Plastic Flowers

[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

Funky disco grooves dragged through filthy sludge metal distortion, heavy, hypnotic, oppressive, is mostly beats and hea