Strike when its hittin

[Intro (warbly, pitched-down, drenched in reverb)] Yeah... yeah... Strike when it's hittin'... skip when it's trippin'... Mhm... [Verse 1 (laid-back, smoky flow, conversational cadence)] Walls breathin' slow, ceiling fan a kaleidoscope Pour another cup, watch the smoke do tightrope Time melt like butter on a sun-warm dashboard Every move calculated, never hit the panic chord Got the feeling in my chest like the universe agree Green light flashin' tell me what the play gon' be But the static creep in when the vibration off Pull back, breathe deep, never count the cost [Pre-Chorus (rhythmic, building, half-whispered)] Read the room, read the room, read the energy slow If it shimmer, if it glow, that's the way you gotta go But it crackle, but it pop, that's the signal to fold Trust the gut, trust the hum, trust the stories untold [Chorus (hypnotic, looped, harmonized hook)] Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' Move with the wave, never fight what's flippin' Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' [Verse 2 (more animated, faster cadence, slight echo on tail words)] Saw a vision in the bottom of the styrofoam (foam, foam) Told me everybody fakin', I should ride alone (alone) Phone keep buzzin' with the static and the broken tone I let it ring, let it sing, ain't pickin' up the unknown Patterns in the carpet showin' me the route Voices in the kitchen tellin' me to figure out Which door open easy and which door got the trap I been studyin' the signs, ain't no glitch in my map [Pre-Chorus (warped, pitch-shifting upward)] Read the room, read the room, read the energy slow If it shimmer, if it glow, that's the way you gotta go But it crackle, but it pop, that's the signal to fold Trust the gut, trust the hum, trust the stories untold [Chorus (fuller, layered ad-libs)] Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' (yeah, yeah) Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' (uh-huh) Move with the wave, never fight what's flippin' (slide) Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' [Bridge (sitar drone, reversed pads, half-time, dreamlike monologue)] (spoken-sung, distant, drowning in delay) See, the universe whisperin' but most folk too loud to hear it Static in the soul make the message come distorted I been quiet, I been still, I been listenin' to the ripple Every answer in the silence, every door inside the riddle Strike... skip... strike... skip... The rhythm is the rhythm, you can't rush what's eternal [Final Chorus (sub drops, doubled vocals, vocoded harmonies floating above)] Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' Move with the wave, never fight what's flippin' Strike when it's hittin', skip when it's trippin' [Outro (fade with reversed vocal swirls, vinyl crackle, distant flute)] (whispered, panning left to right) Strike... skip... strike... skip... Yeah... feel it... (fades into static)