[Intro — one long audible breath; unresolved circular fingerpicked acoustic melody intertwined with sparse clean-electric notes] [Verse 1 — close, cracked melodic singing throughout; no shouting or screaming] Hey buddy, did you ever find God? I was wondering how you're doing You found meaning in ugly things I thought I was the only one Turns out we're all fucking ugly inside We just get good at hiding it [Pre-Chorus — cracked melodic singing throughout; no shouting or screaming; bass becomes more prominent and guitars gradually thicken underneath] Just asking, but seriously Just asking, but honestly You said the more you suffer the closer you are So I was wondering Did you ever figure it out? Just asking, but seriously Just asking, but honestly [Chorus — cracked melodic singing; stacked male harmonies; animated palm-muted guitars and driving drums; no screaming] Hey buddy! I FUCKING LOVE YOUR BAND AND I tattooed the words above my heart Hey buddy! After all these years Did you ever find God? [Male harmonies widen; palm-muted guitars burst into ringing chords] Hey buddy! I FUCKING LOVE YOUR BAND AND I'm singing every ugly part Hey buddy! After all these years Did you ever find God? [Verse 2 — melodic singing; hypnotic bass grows prominent; distorted guitar layers accumulate around the vocal] You never sugarcoated anything Said what nobody else would say [SCREAM — ONLY THESE TWO LINES; dense wall of distorted guitars] YOU WEREN'T AFRAID TO SOUND FUCKED UP THAT MADE ME FEEL LESS FUCKED UP [Wall of noise breaks open into wide ringing guitars — return immediately to cracked, torn melodic singing; NO SCREAMING] Didn't give a fuck what anyone thought You showed me how to be real How to be ugly How to let it enfold me [Pre-Chorus — cracked melodic singing throughout; no shouting or screaming; instruments become denser underneath] Just asking, but seriously Just asking, but honestly You said the more you suffer the closer you are So I was wondering Did you ever figure it out? Just asking, but seriously Just asking, but honestly [Chorus — cracked melodic singing; stacked male harmonies; driving palm-muted guitars; no screaming] Hey buddy! I FUCKING LOVE YOUR BAND AND I tattooed the words above my heart Hey buddy! After all these years Did you ever find God? [Male harmonies widen; guitars open and ring] Hey buddy! I FUCKING LOVE YOUR BAND AND I'm singing every ugly part Hey buddy! After all these years Did you ever find God? (Oh-oh-oh) [Bridge — arrangement falls nearly bare; exposed acoustic guitar, sparse bass, near-silence; fragile cracked melodic singing throughout; no shouting or screaming] You made something out of hurting Made the worst parts mean something So tell me, buddy, years from then Did it finally hurt less? Did you find what you were looking for? Did you make it through somehow? [Nearly alone — soft cracked melodic singing] Is there hope for me too? Can I find what I'm looking for? [Final Chorus — full band returns; cracked melodic lead with stacked male harmonies; instruments drive hard underneath; NO SCREAMING] Hey buddy! I FUCKING LOVE YOUR BAND AND I tattooed the words above my heart Hey buddy! After all these years Did you ever find God? [Male harmonies widen; guitars and bass move around the lead] Hey buddy! I FUCKING LOVE YOUR BAND AND I'm singing every ugly part Hey buddy! After all these years Did you ever find God? (Oh-oh-oh) [Exposed cracked melodic vocal] Did you ever find God?
