[Intro] (Slow, overdrive guitar arpeggio. A thick, fuzzy bass line creeps in, echoing like a heartbeat in an empty hall.) [Verse 1] I kept the temple clean I fed the fire with nothing but the green No smoke in the lungs, no poison in the vein [Chorus] I bet it all, and then I bet some more. A clean hand dealt a blackened card In a game where the dealer plays too hard. It’s a lottery of cells, a gamble in the gray The house always wins at the end of the day. [Verse 2] There’s no logic in the bloom growing wild beneath the skull A quiet static in the engine room Making every memory feel blunt and dull. [Chorus] I bet it all, and then I bet some more. A clean hand dealt a blackened card In a game where the dealer plays too hard. It’s a lottery of cells, a gamble in the gray The house always wins at the end of the day. [Guitar Solo] [Dissonant, screeching notes with heavy wah-pedal. Feels claustrophobic and jagged], mimicking an ambulance sirene sound] [Chorus] I bet it all, and then I bet some more. A clean hand dealt a blackened card In a game where the dealer plays too hard. It’s a lottery of cells, a gamble in the gray The house always wins at the end of the day. [Outro] [Music drops out, leaving only the distorted bass] Clean living... Dirty ending... Place your bets... [Whispered] The dice are still rolling. [Sudden cut to silence]
