PANIC ATTACK (Council Assemble)

[INTRO — calliope under static, double-kick heartbeat accelerating, distorted barker] "Ladies and gentlemen... the ride has started without your consent." (WHOOP WHOOP!) [HOOK — gang chant, full wall] PANIC ATTACK! (WHOOP WHOOP!) Oh no — here we go — system override! PANIC ATTACK! (WHOOP WHOOP!) Sound the alarm — COUNCIL, SYNCHRONIZE! [VERSE — snarling rap, panic tempo, the takeover] Heart like a double-kick, chest in a vice, Tilt-a-whirl spinning and I never bought a ticket for the ride, Lungs doing math they were never assigned, Old smoke alarm screaming in a brand new night — Body hit the panic switch before the mind could vote, Amygdala grabbed the wheel with a hand on my throat, But I KNOW this midway, I know every light — This ain't dying, it's a drill — and the crew's on site! [PRE — half-time drop, warm gang vocal] We understand the panic (yeah!) — we understand the fawn (yeah!) You ain't broken, you're DEFENDED — now we summon the squad: [BRIDGE — THE SUMMON: transformation sequence, one voice per bar, layering] THE INTEGRATOR: "Online — I'm calling the play." THE VOW-KEEPER: "I hold the line — nobody's running away." TURRET MATT: "GRAN PIZZLE! ...what? The giggle broke the freeze." THE BODY: "Checking in — feet on the floor. Now BREATHE." [THE MECHANIC — half-time, the song itself slows down, crowd call-and-response] Five things I can see (ONE!) — four I can touch (TWO!) Exhale like a kick drum — looong out — that's the move, Feet on the boards, name the ride out loud: "PANIC. That's all. And it always comes down." [FINAL HOOK — modulated up, triumphant, regulated tempo] PANIC ATTACK! (WHOOP WHOOP!) — it crashed like a wave, PANIC ATTACK! (WHOOP WHOOP!) — and the Council still stayed! It might come back 'round — that's fine, we don't hide, First sign of the spiral: COUNCIL, SYNCHRONIZE! [OUTRO — calliope resolving to a music box, barker gentle now] "The ride always ends. The team never leaves." (whoop... whoop...)