done. Silence. Don't answer. [VERSE 3 — THE FIELD | CLEAN WHISPER | WIDE, EMPTY STEREO | ONE SLOW FOOTSTEP SAMPLE] Grass stretches to the blank horizon. Unbroken waste. Mute soil. Solitude absolute. You turn in a circle and the sky turns with you. Sound dies before it leaves your lips. This place absorbs your voice unheard. [BREAKDOWN — MACHINE-LIKE CHUGS, GETTING SLOWER | DRONE DROPS AN OCTAVE | SOMETHING DRAGS] They hammered the Word into iron. They sang it till it cracked. I came after. I am the crack. [BRIDGE — THE GRAVE | ALL INSTRUMENTS DROP OUT | CLOSE WHISPER | HEARTBEAT, WEAK] Six feet beneath the soil. Smothered in pitch. Choked in stillness. The loudest thing is a heartbeat that is slowing down. [HEARTBEAT… HEARTBEAT… LONG GAP… NOTHING] [FINAL CHORUS — ONE LONG DISTORTED BASS NOTE | HARSH VOCAL, SLOWED AND LOW | THEN ALL SOUND CUTS OUT] Silence. Everyone hears something. Silence. Everyone feels something. Silence. I was always heavy. I was listening. [OUTRO — TOTAL SILENCE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS | THEN ONE FAINT WHISPER, VERY CLOSE] ...silence. [ABSOLUTE SILENCE]
