Thunder Rule

(Intro – whispered, trembling)
shh–shh–shh… do you hear it?
something crawling in the clouds…
it knows your name…
tHuNdEr rUuUuLe…
[whispered: ] (“can’t hide… can’t hide…”)

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(Verse 1 – staccato, uneasy)

It’s in my head again—
THUMP—breathing down my spine. *[growl]: (“yeahuh… yeahuh…”)
I feel the crack, the snap,
like the world’s out of time. 
[screech]: (“ahh!”)

Every little heartbeat fights the sound,
and I’m sinking… sinking… *[whispered]: (“don’t let go…”)
in the pressure underground.

Lightning licking at my chest like fuel,
Yeah—I’m losing myself to the thunder rule. *[growl]: (“can’t escape…”)

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(Pre-Chorus – half-sung, half-pleading)

Hold me down, hold me down *[whispered]: (“please…”)
’cause the sky wants blood. ([scream]: (“ahhh!”)
Can’t escape, can’t escape
when it starts to flood… 
*[growl]: (“flood…flood…flood…”)

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(Chorus – explosive, syncopated)

THUN-DER RULE! *[screamed, then whispered]: (“bow…bow…”)
It’s shaking all the bones in me,
it’s tearing through— 
*[growl]: (“tear it up…”)
THUN-DER RULE! 
[screamed]:( “ahhhh!”)
I try to run, it drags me back
like I always knew… 
*[whispered]: (“can’t hide…”)
I’m chained to the sky,
yeah I’m breaking in two— *[guttural:] (“aaahhh…”)
But I bow, I break to the THUNDER RULE. *[screech]: (“thunderrrr…”)

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(Verse 2 – percussive, muttering, twitchy)

Hear that rumble…
dundundundun *[whisper]:( “closer… closer…”)
It laughs at my control.
Crawls around my teeth
’til it’s chewing at my soul. 
*[growl]: (“chew… chew…”)

Static in my throat like I’m wired wrong,
But I scream it—
screw it—
I’ve been quiet too long.
 [screech]: (“AAAAHHHH!”)

Every time I stand, it shoves me like a fool—
Still I rise, hypnotized by the thunder rule. 
*[whispered]: (“no escape…”)

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(Bridge – scat-style meltdown)

BEE-da-BAH! da-BAH! (huh!) da-BAH!
skri-kah! skri-kah! don’t look back! [growl]: (“ahhhhhh!”)
Na-DAH-DAH-DAH—BREAK! [screeching breaths]

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(Breakdown – guttural, dragging)

Let—me—OUT— 
*[growl]: (“noooo…”)
from the storm inside my skull.
LET—ME—OUT—
but it takes control… 
*[whispered]: (“it owns me…”)

Crawling, crawling
through every molecule— *[screech]: (“everywhere…”)
I can’t resist the THUNDER RULE! [scream]: (“THUUUUNDER!”)

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(Final Chorus – distorted, collapsing)

THUN-DER RULE!
 *[screamed, echo]:( “bow down…”)
Tear the sky apart and pull me through!
THUN-DER RULE! 
[guttural]: (“ahhhhhh!”)
No matter what I do…
I fall, I shake, I scream right at you—
But I’m always bound to the THUNDER RULE. 
[*whispered]: (“forever… forever…”)

Nu Metal, Growled, Screamed, Guttural, Staccato, Muttered, Half-Sung/Half-Pleading, Scat-Style, Screeching Breaths, Rock