[INTRO] [PLAYFUL DARK BEDROOM POP] [BOUNCY 808 + RAPID HI-HATS + SKITTERING PERCUSSION] [PLUCKY SYNTH + PLAYFUL MOTIF] [YOUTHFUL KINETIC ENERGY — PLAYFUL BUT UNSETTLING] [CHILDREN LAUGHING] [CHILD — LITTLE BOY — NATURAL SPOKEN VOICE] Daddy I’m hungry! [BEAT DROP] [808 BOUNCE + SYNCOPATED KICK] [HI-HATS LOCKED TO VOCAL RHYTHM] [ADULT MALE RAP — FAST, CLIPPED, CONVERSATIONAL] [MODERN OPENING-SONG KINETIC ENERGY] [SHORT BURSTS — DENSE INTERNAL RHYMES] Hi hungry, daddy’s depressed Ever since I lost my job, I’ve had this pain in my chest Every choice that I make is just another regret I know I’m not great, but I’m trying my best [QUICK BEAT CUT] [CHILD — LITTLE BOY — NATURAL SPOKEN VOICE] Daddy, can we get— [ADULT — CUTS HIM OFF, FRUSTRATED] Don’t even let them finish [808 BOUNCE RETURNS] [HI-HATS BUSIER — RAPID SKITTERING] [CADENCE ACCELERATES] My net worth is shit, the bank accounts diminished Mommy’s at work, while I’m washing dishes Every doubt gets vicious when my mind comes with conditions [ABRUPT BEAT STOP] [CHORUS] [HUGE CATCHY DARK BEDROOM-POP HOOK] [FULLY SUNG — DO NOT RAP] [MELODY OPENS UP] [BOUNCY 808 + BRIGHTER HI-HATS] [WIDE STACKED VOCALS] [BIGGER THROUGH MOVEMENT, NOT HEAVINESS] I’m tryna build their lives with rotting wood I want them to thrive and feel understood I can’t help them if I can’t help myself Drag my body through the fires of hell Head’s fucked up, but I’ll raise my kids Hope I’m enough so they do better than I did [POST-CHORUS] [SHORT CATCHY INSTRUMENTAL MOTIF] [PLUCKY SYNTH + HI-HATS + BOUNCY 808] [PLAYFUL, MANIC, DANCEABLE] [VERSE 2] [BEAT SNAPS BACK] [FASTER PERCEIVED MOVEMENT] [CRISP HI-HATS + SYNCOPATED KICKS] [BOUNCY 808 — SHORT PUNCHES] [ADULT MALE RAP — RAPID-FIRE, PLAYFUL-FRUSTRATED] [MODERN OPENING-SONG KINETIC ENERGY] [LOCK VOCAL CADENCE TO DRUMS] [STOP-START RHYTHM — SUDDEN PAUSES] Hey kids, mind if I shut my eyelids? I’m awfully tired, and I don’t wanna choose violence It’s exhausting putting out all your fires, When all my brain wants is a second of silence [QUICK HI-HAT BREAK] Oh, what’s that now? He stole your juice? I just sat down, need a minute or two Fine bud, I’m up, but I’m losing my patience What’s this now, you drew a ball? Congratulations! [BEAT DROPS OUT] How’d you make it? [NEAR-SPOKEN — BEAT RETURNS] I wanna slam my head into the wall [BRIEF PAUSE] But for you, I’ll fake it [CHORUS] [FULLY SUNG — BIGGER MELODIC LIFT] [WIDE LAYERED VOCALS] [BOUNCY 808 + RAPID HI-HATS] [BRIGHT PLAYFUL MOTIFS AGAINST DARK HARMONY] [ENERGETIC, CATCHY, DARKLY EUPHORIC] I’m tryna build their lives with rotting wood I want them to thrive and feel understood I can’t help them if I can’t help myself Drag my body through the fires of hell Head’s fucked up, but I’ll raise my kids Hope I’m enough so they do better than I did [BRIDGE] [HARD DYNAMIC DROP] [808 REDUCED TO LOW PULSE] [SPARSE DISTANT HI-HAT] [DARK BEDROOM-POP ATMOSPHERE] [CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND INTIMATE] [ADULT MALE — CLOSE MIC — NEARLY SPOKEN] [NO RAP — FRAGILE RESTRAINED DELIVERY] Some nights I can’t sleep, some mornings I don’t get dressed ’Cause I lay awake at 3, wondering why I brought them into this mess Asking what is wrong with me as my heart beats out of my chest With a gun to my head thinking this is for the best [COMPLETE BEAT CUT] [NO MUSIC — DEAD AIR] [FAINT BEDROOM ROOM TONE] [LONG DRAMATIC PAUSE] [CHILD — LITTLE BOY — CLOSE MIC — SLEEPY AND VULNERABLE] Daddy, can I stay with you for a bit? My mind’s racing and it just won’t quit I remembered something I did, And it made me sad. I pushed another kid Just because they made me mad. Daddy, sometimes my heart beats so fast, ’cause I think that I’m bad. And I'm going to explode Cause Daddy, I think everyone knows... [BRIEF SILENCE] [ADULT MALE — CLOSE MIC — EXTREMELY GENTLE — NATURAL SPOKEN VOICE] Come here bud, it’s okay, sit down Sometimes our head’s a flood and our heart’s too loud A storm can make us bend and break Leave yesterday’s mistakes, ’cause tomorrow is on the way [SOFT MUSICAL SWELL] [WARM BEDROOM-POP TEXTURE] [PLUCKY SYNTH MOTIF RETURNS — GENTLE AND CHILDLIKE] [808 SLOWLY RETURNS] [HI-HATS GRADUALLY ACCELERATE] [BUILD ENERGY THROUGH RHYTHM, NOT WEIGHT] [FINAL CHORUS] [MASSIVE CATCHY POP RELEASE — NOT ROCK] [FASTEST PERCEIVED GROOVE] [BOUNCY 808 + RAPID HI-HATS + SKITTERING PERCUSSION] [PLUCKY SYNTH MOTIF RETURNS — BRIGHTER] [WIDE STACKED VOCALS + SOARING MELODY] [PLAYFUL YOUTHFUL ENERGY UNDER DARK EMOTIONAL LYRICS] [EXPLOSIVE, EUPHORIC, SLIGHTLY UNHINGED] [BIGGER THROUGH MOVEMENT, NOT HEAVINESS] Still tryna build, but the wood’s not so bad I think they understood, it’s all that I have Can’t fix me, but I’ll take the scars Skipped through hell just to give my heart Head still bothered, but I’m right here, kids Proud to be your father, even if you’re little shits! [FINAL BEAT HIT] [808 CUTS] [HI-HATS CUT] [INSTANT SILENCE] [OUTRO] [CHILDREN LAUGHING FAINTLY] [SOFT BEDROOM AMBIENCE] [BEAT CUTS COMPLETELY]
