[Intro]
\n[Driving Bass, Tom Drums, Organ Swell, Delayed Guitar]
\n[Spoken Vocal]
\nA crack rarely stays where it starts.
\n(It departs leaving remnants)
\nStress seeks pathways.
\n(Day after day after days)
\nPressure seeks weakness.
\nAnd once connections form…
\nThe spreading begins.
\n(Growin’)
\nGrowin’ again and again<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nWhat began as a single line
\nRunning through the pane
\nSlowly found another path
\nAnd then another lane
\nEach fracture linked to others
\nAcross the structure’s face
\nTurning isolated damage
\nInto a spreading lace<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nAcross the glass
\n(Across the years)
\nAcross our hopes
\n(Across our fears)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nWe knew
\n(It grew)
\nSpreading
\n(Toward dreading)<\/p>\n
The lines connected
\n(More than a few)
\nWhat seemed impossible
\n(Became true)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nA drought affects a harvest
\nA harvest shifts a price
\nA price affects a family
\nAlready stretched by life
\nA storm disrupts with strife
\nA region strains a state’s state
\nThe consequences multiply
\nAs pressures accumulate
\n(You can’t deny)
\n… it’s gettin’ late<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nPushed to the limit
\n(More than a bit)
\nClimatic
\n(Economic)
\nPolitical
\n(Roll call)
\nAnd, all and all<\/p>\n
Let it roll
\n(Roll, baby, roll)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne stressor
\n(Finds another)
\nOne fracture
\n(Finds a brother)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nWe knew
\n(It grew)
\nSpreading
\n(Toward dreading)<\/p>\n
The pathways widened
\n(Through and through)
\nWhat seemed disconnected
\n(Connected too)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\n[Music Drops to Bass and Drums]
\nFeedback follows feedback
\nReaction follows cause
\nEvery system carries strengths
\nAnd hidden structural flaws
\nThe question isn’t whether
\nThe crack will spread at all
\nThe question is how quickly
\nThe next fractures will crawl<\/p>\n
[Build]
\nFaster…
\n(Than before)
\nFarther…
\n(Than before)
\nDeeper…
\n(Than before)
\nOpening another door<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nPushed to the limit
\n(More than a bit)
\nClimatic
\n(Economic)
\nPolitical
\n(Roll call)
\nEcological
\n(Overall)
\nAnd, all and all<\/p>\n
Let it roll
\n(Roll, baby, roll)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\n[Full Band, Choir Harmony]
\nWe knew
\n(It grew)
\nSpreading
\n(Toward dreading)
\nAcross the glass
\n(Across the years)
\nAcross the headlines
\n(Across the fears)
\nWe knew
\n(It grew)
\nSpreading
\n(Still spreading)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\n[Drums Fade, Organ Sustains]
\nA fracture spreads…
\nNot because it wants to.
\nBut because the structure
\nAllows it not to quit.
\n(Call it… habit?)
\nOr habitat, at that.<\/p>\n
[Fade Out]
\nRoll…
\nBaby…
\nRoll…<\/p>\n