Burn the Basement Down

[Verse 1]
Scuffed shoes on the basement stairs
X’d hands
Hearts full of cheap repair
You said “grow up
” we said “right now”
Sharpie dreams on a busted amp crown
[Chorus]
We’re gonna burn the basement down
Turn these doubts into a crowded sound
If the world won’t let us in
We’ll kick that door and tear the hinges thin
Hands up
We’re shaking this small town
Yeah
We’re gonna burn the basement down
[Verse 2]
Late rent
Cracked screen
Half a tank
All in on a song and an empty bank
You call it phase
I call it spine
Built this mess on your deadline
[Chorus]
We’re gonna burn the basement down
Turn these doubts into a crowded sound
If the world won’t let us in
We’ll kick that door and tear the hinges thin
Hands up
We’re shaking this small town
Yeah
We’re gonna burn the basement down
[Bridge]
Spin out
Lights low
But we’re loud (so loud)
Heartbreak in the crowd
Still we jump
Still we shout
Drop out
Dead air
Then that pound (that pound)
One spark
New vow
From the floor to the clouds
[Chorus]
We’re gonna burn the basement down
Turn these doubts into a crowded sound
If the world won’t let us in
We’ll kick that door and tear the hinges thin
Hands up
We’re shaking this small town
Yeah
We’re gonna burn the basement down

rock, Hybrid beast: half-time Deep House kick and sub, swung hi-hats, sidechained synth pads under crunchy pop-punk guitars. Verses lean hardcore with gang vocals and stop-start riffs; choruses open into big melodic hooks and bright top-line. Short distorted vocal chops ride the drop between hooks, male vocals with occasional shouted backups., deep house, pop punk, hardcore