Was always there

(Cue a minimalist beat: just a deep, distorted sub-bass and a quiet, clicking percussion sound, like a clock ticking or a tongue click. The room is silent. The microphone is turned up very high to catch every breath.)

**(Verse 1: Sung in a low, vocal-fry mumble, almost spoken)**

Saw the first drop of water... fall from the sky

Saw the dinosaurs scream... and I saw them die

(inhale)

I sat on the moon while the cities were built

Painted the oceans... and watched them all silt.

Kept my mouth shut while the history books lied

I was the fly on the wall... watching time collide.

**(Pre-Chorus: Layered whispers, panning left and right)**

Tick... tock...

It all stops...

(Heavy sigh)

**(Chorus: The melody goes up into a breathy, airy falsetto, then slides down dark and heavy on the last word)**

I was there... from the beginning to the end-uh.

Yeah, I was there.

'Cause I watched the world...

From its start...

(Music cuts out completely)

...till its end.

**(Post-Chorus: Deep bass returns, heavy and slow)**

Watched it bloom.

Watched it break.

Nothing left... for me to take.

(Soft chuckle, slightly creepy)

**(Outro: Very close to the mic, almost unintelligible)**

Start to the end.

I saw it all.

(Whispered)

*Duh.*