[Intro - Single clean guitar riff, minimal, 70 BPM, 20 seconds] [Verse 1 - Minimal, 70 BPM, 4/4] Start with one rule Simple as breath Be kind But then the questions What if What about When [Verse 2 - Bass enters] Exceptions multiply Stacking on themselves The simple instruction Buried in footnotes We wrote to feel safe [Pre-Chorus - Drums enter, 75 BPM] Each addition Made sense alone Protecting, clarifying Building the maze One brick at a time [Chorus - Full band, 80 BPM, 5/4] From simple seed Tangled forest grows We meant well Built a labyrinth instead The exit was always Just be kind [Verse 3 - Adding layers, 82 BPM, 7/8] Elaborate systems To justify small cruelties Dress exclusion up In philosophy Until unkindness Looks wise [Verse 4 - More complex] The bureaucracy of care Forms in triplicate The committee meets Quarterly While neighbors Still go hungry [Bridge - Maximal complexity, 90 BPM, overlapping signatures] [Dense overwhelming layers] [Sudden strip to original simple riff] [Verse 5 - Sparse, 70 BPM, 4/4] Underneath it all The accumulated weight The rule still waits Unchanged Be kind [Pre-Chorus 2 - Rebuilding, 75 BPM] We knew all along The answer was never hidden Just buried under reasons Good enough To avoid the work [Final Chorus - 80 BPM] From simple seed Tangled forest grows Not accident But choice We build complexity To hide from what we know The path was always clear We just covered it With enough words To avoid walking it [Outro - Single guitar, 70 BPM, original riff, fade]
