**Title: “Thoughts Creep (Default State)”** [Heavy Tool-style intro: low, detuned bass riff slithers in, heartbeat kick drum, whispers layered under distortion] (Verse 1 – Doobie spit, half-sung, cracked voice) Yeah… It’s 4:47 and the ceiling’s talkin’ shit again Thoughts creep through the drywall like black mold with a grin I’m chain-smoking silence, nicotine in my sins Overthink till the room spins, spiral down with the wind You’re sleepin’ like an angel, I’m the devil in the details Split you into pieces just to see which one prevails I hate you, I need you, I’m bleedin’ on the sheets Every heartbeat’s a landmine underneath your peace [Drop – bass hits like a car crash, everything cuts to silence for half a second, then…] (Chorus – screamed melody over sludgy Tool chords) Silent! Let the thoughts come creep They come clean in the dark, carve their name in me Overthink till I scream, till the mirrors crack and bleed You wake up slow, say “babe, what’s it mean?” I said SAY YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I MEAN SAY YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I MEAN Till your voice shakes the frame and the monster in me sleeps (Verse 2 – faster, paranoid flow) I’m glitchin’, I’m itchin’, I’m scratchin’ at the seams Built you a cathedral then I torched it in my dreams I’m the push, I’m the pull, I’m the rope and the noose I’m the “I love you” text followed by the abuse I’m sorry at 5, I’m a god by 6 I’m a king with no crown, just a head full of bricks You say “talk to me,” I just hand you the blade Love me or leave me, either way I get flayed [Build – Maynard-style layered vocals, getting higher, unhinged] I am the shadow, I am the fracture I am the fracture, I am the fracture… [Full Tool explosion – polyrhythmic chaos] (Bridge – whispered over eerie clean guitar, then erupts) Hold me like a gun to your temple Love me like a loaded fucking pistol I dare you to stay when the chamber spins I dare you to stay when the monster wins (soft) I’m sorry… I’m sorry… (loud) I’M DEFAULT, BITCH [Final Chorus – raw, throat-shredding] Silent! Thoughts still creep They breed in the corners where the light don’t reach Overthink till I scream, till there’s nothing left of me You grab my face, say “breathe, I see” For once I shut the fuck up For once the thoughts go quiet You kiss the wreck, say “I know what you mean” And the creep slows down… just enough to breathe [Outro – bass note sustains forever, faint voice] Still creepin’… But you’re still here. m default.

Silenced Default