None of It Was Real

[Instrumental Intro] (full intensity from beat one, fast heavy downtuned power chords, double kick blast, no build up, maximum volume immediately) [Verse 1] (male vocals, relentless fast palm-muted riffs, thick wall of distorted guitars, pounding double kick, full intensity) September thirteenth, two days after the sky fell down I put my headset on and logged into the queue The first call was a billing dispute from a woman in Michigan She wanted to know why her statement was six dollars over I read the script, I pulled up her account, I made the adjustment Three thousand people were dead and I said is there anything else I can help you with today She said no and I took the next call The hold music played the same song it played on September tenth [Verse 2] (female vocals, same high intensity, fast downtuned power chords, double kick drums never stopping, dense heavy distortion) I watched my street go under from a Holiday Inn in Houston The TV showed my roof and then it showed my roof go under A maid knocked on the door and asked if I needed towels I said yes because I didn't know what else to say The ice machine hummed at the end of the hallway all night They put out continental breakfast at six AM and the city was drowning I ate a bagel and I watched the water rise another foot I couldn't tell if I was saving myself or if I'd already disappeared [Verse 3] (male vocals, same relentless intensity, no dynamic change, wall of distortion) The boats haven't moved in six weeks and the water's black Everything I ever pulled from that ocean is gone I drove to the gas station on Route 1 and I filled up my truck I looked at the logo on the pump and it was the same company The same people who lit the ocean on fire sold me the gas to drive home and watch it burn I put my card in, I punched the buttons, I waited for the receipt The pump clicked off and I drove home The ocean was still burning when I pulled into the driveway [Verse 4] (female vocals, same high intensity, dense wall of sound, pounding relentless drums) The weekend after Pulse I went to a club that looked just like it Same lights, same bass, same bodies pressed together on the floor I danced because stopping means he wins But I checked the exits when I walked in I counted the doors while the music played I felt the bass in my chest and I couldn't tell if it was the speaker or my heart Forty-nine people were dead in a place that looked like this AND I DANCED AND I COUNTED THE DOORS AT THE SAME TIME [Bridge] (half-time, stripped back, heavy and slow, male and female vocals together) I answered the phone I took the towel I paid for the gas I danced The world broke four times and I just kept going I kept going I KEPT GOING [Final Chorus] (full power, everything, maximum intensity, male and female vocals together) NOTHING STOPPED THE HOLD MUSIC NEVER STOPPED THE ICE MACHINE NEVER STOPPED THE PUMP NEVER STOPPED THE BASS NEVER STOPPED AND I NEVER STOPPED AND NONE OF IT WAS REAL [End]