[Intro – drum fill bursts; organ swells slow and low; guitar enters with dry strums; bass thick and centered; groove builds under reverb haze] [Verse 1 – voice calm but heavy, organ and guitar weave close] You built your house from someone’s fear Stacked the walls with silver cheer Smiled through gates while others sank Told yourself that’s how it ranks [guitar short flicks after each line; organ breathes beneath] [Refrain – voice lifts; organ surges; drums tighten] All that you owned slips clean through your hand Now you see dirt where you once saw land [Verse 2 – drums hit harder; bass digs deep; vocal tone roughens] You said the ground would hold your name But no one waits, they play the same game Your shadow longer than your pride Every mirror shows what you denied [organ swells mid-line; guitar chords brighter; cymbals hiss] [Refrain – repeated; echo trails the final word] All that you owned slips clean through your hand Now you see dirt where you once saw land [Verse 3 – voice sharper, near a shout; band in full motion] Friends in stone houses pull their blinds You knock once, twice, no one’s kind The sound of loss, a familiar chord Your gold turns dull, your speech ignored [guitar pushes distortion; organ trembles; snare cracks steady] [Refrain – repeated, tension climbing] All that you owned slips clean through your hand Now you see dirt where you once saw land [Saxophone Break – replaces harmonica; mournful and raw; follows the verse melody; organ and bass hold groove; drums stay locked on backbeat] [Final Verse – voice frayed, organ dominates midrange] You stand outside your perfect shell No stories left, just what you sell The gates you built won’t let you through You join the crowd you once outgrew [guitar tremolo fills the air; drums relentless; bass heavy] [Refrain – repeated, fading layer by layer] All that you owned slips clean through your hand Now you see dirt where you once saw land [Outro – organ sustains; guitar rings one last chord; sax returns soft and distant; mix fades into hum and cymbal decay]
