[Intro] [Bamboo Xylophone Solo] (soft bamboo xylophone notes slowly warbling and building into modern synths with gentle reverb and distant echoes) [Verse 1] [Soft pop vocals, light layering, gentle echo] Already losing my balance Feet sliding on wet ground World tilts without warning Shadows grow teeth tonight I reach for solid air Something cold finds my ribs The fall begins early [Chorus] [More intense multi-layered pop vocals turning slightly disturbing with distortion, heavy reverb and ad-libs] Kick me while I stumble Kick me while I fall Bootprints on the soft parts Kick me while I stumble Kick me while I fall I’m still learning how to bleed (yeah still learning) [Verse 2] [Warm indie-pop delivery, light warble on sustained notes, soft background echoes] Hands scrape the pavement Knees forget their purpose Voices count the bruises Every step becomes a question I try to stand again The next kick arrives laughing Gravity takes sides [Pre-Bridge] [Breathy layered vocals with rising tension and echo] I can hear the footsteps Coming from every direction No one asks if I’m ready [Chorus] [Intense multi-layered pop vocals, more distorted and disturbing, heavy reverb and ad-libs] Kick me while I stumble Kick me while I fall Bootprints on the soft parts Kick me while I stumble Kick me while I fall I’m still learning how to bleed (still learning how to bleed) [Verse 3] [Slightly more urgent pop vocals, layered echoes] Mouth full of quiet dust Eyes map the ceiling cracks Memories kick harder than fists Old names wear heavy boots I curl around the impact Still trying to name the sky The ground keeps answering [Bridge] [Intimate spoken-sung escalating to layered pop vocals with warble and reverb] Deeper now Past the bruised muscle Into the soft center where the next kick is already waiting I open my hands carefully And the fall keeps giving lessons [Verse 4] [Soft building to hopeful yet still slightly unsettling multi-layered vocals] I found the place I always land It is smaller than I claimed I wipe the dirt from my teeth Tomorrow is already forming Scatter of stars and boot soles I will rise when the kicking slows [Chorus] [Full layered, catchy, more disturbing distortion and intensity, heavy reverb and background vocals] Kick me while I stumble Kick me while I fall Bootprints on the soft parts Kick me while I stumble Kick me while I fall I’m still learning how to bleed (kick me, kick me, still learning) [Outro] [Fading soft pop vocals with returning bamboo xylophone and gentle warble] I leave the ground open So the next kick knows the way (bamboo xylophone fading into soft synth reverb with dissolving echoes of kick me while I stumble)
