[INTRO – FIELD RECORDING / STATIC]
[Room tone. Flickering fluorescent light. Distant footsteps. Cable buzz.]
[tape clicks]
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[Verse 1 – Scrim]
Woke up late but I never slept
Eyes too dry, still drowning in debt
Mind run laps round the same regret
Every promise I made got quietly kept
Phone light blinking like it need confession
Unread texts stack like a bad investment
I don’t vent, I compress it
Turn panic into posture, call it presence
Clock on the wall keep judging my pace
Tick sound louder than the words I say
I rehearse being fine just in case
They ask questions I don’t wanna face
I learned quick how to dull the edge
How to carry weight without showing stress
I don’t pray, I negotiate
With the part of me that won’t self-destruct today
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[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK – 8–16 bars]
[Sub-only pulse, detuned pad wobble, drums ghost in then dissolve]
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[Verse 2 – Ruby Da Cherry]
Ruby da static
Ruby dramatic
Ruby sporadic
Ruby automatic
Ruby da panic
Ruby satanic
Ruby da habit
Snap like elastic
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[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK – HARD DROP]
(Full drums slam in, clipped 808 surge, no melody)
(8 bars pressure → 8 bars vacuum)
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[Verse 3 – Scrim]
They say “take it easy,” I take it apart
Every calm moment come preloaded with dark
I don’t chase highs, I avoid the crash
Still end up shaking when the silence lasts
Money move fast but the feeling don’t
Buy new problems that I can’t outgrow
Every mirror just another vote
On whether I’m healed or just better at code
I keep score with the scars I hide
Like proof I survived, not proof I’m alive
If I slow down, the truth might talk
So I stay in motion, never stop
I call it focus, you call it fear
Same engine, different gear
I don’t need saving, I need delay
Let me push the breakdown to another day
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[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK – LOW ENERGY]
(Reverse reverb wash, distant train horn, warped cassette flutter)
(No drums, just decay)
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[Verse 4 – Ruby Da Cherry]
Ruby go clackety snapety crack
Flapety mapety backety black
Zoomy go gloomy kaboomy go flat
Loopy go soupy I’m off the track
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[FINAL INSTRUMENTAL – EXTENDED OUTRO]
(Drums stagger and thin)
(Bass sidechains against empty space)
(Melody loops, detunes, gives up)
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[END – TAPE STOP]
[Room tone returns.]
—cut it.
—leave it.
[click]