[INTRO – swamp air, distant cicadas, low church-organ pad bleeding into a muddy 808 pulse, faint slide guitar crying somewhere off in the dark]
[BEAT KNOCKS IN SLOW – trap drums crawling, kick heavy but spaced out, bass sits deep like it’s buried under river water, eerie reverb tails hanging in the corners]
[VERSE 1 – deep male vocal, low and steady, slight Southern drawl, almost talking through clenched teeth]
i packed my tools in the back of the truck
left the key right there on the shelf
i’m tired of the lies and the runaround
i’m finally lookin’ out for myself
i’m finished with fighting for a little respect
tired of the way she talked me down
i don’t need the noise or the heavy weight
i’m better off outside of this town
[PRE-HOOK – hi-hats start tightening, guitar gets sharper, vocal echoes lightly like it’s bouncing off empty walls]
i’m better off alone, every woman i’ve ever been with is gone
i’m not the only one that’s wrong
but two wrongs don’t make a right, so so long
[HOOK – full drums open up, 808 hits heavier, swamp-blues guitar wails underneath like it’s crying through steel strings, vocal layered and slightly distorted for grit]
i’m better off alone, every woman i’ve ever been with is gone
i’m not the only one that’s wrong
but two wrongs don’t make a right, so so long
[VERSE 2 – beat pulls back slightly, more space, darker tone, guitar more present like a slow burning fire]
i spent way too many years holding my tongue
accepting the lies as the truth
i’d rather be lonely and keeping my pride
than wasting the rest of my youth
no more checking the clock or watching the door
no more wondering what’s real
i’m reclaiming my life and my own damn time
i don’t care how she’s gonna feel
[HOOK – everything returns heavier, trap drums tight, bass thick, swampy atmosphere swelling around the edges]
i’m better off alone, every woman i’ve ever been with is gone
i’m not the only one that’s wrong
but two wrongs don’t make a right, so so long
[BRIDGE – drums strip back, almost nothing but eerie guitar, low wind texture, vocal more spoken than sung, close and personal]
i’m gone and i’m stayin’ gone this time
the road is all i need to see
the peace and the quiet is a welcome change
finally feelin’ like i’m freeee!
[FINAL HOOK – full release, everything hits at once, swamp blues and trap fused together, vocal slightly breaking at the edges, raw and unpolished on purpose]
i’m better off alone, every woman i’ve ever been with is gone
i’m not the only one that’s wrong
but two wrongs don’t make a right, so so long
[OUTRO – drums fade out slow, 808 decays like thunder rolling away, guitar lingers in the air, then silence swallows it whole]
Rooster901
