[Intro] [cold blue hour pads, no choir vowels, analog tape, pine needle hiss, wooden sub pulse only] the curve starts [Verse 1] [spoken-close dry vocal, short lines, lush chords behind not on the voice, light hats] needles bank left never straight [Build 1] [chords tighten, kick enters muted, no ahhs, rising bass] commit dive [Pre-Drop 1] [one bar cut, resin bass tease] through [Drop 1] [174 rolling amen, huge reese, punchy kick snare, harmonic stabs not choir, short shouted-whisper hooks] hold the line helix go [Break] [halftime, piano motif, almost no vocal] glass then gold [Verse 2] [same dry vocal, lower, fewer words] under roots same track still flying [Build 2] [toms, filter, no stacked ahs] again [Pre-Drop 2] [silence hit] — [Drop 2] [full amen + reese, brighter stab chords, vocal only 3 words max per phrase] never straight endless dive keep moving [Outro] [drums peel off, last chord unresolved, no choir swell] unfinished
