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SCAPEGOAT

V6

[INTRO - 16 BARS] [INSTRUMENTAL ONLY] [Vinyl crackle and turntable scratches] [Low industrial mechanical rhythm] [Drop C guitar riff enters gradually] [Filtered drums build tension] [No vocals] [VERSE 1 - 16 BARS] [95 BPM halftime feel] [Dry male rap-rock vocal] [Close microphone - tight rhythmic phrasing] I know that look | before the room goes quiet That half-smile to the floor | like you're barely even trying You never say my name | you don't have to anymore Just stand there by the window | while they show me to the door Last time I kept my mouth shut | didn't wanna make a scene Went home with my jacket wet | and your keys still in my jeans I could call it an accident | if it happened once or twice But you watched me take the blame | and went to sleep that night [PRE-CHORUS - 8 BARS] [Tense melodic vocal] [Voice rises with controlled anger] [Distorted guitars increase] Look at me | when you say it Don't stare at the floor You know exactly | what happened We've been here before [CHORUS - 16 BARS] [Powerful melodic male rock singing] [Raw sustained notes] [Wide double-tracked harmonies] Your hands stay clean | mine take the dirt You say we did it | then I do the work I can take a hit | but I won't take yours Not anymore | not anymore Your hands stay clean | while I come apart You talk like you were nowhere near the start Look me in the eye | say it again Tell me I imagined everything [DROP 1 - 32 BARS] [INSTRUMENTAL ONLY] [Explosive full-speed 190 BPM neuro DnB] [Rapid chopped breakbeats and hard snare] [Snarling modulated Reese bass] [Drop C syncopated guitar chugs] [Distorted guitar and bass call-and-response] [High synthesizer counter-melody] [Second 16 bars introduce aggressive drum edits] [No vocals] [VERSE 2 - 16 BARS] [Return to 95 BPM halftime groove] [Male rap-rock - sharper rhythmic delivery] [Audible breaths and natural aggression] I signed the page | didn't read the last line Should've asked another question | but I just wanted out That's the part that gets me | when I tell it back to myself I knew something wasn't right | and I did it anyway You made sure I was standing | where everybody could see I wasn't looking for a fight | I was looking for my keys And if I tell them now | I know how it sounds But you don't get to laugh | while I'm lying on the ground [PRE-CHORUS - 8 BARS] [Strained melodic vocal] [Guitars widen and drums accelerate] Look at me | when you say it Don't stare at the floor You know exactly | what happened I'm not doing this anymore [CHORUS - 16 BARS] [Huge melodic rock chorus] [Emotionally strained sustained notes] Your hands stay clean | mine take the dirt You say we did it | then I do the work I can take a hit | but I won't take yours Not anymore | not anymore Your hands stay clean | while I come apart You talk like you were nowhere near the start Look me in the eye | say it again Tell me I imagined everything [BREAKDOWN - 16 BARS] [ONE BEAT OF ABSOLUTE SILENCE] [Massive slow Drop C guitar chugs] [95 BPM crushing halftime groove] [Sub-bass and industrial impacts] [Low threatening male vocal] You keep asking me | to say it didn't happen To tell them I was wrong | so you can get some sleep Well I remember where you stood | I remember what you said And I'll remember how you watched | when they put it all on me [DEEP GUTTURAL ROAR] NOT THIS TIME [Gang shouted response] NOT THIS TIME [FINAL CHORUS - 16 BARS] [Explosive soaring male rock vocal] [Brief pitched scream leading into chorus] [Wide double-tracked guitars and harmonies] [Full-speed DnB drums beneath the vocal] YOUR HANDS STAY CLEAN | MINE TAKE THE DIRT YOU SAY WE DID IT | THEN I DO THE WORK I can take a hit | but I won't take yours Not anymore | not anymore Your hands stay clean | while I come apart You talk like you were nowhere near the start Look me in the eye | say it again Tell me I imagined everything [FINAL DROP - 32 BARS] [INSTRUMENTAL ONLY] [Full-speed hard neuro DnB] [Heaviest evolving Reese bass] [Double-tracked Drop C guitar riff] [Rapid chopped breakbeat fills] [High distorted synthesizer counter-melody] [Industrial impacts and scratch effects] [Extended instrumental climax] [No lead vocals] [OUTRO - 8 BARS] [Heavy guitar riff gradually stops] [Drums strip away] [Turntable spin-down] [Final distorted bass impact] [END]