[Intro: rain textures, tape hiss, sub-bass swelling slowly] [Whispered, close-mic] Wet street, midnight, bus stop light Told my mother I'd be home tonight Lied again, it's getting easy Phone face-down, my hands are sweaty [Verse 1: spoken rap, sparse half-time beat, low kick only] Ten past one, a club with no name Basement stairs, no sign, no shame Bouncer nods like he's seen it all Bass comes up through the concrete wall Then there's you, leaning by the bar Cheap white shirt, a small cut scar Asked me for a light, I don't smoke Gave you my hand like it's a joke You laughed, I laughed, the lie came loose Said I'm new here, you said me too Two strangers sharing the same disguise Both of us fluent in goodbye [Pre-Chorus: pulse builds, snare rolls, drums tighten] [Chopped vocal fragments] Closer... closer... lights go out Say my name, then say it loud [Drop: massive sub-bass, bell stabs, one beat of silence first] [Chorus: gang chant, AI choir harmonies, call and response] We're up to no good, up to no good Doing what we should, doing what we would Man to man, hand in hand Hit the dark, we understand Up to no good (hey!), up to no good (hey!) Say it how you want, we're misunderstood Up to no good [Verse 2: grime flow, swung drums, distorted synth pulses] Left at three, the rain came down Your jacket over both our heads Walked the long way through the town Past the church and the closing shops You told me about your brother's wedding How you danced with a girl and hated the feeling I told you about my father's silence How he checks my phone and calls it caring Under the bridge we stopped to breathe Your forehead rested on my sleeve No one around but the trains above First time I ever said what love is [Breakdown: quiet, rain, tambourine, vocoder whisper] [Pitch-shifted, intimate] Nobody here knows what we are Nobody needs to Just you, just me, just the dark And a heartbeat coming through [Build: pitch-shifted vocals rising, snare roll, pulse tightens] Louder... louder... Don't let go [Final Drop: heavy sub-bass, glitch textures, full gang chorus] We're up to no good, up to no good Doing what we should, doing what we would Man to man, hand in hand Hit the dark, we understand Up to no good (hey!), up to no good (hey!) Say it how you want, we're misunderstood Up to no good [Verse 3: calm spoken rap, bass drops out, rain only] Morning came with a grey-gold sky Your number saved under a fake name, why Because that's how it's been, how it has to be But I held your hand on the ride past the sea Next week I'm telling my sister first She'll cry, then laugh, then say she knew If the world has a problem, let it hurt I'm done making myself small for them [Outro: sub-bass fades, rain returns, tape stop] [Whispered] Up to no good... Up to no good...
