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The Shape of Then

V6

[INTRO — distant clean guitar, cold ambience, subdued female vocals] Something's wrong with the afternoon, The sky looks right, but the light feels new. I take the roads that I used to know, But they don't feel like the ones I drove. [VERSE 1 — restrained vocals, muted guitar, deep bass, subtle DnB breakbeat] The years went by without a sound, I blinked once and my life moved out. The songs I loved still know the words, But they don't reach me like they did before. There's an old photograph inside my head, A girl I knew, or so I said. I try to remember what it felt like then, But I can't get close to her again. [PRE-CHORUS — rolling breakbeats, rising guitar tension] I haven't gone that far away, So why does everything feel rearranged? [CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE ALTERNATIVE ROCK + DnB; CRUSHING GUITARS, POUNDING DRUMS, DEEP SUB-BASS; FORCEFUL FEMALE VOCALS, DESCENDING MELODIC HOOK] I DON'T KNOW MYSELF ANYMORE! WHO THE HELL WAS I BEFORE?! I'M SCREAMING AT A LIFE THAT'S GONE, TRAPPED IN A PLACE I DON'T BELONG! I WANT THE OLD ME BACK AGAIN! BUT SHE'S A STRANGER UNDER MY SKIN! I CAN'T GO BACK, I CAN'T MOVE ON— I'M STILL HERE, BUT SOMETHING'S WRONG! [POST-CHORUS — feedback, broken beats, distant vocals] ...Something's wrong ...Something's wrong. [VERSE 2 — muted guitar, rolling DnB breaks, detached vocals] The years are hiding in ordinary things, In the way I talk, in the way I think. The world keeps moving like nothing has changed, While every familiar thing feels strange. My favorite places, my old routines, Look like the remnants of somebody's dreams. I try to fit where I used to belong, But I don't remember when I went wrong. [PRE-CHORUS — guitar swells, building breakbeats] I keep replaying the years in my head, Trying to find where the feeling went dead. [CHORUS — FULL HEAVY BAND; DISTORTED GUITARS, FAST BREAKBEATS, POUNDING DRUMS; RAW FEMALE VOCALS] I DON'T KNOW MYSELF ANYMORE! WHO THE HELL WAS I BEFORE?! I'M SCREAMING AT A LIFE THAT'S GONE, TRAPPED IN A PLACE I DON'T BELONG! I WANT THE OLD ME BACK AGAIN! BUT SHE'S A STRANGER UNDER MY SKIN! I CAN'T GO BACK, I CAN'T MOVE ON— I'M STILL HERE, BUT SOMETHING'S WRONG! [BRIDGE — sparse dissonant guitar, hollow piano, numb vocals] I don't know when I became someone new, I just miss the girl I once knew. [BREAKDOWN — HALF-TIME CRUSHING GUITARS, DISTORTED SUB-BASS, STUTTERING BREAKBEATS; RAW VOCALS] I CAN'T GO BACK! I'M STILL NOT THERE! I DON'T KNOW WHEN I STOPPED BEING HER! THE YEARS WENT BY! THE WORLD MOVED ON! I'M IN THE SAME SKIN— BUT THE FEELING IS GONE! [FINAL CHORUS — MAXIMUM HEAVY ROCK + DnB; MASSIVE GUITARS, CRASHING DRUMS, LAYERED VOCALS; DESPERATE, UNRESOLVED, NO TRIUMPH] I DON'T KNOW MYSELF ANYMORE! WHO THE HELL WAS I BEFORE?! I'M SCREAMING AT A LIFE THAT'S GONE... [FINAL LINE — SOFT, ETHEREAL FEMALE VOCALS; HEAVY GUITARS AND DRUMS FADE OUT, LEAVING DISTANT REVERB-SOAKED GUITAR AND A FAINT AMBIENT DRONE; FRAGILE, NUMB DELIVERY, ALMOST A WHISPER] ...Trapped in a place I don't belong [LET THE LAST WORD TRAIL INTO DISTANT REVERB; SLOWLY FADE TO SILENCE, NO RESOLUTION]