Accretion (Read As You)

[Intro — dry, flat, almost bored | mono vocal] this work is a fiction [beat] …or something like that [Verse 1 — talky, precise | light rhythm creeping in] any likeness to persons living, dead or between any pattern you think you saw any shape you think you’ve seen is purely coincidental [low layer: coincidental] or so we claim just a trick of angle just a shift of frame [Pre-Chorus — tightening, slight echo drift] if it feels familiar— adjust your view 🔥 [Chorus — chantable MCUH hook, sticky + ironic] NOT—REAL NOT—YOU [low layer: not not you] JUST—THE WAY IT—LOOKS—THROUGH NOT—REAL NOT—TRUE [sharp layer: say that again] IF YOU SEE IT— IT’S SEEING YOU [Instrumental — claps + sub, glitchy vocal chops] —coincidental— —incidental— [Verse 2 — faster, more percussive] we don’t make the person we stack what aligns posture / tone memory load you fill the lines glance becomes a history word becomes a role person isn’t something fixed— it’s a split in control [Pre-Chorus 2 — clipped, sharper] if you see yourself— we didn’t put you there 🔥 [Chorus — fuller, more pressure] NOT—REAL NOT—YOU [low: not not you] JUST—THE WAY IT—CUTS—THROUGH NOT—REAL NOT—TRUE [sharp: who decides that] IF YOU HOLD IT— IT HOLDS YOU [Bridge — legal meltdown → MCUH distortion | dual voices] this depiction— is not intended [alt voice, slightly ahead] —intention irrelevant— to resemble any individual however resemblance may occur through shared conditions [stacked layers begin to overlap] environmental variables emotional availability historical overlap interpretive— [break] bias [Break — silence → breath → low hum] …viewer discretion… [whisper layer] is participation [Verse 3 — slower, heavier, more implicating] you call it who they are we call it where you meet crossing lines of condition makes it complete pull one thread out the frame watch it shift watch it drift same face— different read [Chant — low, recursive, slightly off-grid] same / same [low: not the same] same / same [sharp: say the same] 🔥 [Final Chorus — colder, more direct] NOT—REAL NOT—YOU [low: still feels true] JUST—THE WAY WE—MOVE—THROUGH NOT—REAL NOT—TRUE [sharp: then why’d you react] IF IT HITS— IT’S PARTLY YOU [Outro — very close, almost amused] any resemblance… [beat] …is collaborative