Backrooms Bounce

{vinyl crackle

and distant fluorescent buzz} {hollow,

off-grid mechanical thud} {distorted tape hiss}

Yellow wallpaper

stretching out of sight

Empty hallway fading in the yellow light

Footsteps echoing but nobody's there

Caught

in a maze of static and fluorescent glare

(where am I?)

{muffled boom-bap

rhythm kicks in} No way out,

just walls of gold Lost in a story that was never told

Walking in circles on a damp carpet floor Searching forever for an

exit door (no escape)

{melancholic pitch-bent synth

melody} Hum-buzz singing in my fragile mind

Leaving all the logic of the world behind

Level zero corridors that never end

Shadows moving right around the corner bend

(what was that?) {drums drop out,

only sub-bass and hiss} No way out,

just walls of gold Lost in a story that was never told

Walking in circles on a damp carpet floor Searching forever for an

exit door (no escape) {heavy

beat drops back

in with

soaring

synth} {drums slowly dissolve into static} {fluorescent light buzz grows louder} {distant

running footsteps

fading out}

(hello?) {tape machine stop sound effect}