[Intro]

(Low sub-bass rumble, reversed cymbal, distant water sound)

Darkness flow… darkness flow…

Not a river, not a wave…

Just the movement of the cave…

Yeah…

[Verse 1: First Vocal Style – atmospheric, rapid, ad-libs]

(Echo… drift…)

Yeah… darkness flow, movin’ through the veins like tar,

Smooth and slow, then it hits like a scar.

I been swimmin’ in the current of the underground,

Every time I come up, I forget the sound… (straight up)

Darkness flow, it don’t push, it just pulls,

Fills the empty spaces, turns the lies into wool.

I remember when I fought against the tide,

Now I let it take my ankles, let it be my guide.

No more paddlin’ upstream, no more gasping for air,

Darkness flow, everywhere and nowhere, rare.

She asked “Where you go when you disappear?”

I said “Into the flow, where the silence is clear.”

(Ad-libs: Yeah, skrrt, flow)

[Chorus: Melodic – single voice, layered, hypnotic]

Darkness flow, take me where you go,

Under the radar, under the snow.

Darkness flow, I don’t need to know,

Just let the current sew what it sew… yeah.

No more fighting, no more rope,

Darkness flow is my only hope.

[Verse 2: Second Vocal Style – raspy, emotional, melodic rap]

(Breathe… bleed…)

Yeah… I been leakin’ like a faucet in the night,

Darkness flow collects every drop, every bite.

I used to build walls to keep the water out,

Now I let it fill the basement, let it swim with the trout.

My therapist said “Name your feelings,” I said “Flow,”

She said “That’s not an emotion,” I said “You don’t know.”

Darkness flow is the grief that never lands,

It’s the trembling in my hands, it’s the shifting of the sands.

I lost a brother to the silence, a sister to the scream,

Now the flow is the only thing that holds me like a beam.

It don’t judge, don’t lecture, don’t demand,

Just moves through the wreckage, soft as a gland.

(Ad-libs: Yeah, bleed, flow)

[Chorus: Both styles layered]

Darkness flow, take me where you go,

Under the radar, under the snow.

Darkness flow, I don’t need to know,

Just let the current sew what it sew… yeah.

No more fighting, no more rope,

Darkness flow is my only hope.

[Bridge: Call and response between two vocals, beat switch – slowed, atmospheric]

[First]

Darkness flow… does it ever stop?

[Second]

Only when you reach the top of the drop…

[Both, overlapping]

Then it circles back around,

Underground, without a sound.

(Ad-libs: Flow… dark…)

[Verse 3: First Vocal Style – aggressive, rapid fire]

(Surge… spiral…)

Yeah… darkness flow in the 808, subwoofer snake,

Coilin’ ’round the kick drum, make the floor shake.

I been ridin’ the waveform like a surfer on a void,

Every note a new planet, every bar a new ploy.

They ask “How you stay so calm when the world is ash?”

I say “Darkness flow taught me how to stash, how to cache, how to dash.”

I remember when the light was a blinding lie,

Now the flow is the truth with a lullaby.

I don’t need a map, don’t need a star,

Darkness flow knows exactly where we are.

Through the tunnel, through the marrow, through the bone,

Darkness flow, I’m never alone.

(Ad-libs: Yeah, skrrt, flow)

[Verse 4: Second Vocal Style – emotional, reflective]

(Drift… fade…)

Yeah… my mother used to sing about the river,

Now I realize the river was a giver, not a taker.

Darkness flow, it carried all the pain downstream,

Left me with the memory, left me with the dream.

I been sittin’ on the bank with my feet in the muck,

Watchin’ the debris of my life float by, wishin’ luck.

But the flow don’t do wishes, it just does movement,

Every bruise is a improvement, every tear a improvement.

I used to curse the current for bein’ so strong,

Now I thank it for the journey, thank it for the song.

Darkness flow, you’re the only thing that stays,

Through the blurry nights and the graying days.

(Ad-libs: Yeah, fade, flow)

[Final Chorus: Both styles layered, massive]

Darkness flow, take me where you go,

Under the radar, under the snow.

Darkness flow, I don’t need to know,

Just let the current sew what it sew… yeah.

No more fighting, no more rope,

Darkness flow is my only hope.

[Outro]

(Echoing, fading, sub-bass drone, water sounds)

Darkness flow… darkness flow…

Keep movin’… I’ll keep losin’ myself in you…

Yeah…

(Bass fade, silence)