[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Mechanical Percussion, Pulsing Bass, Organ Drone, Guitar Feedback]
[Low Synth, Echoed Vocal, Slow Drum Build]
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
Control
(Or accident?)
Question
(Without an answer)
Progress
(Or disaster?)
[Verse 1]
[Steady Beat, Muted Guitar, Deep Bass, Atmospheric Organ]
We built another tower
We built another wall
We told ourselves it mattered
We watched the mighty fall
We chased another future
We sold another dream
We opened up the curtain
Then forgot what it could mean
[Pre-Chorus]
[Snare Roll, Rising Synth, Layered Vocals]
One more switch
One more spark
One more shot into the dark
One more hope
One more fear
One more reason we are here
[Chorus]
[Full Band, Heavy Drums, Distorted Guitar, Choir Vocals]
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
Control
(Or accident?)
Question
(Without an answer)
Progress
(Or disaster?)
Experiment
(We call it progress)
Control
(But lose control)
Question
(What have we lost?)
Progress
(At what cost?)
[Instrumental Break]
[Organ Solo, Guitar Echoes, Heavy Bass Pulse]
[Verse 2]
[Beat Drops Back, Piano Chords, Low Synth, Warm Bassline]
We tested every boundary
We crossed another line
We thought we held the future
Inside a grand design
The rivers kept on rising
The forests disappeared
Nevertheless, we call it progress
While feeding every fear
[Pre-Chorus]
[Building Tension, Cymbal Swells, Layered Harmony]
One more drug
(Shoulder shrug?)
One more war
(Say “no more!”
One more thing we’re fighting for
(Let’s give ‘er a try)
Not another lie
(Out of the cage)
One more chapter on the page
(Time to end the rage)
[Chorus]
[Full Band Returns, Bigger Synths, Driving Drums]
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
Control
(Or accident?)
What is our role
(Can you answer)
Progress
(Or disaster?)
Experiment
(We call it progress)
Control
(But lose control)
Question
(What have we become?)
Progress
(At what cost?)
[Bridge]
[Half-Time Beat, Dark Synth Pad, Minimal Piano]
In the laboratory
The lights are burning low
Nobody wants to stop it
Nobody wants to know
The warning signs are flashing
The sirens start to scream
But everybody follows
The shadow of the dream
[Bridge Build]
[Drums Return, Strings Rise, Choir Swells]
Experiment
(Still expanding)
Control
(Still collapsing)
Question
(Still unanswered)
Progress
(Still disaster)
[Guitar Solo]
[Wild Guitar Solo, Organ Stabs, Heavy Tom Drums]
[Final Chorus]
[Massive Chorus: Full Orchestra, Heavy Drums, Layered Choir, Synth Bass]
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
Control
(Or accident?)
Question
(Without an answer)
Progress
(Or disaster?)
Experiment
(Still pretending)
Control
(Still descending)
Question
(Will we ever learn?)
Progress
(Or return?)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Fading Piano, Organ Drone, Distant Thunder]
(Dag nab it!)
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
[Fade Out]
From the album “Laboratory“