Boot Camp Wasn’t Your Finish Line

Spoken-word over sparse, pulsing low piano and distant marching cadence; male vocals delivered close-mic, gravelly, with rising intensity. Verses start almost whispered, building to a chest-voice shout in the hook. Subtle pad swells and tom hits underline key phrases; final chorus adds shouted group responses and a held, echoing last line for catharsis., spoken word, emotional, male vocals