[Intro] [A single, clean electric guitar playing a creepy, repetitive, chorus-drenched riff] [Bass guitar slides in, thick and muddy] [Drums enter with a simple, heavy kick and a light tap on the ride cymbal] [Singer clears throat, sounds exhausted and detached] [Verse 1] [Vocals: Low, mumbled, apathetic, close to the microphone] Polishing the kitchen knives Swallowing our little lives We pretend the bleeding stopped Waiting for the bombs to drop The general is in his bed Eating all the things we bled It’s so quiet in the dirt Tell me exactly where it hurts [Pre-Chorus] [Guitar kicks on a heavy distortion pedal (fuzz/Big Muff style)] [Drums start pounding the toms] [Vocals: Rising in tension, slightly strained] Smile for the camera, wave at the drone Chewing the marrow right out of the bone We memorized the enemy's face Stuck in a very comfortable place... [Chorus] [EXPLOSION OF SOUND] [Massive, wall-of-sound distorted guitars, crash cymbals being smashed] [Vocals: Desperate, throat-shredding screaming] WE'RE FIGHTING A WAR IN THE DARK! MISSING THE TARGET, HITTING THE MARK! COVERED IN MUD, COVERED IN SHAME! EVERYONE'S LOSING AND NOBODY'S TO BLAME! YEAH! (Yeah!) BURY THE TRUTH, HIDE ALL THE PROOF! SPITTING OUT A BROKEN TOOTH! [Verse 2] [Instruments instantly drop back down to the quiet, creepy clean guitar and bass groove] [Vocals: Return to the low, detached mumble, sounding almost bored by the horror] The uniforms are tailor-made Watching the parade just fade Sign the treaty, break the wrist Another name upon the list Justice is a lazy hound Sleeping soundly on the ground They wash the blood right down the drain Complaining about the acid rain [Pre-Chorus] [Distortion pedal clicks on again, heavy palm-muting] [Tension building rapidly] Smile for the camera, wave at the drone Chewing the marrow right out of the bone We memorized the enemy's face Stuck in a very comfortable place... [Chorus] [Maximum explosive energy, chaotic and loud] WE'RE FIGHTING A WAR IN THE DARK! MISSING THE TARGET, HITTING THE MARK! COVERED IN MUD, COVERED IN SHAME! EVERYONE'S LOSING AND NOBODY'S TO BLAME! YEAH! (Yeah!) BURY THE TRUTH, HIDE ALL THE PROOF! SPITTING OUT A BROKEN TOOTH! [Bridge] [Tempo slows down slightly, becomes a sludgy, dissonant dirge] [Guitars playing jarring, atonal chords] [Vocals: Starting as a cynical whisper, building to absolute agony] I surrender... I surrender... Put me in the blender. Sew me up, tear me down... Safest place in this whole town... (Voice cracking into a raw scream) SURRENDER! SURRENDER! SURRENDER! [Guitar Solo] [A chaotic, noisy, anti-melodic guitar solo] [Lots of feedback, frantic bending, sounds like the guitar is breaking apart] [Drums pounding a relentless, aggressive rhythm] [Chorus] [Final, ultimate explosion, singer destroying his vocal cords] WE'RE FIGHTING A WAR IN THE DARK! MISSING THE TARGET, HITTING THE MARK! COVERED IN MUD, COVERED IN SHAME! EVERYONE'S LOSING AND NOBODY'S TO BLAME! YEAH! (Yeah!) WE'RE ALL JUST CASUALTIES TODAY! AND THE HEAVENS LOOK THE OTHER WAY! [Outro] [Band thrashes loudly for four measures] [Sudden stop] [Only the sound of guitar feedback whining loudly, slowly fading out] [Singer lets out a long, exhausted sigh] Nevermind. [End]
