[Intro – slow, dragging riff]
Feedback crawls like mold on wood
Rain hits metal, metal hits back
[Verse 1]
Rain on plywood houses
Nails bleeding rust
Harbor breath smells rotten
Everything turns to dust
Grey sky presses downward
Like a thumb on a throat
Born inside the drizzle
Learned how not to float
[Pre-Chorus]
Mud in my mouth
Static in my head
Nothing grows clean
Where the river’s dead
[Chorus – shouted, caveman-simple]
ABERDEEN
SINKS—SLOW
ABERDEEN
DON’T—LET—GO
ABERDEEN
CHEWS—YOU—UP
SPITS YOU BACK
FILLS YOUR CUP
[Verse 2]
Mill siren screaming
Like it knows your name
Everyone’s tired
Everyone’s the same
Broken glass sidewalks
Boots full of rain
Dreams rot quicker
Than the lumber trains
[Pre-Chorus]
Cold hands shaking
Cold heart too
Town eats the young
Then waits for you
[Chorus – heavier, slower]
ABERDEEN
BENDS—YOUR—SPINE
ABERDEEN
WASTES—YOUR—TIME
ABERDEEN
BUILDS YOU WRONG
MAKES YOU WEAK
MAKES YOU STRONG
[Bridge – noise break / half-time sludge]
Rain.
Rot.
Repeat.
Sleep.
Wake up soaked
In a place that won’t blink
[Spoken / growled]
If you leave, it follows
If you stay, it knows
Every secret you buried
In the river it froze
[Final Chorus – distorted, unhinged]
ABERDEEN
HOLDS—YOU—DOWN
ABERDEEN
DROWNS—THE—SOUND
ABERDEEN
LOVE—IT—HATE—IT
NEVER—ESCAPE—IT
[Outro – feedback, amp hum]
Rain keeps falling
Town keeps score
Still breathing
Not sure what for