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DEMOLITION PERMIT

Drop D, ~112 bpm, D minor. Riff staccato, wide gaps. Vocal high, no soft landings. [Verse 1] Six o'clock. Frost on the tin. Coffee's dead. Drink it in. Danny's smoking. Danny's slow. Danny's got nowhere to go. [Pre-Chorus] Curtain hanging. Picture hook. Marks up the doorframe. Don't look. [Chorus] I've got a demolition permit, got a stamp for every swing. I've got a demolition permit. Signed. Stamped. Legal. Clean. Three years to raise a wall like that, twelve minutes, and it's gone. I've got a demolition permit. Always had one. Always had one on. [Guitar Solo — bluesy D minor pentatonic over verse riff, one guitar, no harmony; ends on a long held bend] [Verse 2] Bathroom's coming. Bathroom's down. Blue toothbrush still standing proud. Somebody's kitchen. Somebody's stairs. Lighter square there. Nobody cares. [Pre-Chorus] Curtain hanging. Picture hook. Marks up the doorframe: Emma, four. Emma, six. [Chorus] I've got a demolition permit, got a stamp for every swing. I've got a demolition permit. Signed. Stamped. Legal. Clean. Three years to raise a wall like that, twelve minutes, and it's gone. I've got a demolition permit. Always had one. Always had one on. [Bridge — half time, bass and voice] I'm good at what I do. Ask anyone on site. She said, "You bring down all you touch." I said, "Yeah." I said, "That's right." I said, "It's in the paperwork." I said, "It's signed." [Chorus x2] I've got a demolition permit, got a stamp for every swing. I've got a demolition permit. Signed. Stamped. Legal. Clean. Three years to raise a wall like that, twelve minutes, and it's gone. I've got a demolition permit. Always had one. Always had one on. [Outro — riff alone, spoken flat] Emma, four. Emma, six. Load it up. Signed. Stamped. Legal. Clean.