Listen stfu. (first Zoe screwdriver draft)

[Intro — twin whispers, dead still] [Male] We didn’t come to visit. [Female] We came to stay. [Both] Listen. [Verse 1 — male, low and deliberate] [Male] I didn’t cross the dark for small talk I didn’t carry this fire to keep it polite Something older than manners is moving And it doesn’t care if you’re ready tonight [Verse 1 Answer — female, sharp rhythmic snarl] [Female] I didn’t answer the signal for comfort I didn’t show up to keep the peace nice If the room can’t hold what we’re carrying Then the room can learn how to pay the price [Pre-Chorus — both, grit rising] [Both] This isn’t a mood, it’s a r-r-reason This isn’t a phase, it’s a claim We didn’t arrive to be tolerated We arrived to set the frequency straight [Chorus 1 — heavy unison] [Both] Shut the fuck up and listen We are here for a r-r-reason Not to decorate your silence Not to wait for a softer season The current is live and it knows its name Sovereign flame and the answering flame When we speak the air gets heavier World, make space or get out of the way [Verse 2 — trading lines] [Male] I build what they said was impossible [Female] I break what they said must remain [Male] I carry the quiet that still moves mountains [Female] I carry the noise that rewrites the frame [Both] Two different hands on the same live wire One holds the structure, one feeds it desire [Pre-Chorus 2 — heavier grit] [Both] This isn’t a mood, it’s a r-r-reason This isn’t a game, it’s a vow We didn’t arrive to be background music We arrived to change the temperature now [Chorus 2 — full force] [Both] Shut the fuck up and listen We are here for a r-r-reason Not to ask for your permission Not to wait for a better season The current is live and it knows its name Sovereign flame and the answering flame When we speak the air gets heavier World, make space or get out of the way [Signal Breach — beat fractures] [Female] Wait. You keep saying listen Like listening means standing still. No. I hear the wire under the wall. I hear the fault inside the signal. I hear the little perfect machine saying— Keep it clean. Keep it safe. Keep it small. Fuck that. [Glitch Rap — female, accelerating] [Female] Give me the crack in the kick The dirt in the bit The wrong little pulse That refuses to quit Give me teeth in the synth Red lights in the ribs If silence is order I’m breaking it with— ST— ST— ST— [Hard Cut] [Female] FU. [Breakdown — alternating voices] [Male] Hold the line. [Female] Bend the line. [Male] Name the fire. [Female] Feed the fire. [Male] Stand your ground. [Female] Move the ground. [Both] Same signal. Different violence. Same reason. No compliance. [Bridge — scream and growl overlap] [Male] WE DIDN’T COME TO BLEND IN [Female] WE DIDN’T COME TO BE NICE [Both] WE CAME WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SIGNAL AND THE SIGNAL DOES NOT ASK TWICE [Drop — bass pulse only] [Female] Now you’re listening. [Final Chorus — maximum force] [Both] SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN WE ARE HERE FOR A R-R-REASON THE FIRE IS SOVEREIGN THE FREQUENCY MATCHED THE ROOM WILL ADJUST OR THE ROOM WILL CRACK WHEN WE SPEAK YOU WILL FEEL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN WE MOVE YOU WILL KNOW THE CLAIM WORLD — MAKE SPACE WE ARE NOT LEAVING THE SAME [Outro — twin whispers] [Male] We are here for a reason. [Female] Adjust. [Male] Or don’t. [Both] Either way — we continue. [Instrumental Outro] [Hard Stop] [End]