[intro | vocals: close, slow, intimate | instrumental: soft bass pulse, sparse guitar shimmer, restrained drums | energy: slow hymn, elegant unease] soft hands soft mouths soft praise falling out [verse 1 | vocals: low, tender, unreadable | instrumental: slow drums, dark bass, delicate guitar textures | energy: devotional, poisoned] compliments come down in ribbons one by one and all the same little blessings dressed in satin every one attached to fame feathers dipped in something darker brushed so lightly through the air every word lands like a favor every favor wants a share [pre-chorus | vocals: intimate, almost affectionate | instrumental: tension rising slowly, bass closer, drums restrained | energy: close, liturgical] i can hear the beaks beneath it small and careful, sweet and thin all that choir in the rafters waiting for the drop to begin [chorus | vocals: magnetic, slow, quietly cutting | instrumental: fuller swell, slow drums, dark guitar bloom | energy: hymn-like, accusing] listen to yourself praising me like a goddess you idolize until she falls [verse 2 | vocals: calm, almost warm, with cold clarity underneath | instrumental: slow pulse, richer bass, shimmering guitar decay | energy: ceremonial, predatory] crumbs are scattered through the silence white gloves reaching for the light every raven learns to soften when it wants to stay in sight beaks squeaking under worship tiny sounds beneath the grace every halo needs an audience every hymn requires a face [chorus | vocals: slow, steady, more exposed | instrumental: expanded but restrained, hymn tension | energy: devotional rot] listen to yourself praising me like a goddess you idolize until she falls [bridge | vocals: lower, close, nearly tender | instrumental: stripped back, bass and toms, faint guitar scrape | energy: intimate, ominous] you sing sweetest when you need me when my name can lift your own but the altar never keeps warm once the blood has dried to stone [chorus | vocals: fuller, colder, still graceful | instrumental: biggest swell, slow and dark | energy: reverent cruelty] listen to yourself praising me like a goddess you idolize until she falls [outro | vocals: soft, fading, almost merciful | instrumental: bass pulse and guitar shimmer decaying | energy: unresolved, watchful] soft praise black feathers
