[LOCATION: ABANDONED CHIROPRACTOR'S OFFICE. CANDLES. BLOOD.]
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[INTRO - single back crack, amplified]
"Chapter one."
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[VERSE 1 - spoken word over trash-thrash riff]
Crack.
"Chrome is not a gift. Chrome is a loan."
Crack.
"The flesh forgets. The steel does not forgive."
Crack.
"Repent. But not to God. God is offline."
Crack.
"Repent to your left elbow. It knows what you did."
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[CHORUS - shouted, manic, off-rhythm]
SPINE BIBLE! CRACK THE WORD!
SPINE BIBLE! PRAY TO THE CURVE!
VERTEBRAE VERSE! DISCIPLINE DISC!
I FORGOT THE THIRD LINE. HOLD ON. *crack* ...SHIT.
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[VERSE 2 - slower, creepier, but still twitching]
Crack.
"Blessed are the seized joints, for they shall never run."
Crack.
"Cursed are the well-lubricated, for they have forgotten the GRIND."
Crack. Crack. (two at once)
"LORD OF THE LUMBAR, DELIVER ME FROM PHYSICAL THERAPY."
A cat meows. Vek nods.
"Even the stray understands."
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[PRE-CHORUS - building, drum fill every two seconds]
Crack. C6. "I sold my mother's urn for a hydraulic neck."
Crack. T9. "She understands. She's dead. She doesn't have to feel."
Crack. L3. "I am the scripture and the scribe and the spine and the—"
*pop*
"...that one wasn't supposed to do that."
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[CHORUS - faster, unhinged]
SPINE BIBLE! CRACK THE WORD!
SPINE BIBLE! EVERY VERB!
I FORGOT THE MELODY BUT THAT'S FINE
THE LORD OF THE LUMBAR JUST NEEDS THE— *crack* —SIGN!
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[BREAKDOWN - half-time, heavy as a collapsing building]
[Spoken, wet, exhausted]
"Chapter fourteen. The only chapter about mercy.
*Crack.*
There is none.
*Crack.*
The rust sermon was clear.
*Crack.*
The Creep does not forgive.
*Crack.*
The Creep does not forget.
*Crack.*
The Creep does not have a spine.
*Crack.*
That's why it's so fucking patient."
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[GUITAR SOLO - bending notes until they scream. then a sudden stop.]
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[VERSE 3 - whispered, no riff, just breathing]
I have three vertebrae left.
Three verses before I fold.
First: "The gutter prophet was right about everything."
Second: "Doll, I'm sorry we didn't burn that chip."
Third: *crack*
Silence.
"...I forgot what I was saving it for."
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[OUTRO - single note, sustained. Vek laughing softly.]
"You came to hear a sermon.
You got a chiropractor's nightmare.
Same thing, really."
*Crack.*
"...ow."
[CHAIR SQUEAKS. BODY HITS FLOOR. SOFTLY.]
[CAT MEOWS. THEN NOTHING.]
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[END TRACK]
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