[verse 1 - slow build, bassline high on the neck, airy guitar harmonics] I tracked you deep beneath the ground Through the tubes and rising heat Deeper, deeper, deeper still Where brightness fled to atmosphere Deeper, deeper, deeper still Shadow joined our procession Trailing me, trailing you Deeper, deeper, deeper still [chorus - big lift, toms pounding in 7/8, guitars jagged then bloom] To the core of a realm That never knew its pulse Years after, I feel no shame That I chased you Only that I turned around [verse 2 - drums shift meter, angular guitar riff cuts through, bass repeats hypnotically] Cash can shrink you smaller now Than the spirit you once were Wander and gather as you roam Nothing dense, nothing hollow Test each treasure ’gainst your shade If it holds true, bring it close If it drains you or grows cold Abandon it for others [chorus - louder, guitar feedback edges in, synth textures rising] At the core of a realm That never knew its pulse Years after, I feel no shame That I chased you Only that I turned around [bridge - shift into 5/4, tribal drums, whispered vocals with delay] Heat and tubes and concrete visions The framework of what’s lost What we uncovered in those engines I shoulder with me still Meaning drifts and disappears Like warmth from buried depths Some things you must release Before they surface again [final chorus - vocals fractured, call/response with backing falsetto, guitars swell then cut abruptly] At the core of a realm (Deeper, deeper, deeper still) That never knew its pulse (Where the shadow flows) Years after, I feel no shame (Trailing me) That I chased you (Trailing you) Only that I turned around Only that I turned around [echoed falsetto] Deeper, deeper, deeper still
