THE RIPPLE

Verse 1
One drop in the bucket, falling through time
Echo in a hallway of borrowed minds
Neon prophets selling sleep as truth
While the clock ticks loud in a soundproof room
The screens keep humming the same old line
Comfort is currency, doubt’s a crime
But somewhere under the static and smoke
A quiet thought finally awoke
Pre-Chorus
You can padlock the doors
You can dim all the lights
But you can’t unhear
What rings true at night
Chorus
One drop in the bucket
One pebble in the lake
One voice of reason
Is all it takes
To break the illusion
Of the collusion
Watch the surface shake
Feel the ripple wake
Verse 2
Paper crowns on a fragile throne
Built on echoes, not on bone
They say “nothing changes, don’t ask why”
But the lie needs breath just to stay alive
You don’t need a crowd
You don’t need a name
Just a steady hand
And a spark of flame
Pre-Chorus
They fear the pause
Between the words
Where the truth slips in
Unobserved
Chorus
One drop in the bucket
One pebble in the lake
One voice of reason
Is all it takes
To break the illusion
Of the collusion
Watch the surface shake
Feel the ripple wake
Bridge (instrumental break implied—long, atmospheric)
(heartbeat bass, distant guitar bends, space between notes)
Spoken / Half-sung
It wasn’t loud
It wasn’t brave
It didn’t shout
It didn’t wave
It just… was
And that was enough
Final Chorus
One drop in the bucket
Still changes the weight
One pebble in the lake
Still rewrites the shape
One voice of reason
Cuts through the fake
No more illusion
No more collusion
It’s already too late
Outro
The water remembers
Every stone
And the truth only needs
One place to be known

RAP 98 BPM KEY F minor Straight 4/4 throughout Bass Sub heavy 808 Bass leads Minor-key piano stabs 2-bar outro bass