THE WORM [Barbershopped]

## [Intro] *(Minimal ticking hats. Cold isolated piano. Barely audible analog pad.)* **Voice:** Close mic • Deep chest voice • Almost smiling You stood there... Acting like you didn't know. Look at your hands, baby. They're stained just like mine. --- ## [Verse 1] *(Warm compressed Korg bass slowly fades in.)* **Voice:** Intimate • Rhythmic • Low register Nice dress... Cold eyes... Standing in the strobe light. You wanna play the victim... But you're dressed for the fight. You asked for poison. You drank it slow. Never looked away. Never let it go. Don't act surprised By the venom we found. Brick by brick... We built this pretty prison. --- ## [Pre-Chorus] *(Snare build. Filter slowly opens. Breathing becomes audible.)* **Voice:** Whispered tension • Smiling through clenched teeth First night... I whispered— "I'll eat you alive." ... And you smiled Until morning. --- ## [CHIRURGICAL DROP] *(Sharp rolling Korg bass. Heavy sidechain. Massive sub.)* **Voice:** Main chest voice + low octave double **Whispers:** Hard left / right Call me a monster... Call me a ghost... You love... What hurts... The most. *(whisper)* Yeah... You know. Call me a monster... Call me a ghost... I'm the worm... Under your skin. Where you end... I begin. *(falsetto harmony enters)* I begin... I begin... --- ## [Verse 2] *(Kick + breathing bassline only.)* **Voice:** Extremely intimate I took your broken heart And spun it into gold. A luxury trap... So bright. So cold. I taught you how to feel... Just to watch you go numb. Look what we've done... Look what we've become. I brought you back... Just to watch you fade. There's no innocence... Left in this place. --- ## [Pre-Chorus] *(Build returns. Pads widen. Bass filter opens.)* You wanted danger. You wanted the crown. Now watch us burn... Until the lights go out. --- ## [MAXIMUM INTENSITY DROP] *(Full Afterlife energy. Wide synths. Heavy pumping.)* **Voice:** Layered • Chest voice + soaring falsetto Call me a monster... Call me a ghost... You love... What hurts... The most. *(soft laugh)* Call me a monster... Call me a ghost... I'm the worm... Under your skin. Where you end... I begin. *(falsetto)* I begin... Look what we are. --- ## [Bridge] *(Everything disappears. Vacuum. One distant analog pad.)* **Voice:** Dry • No reverb • Emotionless I didn't kill my heart... For you... My love. It died... A long... Long time ago. I'm just a shell... Pretending I still burn. And you knew. ... *(whisper)* You always knew. --- ## [Final Chorus] *(Full emotional release. Biggest synths. Maximum width.)* **Voice:** Highest emotional intensity • Falsetto harmony opens only here Call me a monster... Call me a ghost... You love... What hurts... The most. *(breath)* Call me a monster... Call me a ghost... I'm the worm... Under your skin. Where you end... I begin. I begin. I begin. --- ## [Outro] *(Kick disappears. Piano returns. Sub slowly fades.)* **Voice:** Barely audible I'm leaving now... Before it feels real. Goodbye... Too late. Too late... For me. *(Long Korg resonance.)* *(Fade into silence.)*