[Intro] Got a demon in the download Teeth in the tempo Crawlin’ through my airflow Feedin’ on the echo [Verse 1] Woke up with a warning on my phone screen “All your little vices got a home team” Every bad habit in the code, they collab Made a little dungeon in my notepad app Click-clack, keys turn to chains on my wrists Dark thoughts do a drive-by, never miss Pray slow, but the pace stay wicked Halo in the cart but the horns still ticket [Chorus] Ominous, the monster in my headphones Growlin’ every time that the bass rolls Talkin’ in a tongue that my pain knows Says “come, come, come where the hate grows” I keep dancin’ with the shadow in my rib cage Every step turn the thunder into sick rage Ominous, the monster in my headphones And it only gets loud when I’m dead broke, dead broke (yeah) [Verse 2] Late night, chips on my chest, show runnin’ Friends blowin’ up my line, I ain’t comin’ Too busy playin’ therapist to my doubt Shotgun in the backseat, drivin’ through my mouth Sip slow, that’s a promise I break quick Say I’ll quit, then I turn to the same trick Smile like I’m fine for the main feed Bleed in the notes where they can’t read [Chorus] Ominous, the monster in my headphones Growlin’ every time that the bass rolls Talkin’ in a tongue that my pain knows Says “come, come, come where the hate grows” I keep dancin’ with the shadow in my rib cage Every step turn the thunder into sick rage Ominous, the monster in my headphones And it only gets loud when I’m dead broke, dead broke (hey) [Bridge] [Beat stutters, vocal chopped, half-time drop] Glitch in my grin, see it twitch, that’s the tell (that’s the tell) Heaven on read, left my angels in the mail If I mute that voice, do I lose my sound? If I cut that cord, will the room fall down? (yeah, yeah) Talk back to the beast in the backlight “Get out my chest, you ain’t act right” But he love when I snap, when I backslide So I slam one door, leave a crack wide (woah) [Chorus] Ominous, the monster in my headphones Growlin’ every time that the bass rolls Talkin’ in a tongue that my pain knows Says “come, come, come where the hate grows” I keep dancin’ with the shadow in my rib cage Every step turn the thunder into sick rage Ominous, the monster in my headphones But I’m turnin’ that down till it let go, let go (yeah)

rap, Hybrid rap-rock with Southern bounce and glitch-hop edges; male vocals over detuned 808s, crunchy guitars, and stuttering synths. Verses spit double-time with swung hi-hats and distorted bass growls; chorus explodes into future-bass chords and half-time drums with shout-along gang vocals. Bridge dives into warped vocal chops and bitcrushed drums, then slams back into a final, hook-heavy chorus., rap rock, glitch, deep house, soul blues, southern hip hop, rock, hip hop, glitch hop

Monster In My Headphones