[Intro — whispered | tape hiss bed / muffled distant 808 pulse / vinyl crackle] Something's shaking… But I don't know what. Something's coming… But I don't know when. [Verse 1 | lo-fi filtered vocal / dusty kick-snare / sparse detuned key loop / narrow mono mix] I feel the floor shift, I feel the walls bend Can't tell where the nightmare starts or ends Black sky, bad signs, pressure in my chest Everybody's running, but nobody knows what's next Two floors up and the whole world drops Concrete cracks while the heartbeat knocks Look down, no sound, family out of sight I call their names but they dissolve in the night No warning, no signal, no reason, no rhyme Just a ticking little terror keeping perfect time I got no enemy, no face, no name Just a shadow in the static playing mind games [Pre-Chorus | 808 drops out / isolated vocal + tape noise] I don't know, I don't know Where the hell do I go? Every road that I follow Feels like nowhere below [Hook | distorted 808 returns heavy / swung hi-hat rolls / vocal still behind lo-fi filter] No ground, no ground, I'm losing my balance No sound, no sound, I'm drowning in silence No sign, no sign, but I feel it inside Something's coming, something's coming tonight Can't see it, can't name it, can't fight it, can't hide it My fear got a pulse and I'm trapped right beside it No ground, no ground, beneath my feet I'm running from a thing that I'll never meet [Verse 2 | denser percussion layer / metallic scrape texture enters / deeper 808 / vocal filter slightly darker] Got the car, got the keys, got a way out Music still playing while I figure shit out Turn it down, turn it down, trying to think Then a stranger kicks the door like a trigger on a brink No reason, no warning, just rage in his eyes One kick, one hit, then he walks and he flies What the fuck was that? What did I do? That's the worst kind of fear — when it happens to you My wife grabs a megaphone, disappears in the crowd I wanna scream her name but the world is too loud Hundred voices rising, every siren alive Everybody's looking for a reason to survive And I'm standing in the dark with my hand on the wheel Trying to figure out what the hell is real If the world can collapse with a crack and a flash How the fuck do you know what is built to last? [Pre-Chorus | 808 cuts again / single distorted heartbeat pulse / whispered vocal] I don't know, I don't know Where the hell do I go? Every road that I follow Feels like nowhere below [Hook | heavier 808 return / pitch-shifted vocal chop stabs between lines / still filtered] No ground, no ground, I'm losing my balance No sound, no sound, I'm drowning in silence No sign, no sign, but I feel it inside Something's coming, something's coming tonight Can't see it, can't name it, can't fight it, can't hide it My fear got a pulse and I'm trapped right beside it No ground, no ground, beneath my feet I'm running from a thing that I'll never meet [Bridge — half-time / distorted | tempo feel halves / crushed distorted bass drone / vocal nearly swallowed by tape saturation] Maybe there ain't no monster Maybe there ain't no threat Maybe my brain just built a war From every fear I never met Maybe the shaking isn't outside Maybe it's underneath Maybe I'm holding up the ceiling With my fucking teeth [Rapid-fire Rap | double-time flow over stripped percussion / tape warble intensifies / static crackle builds / vocal distortion increases line by line] Tick-tick, panic in the pit of my rib cage Big quake, big break, locked inside a grid maze Night falls, lights stall, everybody goes frantic Mind races, time wastes, fear turns automatic No face, no trace, no case to explain Cold sweat, slow breath, pressure in the brain I chase every answer, every answer escapes So I stare at the darkness while it stares at my face What if? What then? When? Where? Why? How long can a man keep asking why? If everything's fragile and nothing is certain What's behind that motherfucking curtain? [Final Hook — explosive | LO-FI FILTER OPENS FULLY FOR THE FIRST TIME / full stereo width / clean unprocessed vocal / maximum 808 / all percussion layers active] No ground, no ground, I'm losing my balance No sound, no sound, I'm drowning in silence No sign, no sign, but I feel it inside Something's coming, something's coming tonight Can't see it, can't name it, can't fight it, can't hide it My fear got a pulse and I'm trapped right beside it No ground, no ground, beneath my feet I'm running from a thing that I'll never meet [Outro — whispered | filter closes back down / 808 fades to single pulse / tape hiss returns / vocal sinks back into lo-fi murk] Maybe the world isn't falling. Maybe… I'm just tired. [beat cuts / tape stop effect]
