My Brain (Won’t Stop Screaming)
[Intro 4] [Crooked bass pulse; dry guitar scrape triggers a burst of fractured drums] [Close sung lead] Nothing’s happening Why doesn’t that help? [Verse 1 12] [Raw lead; processed fragments interrupt the empty spaces] Checked the lock before I left it Turned around and checked again Read your message for a meaning You had never written in You said, “Dinner’s getting colder” I said, “Yeah, I’m coming down” Then I stood there in the doorway Trying to hear another sound You were laughing at the television Nothing hidden in your face I was waiting for the moment Something good got taken away [Pre-Chorus 4] [Drums arrive early; bass phrase refuses to resolve] Every quiet starts a countdown Every kindness hides a cost Every room becomes an exit Every love becomes a loss [Chorus 8] [Full fractured groove; layered versions of the lead crowd the center] My brain won’t stop screaming Though the room don’t make a sound Calling every silence danger Saying something’s coming now I know nobody is leaving I know nothing’s burning down My brain won’t stop screaming And I can’t think above it now [Verse 2 12] [Beat tightens; clipped guitar answers become sharper] Lying next to you at midnight Hear the pipes behind the wall Build a case from how you’re breathing Like you’re angry after all Start rehearsing my defense For a fight we haven’t had Write apologies for damage I am only scared I’ll add You roll over, find my shoulder Ask me why I’m wide awake I say, “Nothing,” like the nothing Isn’t keeping me this way [Pre-Chorus 4] [Processed lead fragments begin finishing lines incorrectly] Every heartbeat means a warning Every pause becomes a sign Every future needs preparing Every fault already mine [Chorus 8] [Drums fracture harder; overlapping self-stacks become claustrophobic] My brain won’t stop screaming Though the room don’t make a sound Calling every silence danger Saying something’s coming now I know nobody is leaving I know nothing’s burning down My brain won’t stop screaming And I can’t think above it now [Break 4] [Groove abruptly stops] [Processed alarms continue without instruments] Check the door Check her face Stay awake Just in case [Verse 3 12] [One alarm disappears after each ordinary detail] Your shoes are by the bedroom My phone is charging by the bed There’s a glass of water waiting There’s no argument unsaid Dog is sleeping by the heater Rain is tapping on the vent You are warm against my shoulder Nothing here needs my defense I keep naming what is present Till the room becomes the room Nothing happened while I named it Nothing broke because I breathed [Bridge 8] [Expose the lead over one steady bass note] You learned the sound before the damage You learned the weather in a face You kept me ready for the leaving Long before they packed a case I won’t hate you for surviving I won’t let you run the house You can warn me if you need to But there’s nothing happening now [Silence: 2s] [Final Chorus 12] [Drums return in firm 4/4; bass completes every phrase] [Raw lead centered; alarm layers fade line by line] My brain is still screaming But the room is settling down Every thought can pull the fire alarm I don’t have to answer now Nobody is leaving Nothing’s burning down My brain is still screaming But I hear myself beneath it now I can feel the bed beneath me I can let the dark be dark Nothing’s happening right now And that’s a place to start [Outro 4] [Steady bass, low guitar harmonic and natural breathing] Nothing’s happening Right now Right now is enough [End][End][End]
