DRILLED

[INTRO] Funny... what you remember when the blood gets warm. [REST] Rain on my cheek. Blue lights somewhere far off. My hand on my stomach... trying to tell you we're still here. And all I can think is... how did we get here? [VERSE 1] Back then I hid behind my hair. Big jumper. Head down. Barely there. You had the whole school calling your name. Football boots, girls by the gate... I stayed out the frame. [REST] Then one night after your match, our tables crossed. You clocked me once... then clocked me twice. Like— “Where you been hiding all this time?” [REST] I nearly laughed. You nearly smiled. My girls went quiet for the first time in miles. You pulled out a chair. I sat down shy. And somehow one little dinner... changed my life. [PRE-CHORUS] Lunch by sixth form. Calls past two. You learned my silence. I learned you. Mum worked late. Two sisters. One room. You made hard days feel softer... for a little while too. [HOOK] Drilled... drilled... I was drilled. Thought love had me covered... till the cover got peeled. Drilled... drilled... straight through what was real. I gave you my heart... didn't know what the road would reveal. [VERSE 2] Same uni. Same city. Different you. Your dad's garage started doing numbers. Then there were two. New watch. New motor. Cash came quick. “Business is good.” That was your script. [REST] Mandem I never knew started knowing your face. Quiet little meetings. Cars outside late. You'd say, “Don't worry, babe.” Kiss my head. Change the subject. I loved the boy from school so much... I kept protecting the man he'd become. [PRE-CHORUS] Then the gifts got bigger. Your answers got thin. You were home... but never really in. I asked one question. You gave me two lies. And love got good at looking away... when truth walked by. [HOOK] Drilled... drilled... I was drilled. Every little promise had another truth concealed. Drilled... drilled... straight through what was real. You were building another life... while I was building ours still. [VERSE 3] Then my sister said, “Something ain't right.” So we watched. Not proud of it. But we watched. [REST] Same faces. Same cars. Same ends. Same doors. Men everybody knew you shouldn't know. [REST] Then her. Then the baby. Then me... with a baby too. [LONG REST] That's when love turned ugly. And hurt started talking like truth. There was a boy from school. Never your looks. Never your shine. But he always wanted me. And now he ran with the other side. [REST] So I linked him. Played sweet. Let revenge wear perfume. Told myself I was taking my life back... while planning to take yours too. [REST] Policy worth millions. A clean new start. Me and sis counting exits... with murder inside the heart. [LONG REST] I called you wicked... while rehearsing your grave. [BRIDGE] That's the part I didn't understand. Pain can make a mirror... look like a weapon in your hand. [REST] You betrayed me. I became betrayal. You moved in secret. So did I. You thought power made you entitled. I thought heartbreak made me justified. [FINAL VERSE] Now I'm back... on this pavement. Rain still falling. Hearing gone strange. Streetlights bending. My sister screaming somewhere out the frame. [REST] And suddenly... I understand. Those cars weren't random. Those eyes weren't chance. You already knew. You already moved. I thought I was setting your ending... [BEAT CUT] You'd already set mine. [SILENCE] BAOW! BAOW! BAOW! [FINAL HOOK] Drilled... drilled... I was drilled. Not just by the road... by everything we refused to heal. Drilled... drilled... straight through what was real. We both planned a funeral... mine just happened first. [REST] Drilled... drilled... I was drilled. Thought revenge would set me free... but revenge signed the bill. [VOICE BREAKS] I was... drilled... [OUTRO] Funny... what you remember when the blood gets warm. [LONG REST] I still remember that first chair... you pulled out for me. [LOW MALE VOICE — DISTANT / ALONE] I told them do it... [REST] then prayed they hadn't. [FINAL LOW IMPACT] [END]