[INTRO – EARLY MORNING DREAD (20–30 SECONDS)]
(Low drone)
(Alarm clock buzzes, abruptly cut)
(Distant industrial ambience)
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[VERSE 1 – LOW, CONTROLLED GUTTURAL]
Six a.m. and my bones already ache
Punch the clock, give it more than I make
Sun’s not up, but I’m already spent
Trading hours for rent
Hands cracked, lungs full of dust
Smile for the boss like I still trust
That this grind means something in the end
Or at least keeps food for my friends
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[PRE-CHORUS – RISING FRUSTRATION]
I talk but it echoes back
Like no one’s tuned to my wavelength
I scream inside my chest
But the world stays the same
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[CHORUS – HEAVY, ANTHEMIC]
I don’t want it all
Just enough to breathe
Enough so my people
Don’t break like me
My body’s decaying
But my heart won’t quit
I carry their names
Every shift, every hit
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[VERSE 2 – RHYTHMIC, BITTER DELIVERY]
Four p.m. feels like survival, not peace
Clock says freedom, body disagrees
I’m aging faster than time should allow
Feel it in my knees right now
People talk over everything I say
Like my words got minimum wage
I’ve got dreams they never clock in
Still punching out with nothing to spend
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[EXTENDED BUILD – 25 SECONDS]
(Chugs slow down)
(Drums strip to kick and floor tom)
(Distant vocal layer whispers: “still not enough…”)
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[BREAKDOWN – HALF-TIME, STRIPPED AND REAL]
(Long pauses between lines)
CAN’T
— AFFORD
— REST
WORK
— THROUGH
— DEATH
HEAR
— ME
— NOW
OR
— NOT
— YET
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[MID-SECTION – SPOKEN / LOW GROWL]
(Minimal instrumentation)
All the things I wish I could borrow
Are the things that would save me from sorrow
Time
Strength
A little room to fail
But debt don’t lend
And life don’t wait
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[FINAL CHORUS – EMOTIONAL PEAK]
I don’t want fame
I don’t want gold
I want my people warm
When the nights get cold
If I break down
At least it meant something
I spent my life
Keeping love running
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[OUTRO – QUIET RESOLVE (20–30 SECONDS)]
(Instruments slowly fade)
(One sustained low note)
I’m tired
But I’m still here
And that has to count
ReapEternal
