[Instrumental] [Intro] [distorted kick drum, metallic percussion loop] [bit-crushed vocal chops, white noise bursts] [low irregular pulse, almost like breathing] [cassette mechanism clicking, slightly off timing] [female voice, very close] big company... Umbrella running everything now... you already knew that you just didn’t say it [Verse 1] At the start it all felt normal, nothing really stood out at all Same brands in every corner, same routines you could recall You never thought to question anything that came your way Everything just kept on working like it always did before [resonant synth bass pulse enters] [metallic 16th-note percussion tightens] [stuttering digital artifacts, rhythmic delay] Then something changed so slightly that you almost didn’t see Like a thought that crossed your mind that didn’t feel like it was yours [bit-crushed vocal chop repeats last word: yours… yours… yours…] [Pre-Chorus] Out front it all looks perfect, like they’re helping everyone But there’s something underneath it that you can’t explain or run from [whispers, panned] don’t follow it don’t follow it [Chorus – beat fully locked at 135 BPM] Nobody knows what they really do They create things that slowly change you It doesn’t hurt and it feels so real By the time you notice, it’s already sealed [white noise burst accents] They don’t even need to hide it now It becomes a part of you somehow You keep telling yourself it’s fine But it’s been there for a longer time [Verse 2] Even people working inside never see the full design They just follow what they’re given, never stepping out of line You have had that same strange feeling, like something fits too perfectly Like every step you think you choose was already meant to be [dissonant saw-wave synth lead enters] [granular synthesis processing cuts phrases apart] [tape-stop effect briefly interrupts rhythm] [heavy saturation on all elements] And you try to shake the thought away, but it keeps coming back again Like you’ve lived this exact moment once and now you’re here again [glitch loop, degraded voice] you’ve been here before you’ve been here before [Pre-Chorus] They keep saying it is safe and there is nothing you should fear But that feeling in your chest tells you it did not start here [radio interruption, distorted] -signal unstable- [Chorus – heavier, layered distortion] Nobody knows what they really do They create things that slowly change you It doesn’t hurt and it feels so real By the time you notice, it’s already sealed They don’t even need control of you You keep doing what they want you to Every choice starts to feel the same Like you never had a say [Bridge – beat collapses] [cassette mechanism clicking, slightly off timing] [pitched-down vocal texture, unintelligible, looping softly] And you start to wonder when it all began Not where it happened, but when it first began Because if you trace it back, it never feels that clear Like it wasn’t something distant, like it was always here [granular fragments of voice repeat softly] always here always here [Final Section – merge of spoken + techno] [kick returns but unstable, slight timing shifts] [bass pulse + whispers layered together] Nobody knows what they really do But you’re still here, so what does that prove You say it’s them, you say it’s outside But every answer loops back inside [Outro] [tape-stop - silence - low hiss remains] big company... Umbrella running everything now... [bit-crushed repetition degrading] running... running... running... [female whisper, very close] you kept it running [final line, almost gone] you always did
