***[thanks Poirau for granting this cover]*** orchestral hip-hop, instrumental inspired by the raw introspective energy of Seattle's alternative rap scene, 85-90 BPM, dusty, lo-fi boom bap foundation:warm vinyl crackle texture, deep 808 kick w/subtle distortion for punchy low-end thump, crisp slightly swung snare hits layered with light reverb, urban grit, Anchored w/simple melancholic piano loop-sparse minor-key chords, fingerpicked acoustic guitar vibe, filtered low-pass, hazy, intimate warmth, Add subtle atmospheric elements- faint, echoing strings swelling in the chorus, emotional depth, avoiding any bright highs to keep the mood brooding and vulnerable, Mixing emphasizes dynamic shifts: verses stay minimal, head-nodding- hooks build tension w/layered percussion- a touch of tape saturation for analog soul, Intimate, resilient, unpolished, organic, jazz, low key nu-soul-rapstepMud in the trenches
 Gas in the wind
 Flags on coffins
 Blood on tin Chains on the factory
 Smoke in the skies
 Children coughing
 Bosses lie 
Ice sheets melting
 Forests in flames
 Oceans rising
 Calling our name Boots on the border
 Books in the fire
 Eyes that vanish
 Wider, Wider.... 
We drink from poisoned rivers,. We breathe the debt they made,
 Every scar they carved in stone
 Still casts a longer shade.
 The ground remembers footsteps,
 The sky still tastes of flames,
 We bear the sins of our ancestors,
 And carry their unspoken shame. Bomb shadows falling
 Ash on the rain
 Cities whisper
 Gods renamed Cold hands shaking Red phone rings
 Steel birds waiting
 War still sings 
We drink from poisoned rivers,
 We breathe the debt they made,
 Every scar they carved in stone
 Still casts a longer shade.
 The ground remembers footsteps,
 The sky still tastes of flames,
 We bear the sins of our ancestors,
 And carry their unspoken shame. From the shadows of their victories
 To the graves they left unmarked,
 We inherit what they kindled,
 And the embers they still sparked.
 Every monument is hollow,
 Every promise splits at seams,
 We bear the sins of our ancestors,
 And drown inside their dreams. We drink from poisoned rivers,
 We breathe the debt they made,
 Every scar they carved in stone
 Still casts a longer shade.
 The ground remembers footsteps,
 The sky still tastes of flames,
 We bear the sins of our ancestors,
 And carry their unspoken shame.