[Intro] [Technical 21/8 bass riff, muffled and lo-fi] [Clean guitar adds dissonant blues chords] [High-cut filter sweep] [Verse 1] [Whisper] The grit beneath the fingernail... The salt that stings the open wide... It’s not the destination... It’s the friction... in the stride. (The friction... the heavy stride) [Unstable] Dragging the marrow through the limestone floor Every muscle fiber screaming for the door But I don’t... turn... the... key. [Pre-Chorus] [Bass-driven poly-rhythm] The easy slope is a shallow grave A velvet trap for the spirit-slave [Fragile] Choose the jagged... choose the steep... Before the soul... begins to sleep. [Chorus] [Schizoid Euphoria] I am pulse! I am fever! I am the grinding gear! As long as the weight is heavy... the ghost is never here! [Melodic peak] Vitality is the burn in the chest~ The refusal to settle... the refusal to rest! (I’m alive... because it hurts) [Verse 2] [Muffled treble] Watch the water turn to glass Watch the seasons... slowly pass If you stop the climb... you start to rust A hollow frame... of settling dust. [Unstable laughter] The comfort is the venom... the safety is the rot I’d rather break the bone... than lose the spark I’ve got. [Bridge] [Technical Guitar and Bass Duel] [Fast 21/8 syncopation] [Increasing analog saturation] [Adlib: NO... NOT... EASY... NO] [Guitar Solo: Avant-garde blues, erratic bends] [Chorus] [Maximum intensity] I am pulse! I am fever! I am the grinding gear! As long as the weight is heavy... the ghost is never here! [Melodic peak] Vitality is the burn in the chest~ The refusal to settle... the refusal to rest! [Outro] [High-cut filter returns] [Whisper] Keep the load... Feel the strain... The spirit lives... In the... (Struggle...) [Sudden silence] [End]
