[Intro: Fast, pulsing distorted bassline. A rapid, electronic drum loop kicks in, mimicking a frantic heartbeat.] [Vocals: Raw, melodic, slightly breathless and urgent, like Grant Nicholas of Feeder] [Verse 1] The bass is rattling the fillings in my teeth A thousand jumping bodies on the floor beneath The smoke machine is pumping out a heavy, blinding cloud I cannot hear my thinking cause the speakers are too loud I’m pushing towards the center where the rhythm hits the chest This underground asylum really puts me to the test. The temperature is rising, yeah it’s blistering tonight Just waiting for the drop to bring the flashing neon light. [Pre-Chorus] [Guitars enter with a frantic, fuzzy chord progression. Drums switch to live, heavy cymbals.] And the exits are all jammed up with the kids trying to breathe But the DJ keeps on spinning, no one really wants to leave I can smell the melting plastic from the rigging up above Just a consequence of bathing in this electronic love. [Chorus] [Explosive, wall-of-sound alt-rock energy] Hit the strobe lights! Freeze the frame! Everybody dancing in a synchronized game! Flash of white! Shadow falls! Silhouettes are bouncing off the sweating basement walls! Keep the tempo! Keep the pace! Never gonna make it out of this euphoric place! [Verse 2] [Drums drop to a tom-heavy tribal beat. Bass continues pulsing.] The flash goes off again and paints the room in monochrome I look at the girl beside me, she is nothing but a bone A trick of the illumination, playing with my mind But the air is getting thicker and I’m flying completely blind. The heat is peeling wallpaper straight off the concrete brick The ash is falling like snow, coating my shoulders thick. [Pre-Chorus] [Guitars build tension with palm-muted scratching] And the panic in the center isn't part of the routine They are scrambling for the stairwell, it's a terrifying scene But the music never falters, and the frequency is high I am stuck inside the center, staring upward at the sky. [Chorus] [Maximum distortion, desperate energy] Hit the strobe lights! Freeze the frame! Everybody dancing in a synchronized game! Flash of white! Shadow falls! Silhouettes are bouncing off the sweating basement walls! Keep the tempo! Keep the pace! Never gonna make it out of this euphoric place! [Bridge] [Tempo speeds up to an anxiety-inducing pace. Sirens wail in the background guitar effects.] [Vocals: Frantic, echoing] Flash. Skin is blistering. Flash. The rafters falling down. Flash. The venue is a furnace. Flash. The hottest club in town! [Outro] [Music descends into chaotic feedback and pounding drums] [Vocals: Screaming, fading into the noise] It was nineteen-ninety-nine! The electrical fault! We never made it out of this subterranean vault! I’m reliving the ignition! I’m trapped inside the spark! Forever burning up inside the absolute dark! [Abrupt stop, leaving a high-pitched ringing noise]
