One More Build [Intro — dry vocal, low mechanical pulse, wind through the alley] One more build Snow off the roof Boots at the mat Under the grow-room glow [Instrumental — harmonica, compressor hum, a long rack of silence] [Pre-Chorus — pressure enters from underneath, no lift yet] The jars still seal The doors still close This run’s not done I can feel the next one press [Hook — melody opens, bruised rather than triumphant] I keep building toward the day This shop can stand alone But every time I finish one Another need comes due One more shelf by the scale One more room I finish one AND INHERIT TWO [Instrumental — machinery stacks, no release] [Verse 1 — warm and human, minimal rhythm] At first, it was just A bad fan belt A sticky door I moved the trays Cleared the clog Made one thing hold “Yeah,” someone said. Then, “Can you scale mine?” [Instrumental — more room, less voice] [Pre-Chorus — add weight, shorten the breath] One room, then another One county, then three They handed me the weight Built their week around me [Chorus — full pulse, stacked pressure, clear hook] I keep building toward the day This shop can stand alone But every time I finish one Another need comes due One more shelf One more room I finish one AND INHERIT TWO [Instrumental — machinery stacks, no release] [Verse 2 — clipped spoken word, each command tighter] More orders by morning More checks by night Label this Lock that Keep the line Count the jars Train the hands Lose no time They called me operator I forgot where the word ended And I began [Breakdown — everything drops except pulse and breath] Maybe I need the unfinished thing Maybe waiting feels like failure One more build Then sleep One more room Then leave One more— [Hard stop] THERE IS ALWAYS ONE MORE [Final Chorus — wounded, overloaded, beginning to fracture] I keep building toward the day This shop can stand alone But every time I finish one Another need comes due One more shelf One more room One more thing I cannot carry through I finish one AND INHERIT TWO [Outro — pulse gone, no resolution] Someone else reached for the scale I saw exactly what to do I opened my mouth Then held it there. The next build was already calling. I closed my eyes. The hum remained.
