[Intro — distorted bass starts alone, vinyl crackle, abrupt metallic pulses] Keep your shoes on They’re leaking again [Verse 1 — clipped urgent vocal, relentless bass, dry chaotic percussion] The landlord came on Monday Stood halfway down the stairs Said, “Looks all right to me” Then left us standing there There’s water by the fuse box A bucket by the wall We moved the table sideways That’s maintenance, that’s all [Instrumental Burst — distorted bass pushed forward, tape-loop percussion colliding with metallic synth drips] [Chorus — blunt group vocal, short gaps for instrumental answers] The ceiling is someone else’s floor Someone else’s floor We pay more We get less Someone else’s floor [Verse 2 — tense conversational vocal, rhythm increasingly crowded] The boiler quits on Thursday The hallway smells like damp A notice by the front door Says rent goes up again Marie is on the landing With photographs and tape We put them by the entrance So no one looks away [Chorus — rough communal vocal] The ceiling is someone else’s floor Someone else’s floor We pay more We get less Someone else’s floor [Chaotic Instrumental Break — bass and metallic synth locked into a repetitive figure, tape fragments slipping in and out, percussion briefly collapsing then returning] [Bridge — instruments cut around each phrase] Flat one has mould Flat three has rats Flat four has no hot water He says, “Put it in writing” We did [Full Rhythm Return — bass surges back, percussion becomes dense and unstable] [Final Chorus — lead vocal joined by increasingly unruly group responses] The ceiling is someone else’s floor (Someone else’s floor!) We pay more (We pay more!) We get less (We get less!) The ceiling is someone else’s floor Someone else’s floor Someone else’s floor [Outro — everything drops except distorted bass and vinyl crackle] The bucket’s nearly full Move the table again
