[Intro]
[Instrumental: Slow funky disco bassline, thick and repetitive]
[Instrumental: Sludge guitar riff enters, heavily distorted]
[Instrumental: Minimal kick and snare, hypnotic loop]
[Verse 1]
[Voice: Lead, low and restrained]
The house is quiet now
Too quiet to ignore
Your coat still on the hook
Your shoes still by the door
[Break]
[Instrumental: Extended groove]
[Instrumental: Bass locked on one note]
[Instrumental: Guitar riff repeats and grows heavier]
[Verse 2]
[Voice: Lead]
I pour a glass of water
Let it overflow
I walk it to the corner
Where the plastic flowers grow
[Break]
[Instrumental: Sludge riff slows down]
[Instrumental: Guitar feedback swelling]
[Instrumental: Drum pattern thick and oppressive]
[Chorus]
[Hook]
[Voice: Lead, strained but steady]
They don’t wither
They don’t fade
They don’t leave me
Like you
They don’t answer
They don’t speak
But they’re still here
Every week
[Break]
[Instrumental: Long guitar solo over grinding groove]
[Instrumental: Bass and drums unchanging, trance-like]
[Verse 3]
[Voice: Lead]
I water what can’t die
I feed what doesn’t need
A garden made of nothing
That won’t abandon me
[Interlude]
[Instrumental: Disco bass isolated]
[Instrumental: Guitar scraping harmonics]
[Instrumental: Drum loop filtered and distant]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Voice: Whispered]
No roots to rot
No leaves to fall
[Break]
[Instrumental: Heavy riff returns, slower]
[Instrumental: Cymbals crashing, sustained guitar bends]
[Chorus]
[Refrain]
[Voice: Lead + low backing]
They don’t wither
They don’t fade
They don’t leave me
Like you
They don’t breathe
They don’t break
They just stand there
Wide awake
[Break]
[Instrumental: Extended guitar solo]
[Instrumental: Sludge riff modulates slightly]
[Instrumental: Bass groove relentless]
[Bridge]
[Voice: Spoken, monotone]
I keep them alive
Because they cannot leave
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental: Long oppressive section]
[Instrumental: Repeating riff, gradually detuned]
[Instrumental: Beat steady, mechanical]
[Instrumental: Guitar solo rising then collapsing]
[Chorus]
[Big Finish]
[Voice: Lead, louder but hollow]
They don’t wither
They don’t fade
They don’t leave me
Like you
They don’t love me
They don’t grieve
But they won’t ever
Ever leave
fatherjack
