[Intro] [30 sec dripping tremolo guitar + sparse brushed drum hits, night insects fading to dead quiet, thick tape hiss, distant coyote howl once then silence, subtle feedback breathing like held breath, whispered spoken ad-libs] How’s the peace so wrong? The guns long stopped The blood shed long dried The quiet so damning [Verse 1] [whispered fragile rasp, stripped detuned guitar + reverb hum, breath heavy with pauses, trembling delivery] Rifle’s recoil returns Trembling hands Sleep refused to me I’m left with the silence The silence [Instrumental] [60 sec sliding bent notes slow and sparse, screen-door snare brush like distant memory, glass-bottle roll rolling away, feedback swell rising then dropping to near-nothing, long quiet stretches] [Verse 2] [slurred and broken, rasped with exhaustion, cracked falsetto on “cycle,” heavier tape hiss] Cycle begins anew Peace was never true Never true [Chorus-like Build] [slow swell, raw emotive rasped vocals with cracked falsetto, blown-out guitars creeping in then pulling back, reverb bass deep and dragging] How’s the peace so wrong? The quiet so damning Damning I’m left with the silence [Outro] [90+ sec instruments fade to single detuned guitar sustain + ambient pads, vocals shift to exhausted half-whisper repeats with long pauses, heartbeat kick slowing then stopping, massive long decaying feedback swell collapsing into absolute hiss and quiet] The silence The silence Peace was never true Never true ...silence [extended silence after last word, then faint distant train whistle, tape hiss lingers then swallows everything into dead quiet]
