[INTRO – exposed detuned live bass guitar; fingers sliding across strings; amp hum and room noise; slow broken percussion enters] You keep waiting For me to change my mind. Don't. [VERSE 1 – close male vocal; restrained broken beat; bass riff stays constant] I spent years making myself smaller So everybody else had room Bit my tongue to keep things easy Played the part you wanted me to Said "it's fine" when it wasn't Let things slide I should've stopped Every time I moved the line for you You just asked me to move it more [PRE-CHORUS – drums tighten; distorted guitar texture slowly rises] So here's the line. Right here. You can cross it if you want... I won't. [CHORUS – heavy broken drums and deep sub hit; bass riff remains planted; vocal calm but commanding] You can push I don't move You can talk I've got nothing left to prove You can tell me Who you think I should become I've spent too long Being everyone but one You can push I don't move Not this time. Not this time. [INSTRUMENTAL – dirty bass riff drives the section; syncopated kick, snapping snare, distorted synth stabs and short guitar feedback responses] [VERSE 2 – groove continues; vocal more assured but never shouted] Don't mistake quiet for surrender I just learnt when not to speak I don't need the final word To know exactly what I mean You can call it being difficult Say I've changed from who I was You're right. I have. I finally learnt That saying no is enough [PRE-CHORUS 2 – percussion becomes increasingly tense while bass refuses to change] I don't hate you. I don't need to. I just don't belong To you. [CHORUS – wider distorted guitars; heavier sub; restrained vocal doubles] You can push I don't move You can talk I've got nothing left to prove You can tell me Who you think I should become I've spent too long Being everyone but one You can push I don't move Not this time. [BREAKDOWN – everything cuts except exposed bass guitar and close vocal] Funny thing about boundaries... People only call them walls When they're used to walking through them. [PAUSE] [BUILD – original bass riff continues unchanged; drums gradually assemble around it; guitar feedback widens; tension comes from everything moving around the stationary riff] I bent. I folded. I disappeared inside myself More times than you'll ever know. That's why... I don't move now. [FINAL CHORUS – fullest arrangement; brutal low-end weight, broken drums, distorted live bass and wide alternative guitar textures; vocal remains controlled] You can push I don't move You can pull I've got nothing left to lose You can keep the version You remember me becoming I'm not him. And I'm done apologising. You can push. I don't move. [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL – surrounding instruments become increasingly chaotic while the central bass riff remains unchanged] [OUTRO – everything abruptly disappears except bass amplifier hum] [close spoken vocal] You wanted an answer. That's it.
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