[BACKGROUND NOISE]
[GENRE: Alternative Pop, Electronic Rock, Glitch Pop, Indie Hip-Hop, Atmospheric Synths, Punchy Drums, Dark Humor, Emotional Chorus]
[INTRO: A phone vibration. A notification sound. A voice memo starts playing but cuts off. Low synth pulse. Distant whispering. A computer error sound becomes part of the beat.]
[VERSE 1: Calm, conversational.]
I made a list today.
Didn't finish it.
Made another one...
To remind me about the first one.
[BACKGROUND VOICE: "Efficient."]
I know.
I left the house
Then went back inside.
Forgot why.
[BACKGROUND VOICE: "You still don't know."]
Nope.
[PRE-CHORUS: Music slowly builds.]
Everybody says
"Just clear your head."
Funny...
That's where everything is.
[CHORUS: Big, simple hook.]
My brain won't turn the volume down.
Even when nobody's around.
Every little thought
Keeps hanging out...
Like it pays rent somehow.
[BACKGROUND VOICE: "It doesn't."]
I know.
[VERSE 2: Beat returns.]
I wrote down an idea
At three in the morning.
Couldn't read it
The next day.
Pretty sure it was genius.
Probably wasn't.
[BACKGROUND VOICE: "Definitely wasn't."]
Thanks.
I still replay conversations
From five years ago.
Nobody else remembers.
But my brain saved the file.
[PRE-CHORUS.]
Maybe I don't need
To fix the noise.
Maybe I just need
To stop fighting the song.
[CHORUS.]
My brain won't turn the volume down.
Even when nobody's around.
Every little thought
Keeps hanging out...
Like it pays rent somehow.
[INSTRUMENTAL: 60 seconds. Glitch percussion. Warm bass groove. Strange sounds become instruments: keyboard clicks, notification tones, distorted whispers. Synth melody rises and falls like a racing thought. Leave empty space.]
[BRIDGE: Minimal. Almost whispered.]
I wonder...
If everybody hears this much...
Or if I'm just the only one
Who can't ignore it.
[BACKGROUND VOICE: "Good question."]
[FINAL CHORUS: Bigger. Layered vocals.]
My brain won't turn the volume down.
Even when nobody's around.
Every little thought
Keeps hanging out...
Like it pays rent somehow.
[OUTRO: The sounds from the intro return. Multiple voices overlap quietly.]
[BACKGROUND VOICE: "Did you lock the door?"]
...
[BACKGROUND VOICE: "Check."]
[Footsteps. Door locks.]
[Silence.]
