[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Low Bass Pulse, Sparse Piano Notes, Wind + Distant Industrial FX]
[Muted Guitar Harmonics, Slow Beat Enters]
[Spoken Vocal, reflective]
We thought it was ours…
(All our hours)
To take…
(Shake and break)
To lose sleep
(For what we keep…)
[Build]
[Snare Clicks, Rising Synth, Organ Swell]
Dig it up…
Pull it out…
[Refrain]
[Full Band, Heavy Groove, Layered Vocals]
We lined our pockets
(With Mother Nature’s treasures)
So our stocks rocket
(But if nothing else endures?)
We mined the mines
(And said, “All mine!”)
With a “Take! Take! Take!”
(Humanity’s mistake)
Insanity’s intake
(“Take! Take! Take!”)
Gotta learn to live (to give!)
(Gotta learn to live) to give!
[Verse 1]
[Drop to Groove: Tight Bass, Clean Guitar, Light Drums]
Pulled from the ground, burned in the air
Counted the gains, ignored the wear
Every resource turned to a line
Profit and loss by design
Forests fall into numbers and charts
Oceans priced into broken parts
What we extract, we justify
While futures shrink beneath the sky
[Pre-Chorus]
[Build: Snare Rolls, Rising Synth, Vocal Layers]
Every gain we celebrate
Carries forward hidden weight
What we call a rising climb
Borrows from another time
[Refrain]
[Fuller, Heavier, Cymbal Washes]
We lined our pockets
(With Mother Nature’s treasures)
So our stocks rocket
(But if nothing else endures?)
We mined the mines
(And said, “All mine!”)
With a “Take! Take! Take!”
(Humanity’s mistake)
Insanity’s intake
(“Take! Take! Take!”)
Gotta learn to live (to give!)
(Gotta learn to live) to give!
[Instrumental Break]
[Organ Lead, Distorted Guitar Textures, Driving Bass]
[Synth Pulses, Percussion Builds Intensity]
[Verse 2]
[Expanded Arrangement, Darker Tone]
Smoke in the sky, heat in the ground
Cycles we broke now spin us around
Every system pushed to the edge
Balanced once, now hanging on ledge
We took the yield, ignored the cost
Measured the win, but never the loss
Every “more” we chased in time
Moved the edge of the final line
[Pre-Chorus]
[Stronger Build, Snare Crescendo, Vocal Stack]
Every “take” becomes a debt
One we haven’t counted yet
Every line we try to own
Echoes back in what we’ve sown
[Refrain]
[Big Chorus, Layered Vocals, Driving Rhythm]
We lined our pockets
(With Mother Nature’s treasures)
So our stocks rocket
(But if nothing else endures?)
We mined the mines
(And said, “All mine!”)
With a “Take! Take! Take!”
(Humanity’s mistake)
Insanity’s intake
(“Take! Take! Take!”)
Gotta learn to live (to give!)
(Gotta learn to live) to give!
[Bridge]
[Breakdown: Piano, Ambient Synth, Low Sub Pulse]
A hand that takes
Will empty fast
A line that climbs
May never last
What we consume
Becomes the weight
Of what we face
If left too late
[Build-Up]
[Snare Roll Crescendo, Rising Synth Arpeggio, Guitar Feedback]
(Give…)
(Give…)
(Learn to give…)
[Final Refrain]
[Explosive Full Band, Double-Time Energy, Big Finish]
We lined our pockets
(Now we measure the pressure)
So our stocks rocket
(But at what cost forever?)
We mined the mines
(No longer “all mine!”)
Hear the “Take! Take! Take!”
(Turn to give for our sake)
Reverse the intake
(No more “Take! Take! Take!”)
Gotta learn to live (to give!)
(Gotta learn to live) to give!
[Outro]
[Instrumental Fade: Guitar Echo, Organ Drone, Wind Returns]
[Beat Drops Out → Ambient Only]
[Spoken Vocal, fading]
What we take…
(Shake n’ break)
Defines our remains…
(And our level in life’s games)
[End → Silence]
From the album “Line“