Crashing Down

[All Came Crashing Down" – Audition Cut]
By The Midnights

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[Intro – ambient echo, low reverb, one sustained guitar note]

Oooooooh...
It was solid... till it went 
Doooooooown


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[Verse 1 – clean electric, fingerpicked or soft piano; dry vocal; no drums yet]

I stacked my walls with iron pride
No doors, no cracks — no room inside
I called it strength, I called it peace
But built a cage I couldn’t leave


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[Pre-Chorus – airy backing vocals (Knight-style layering); soft pad underneath; slight vocal delay]

Ooooooh...
King with no crown
Ooooooh...
Even kings bow
(Doooooooowwwwwwn)


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[Chorus – full band enters; power chords; tom-heavy drums; harmonies on “it all came crashing down”]

I loved the high, never thought I’d come down
Built it loud, built it proud — king of delusion now
Thought I was flying, but I missed the ground
It all came crashing down
Said I was safe, said I wore the crown
But I bricked myself in, no way back out
The higher you climb, the harder the sound
It all came crashing down
(Doooooooowwwwwwn)


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[Bridge – stripped down; cello + low synth; syncopated rhythm; Jason destabilizes tempo here live]

Brick by brick, I lost the sound
No one left to tear it down
Even steel can bend with time
And silence doesn’t make it right


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[Final Chorus – same core as first chorus, but add octave harmonies, crash cymbals, and vocal ad-libs]

I loved the high, never thought I’d come down
Built it loud, built it proud — king of delusion now
Thought I was rising, but I missed the sign
It all came crashing down
Told myself lies just to wear the crown
But even echo can't save me now
The higher you climb, the harder you drown
It all came crashing down
(Doooooooowwwwwwn...)

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