[Intro: Clean electric guitar minor melodic, bass entering sludgy - 96 BPM] [Em, Am, C, B7 progression - cold and measured] [Drums entering minimal, the inventory opening] [Verse 1: Vocals raw baritone measured, harmonies controlled - 96 BPM] [Em, C, G, Am - clean verse, heavy not arrived] I got patience from my father's silence Learned it waiting by the door Got my talent for not asking From a mother keeping score I got distance from a grandfather Who would never say my name Got the shape of all the houses Where I never quite belonged [Chorus: Full band heavy distorted, dual vocal layers - 96 BPM] [Em, G, D, C - crushing measured weight] [Heavy distorted guitars detuned drop d feel, sludgy bass driving] [Drums dynamic controlled pounding, dual vocals layered dark] This is what they left me This is what I keep All the empty rooms they lived in Have become the rooms I sleep I didn't ask for any of it I didn't know the cost But I'm carrying the inventory Of everything they lost [Verse 2: Vocals raw baritone measured fuller, harmonies thicker - 96 BPM] [Em, C, G, Am - heavy distortion entering verse, weight arrived] [Heavy distorted guitars underneath, bass sludgy rounded, drums controlled] I got flinching from an uncle Who explained love with a fist Got my way of leaving early From the teachers I still miss I got hunger from a neighborhood That was hungry long before Got the habit of not needing From the people who had more [Chorus: Full band heavy distorted, dual vocal layers - 96 BPM] [Em, G, D, C - crushing measured weight] [Heavy distorted guitars detuned drop d feel, sludgy bass driving] [Drums dynamic controlled pounding, dual vocals layered dark] This is what they left me This is what I keep All the empty rooms they lived in Have become the rooms I sleep I didn't ask for any of it I didn't know the cost But I'm carrying the inventory Of everything they lost [Solo: Guitar lead wah expressive bends - 96 BPM] [Em, C, G, Am - heavy distorted rhythm underneath] [Sludgy bass driving groove, drums pounding controlled] [8 bars of expressive wah bluesy lead, catharsis] [Bridge: Harmonic modulation to G minor, stripped intimate - 96 BPM] [Gm, Eb, Bb, Dm - darker modulation, cold light] [Clean electric guitar intimate returning, bass warm rounded minimal] [Drums brushed minimal controlled, vocals baritone measured quiet] I used to think I'd fix it Give them back in better shape Now I only count the pieces And the pieces are my face [Final Chorus: Full band maximum heavy distorted, dual vocals peak - 96 BPM] [Em, G, D, C - crushing weight peak, modulation resolved] [Heavy distorted guitars detuned drop d feel maximum, sludgy bass driving peak] [Drums dynamic controlled pounding maximum, dual vocals layered dark peak] This is what they left me This is what I keep All the empty rooms they lived in Have become the rooms I sleep I didn't ask for any of it I didn't know the cost But I'm carrying the inventory Of everything they lost [Outro: Heavy distorted riff slowing, bass sustained - 96 BPM] [Em sustained - unresolved weight, inventory closing] [One final measured vocal line, spoken-sung dry] This is what they left me. [Distortion cutting to silence - hard stop]
