The same four chords repeat over and over again.
"Structure," comes a whisper. "You need it to build the chaos."
Slowly, a melody is woven around the chords. A few notes here, a few notes there.
"Towers of iron will."
The wild melody starts repeating, notes circling around each other like a mantra.
"A wall of music. A crazy world, is the sanity on the inside or outside?"
Every once in a while a note goes slightly off, but happens exactly the same way in each repetition.
"I'm on top of the world / Everything's on fire / But my wings are unfurled / Don't listen to the liar"
The number of off notes increase, wrapping around each other forming a repeating element of chaos the same way the primary chords create their foundation.
"You've got to be mad / It's a road of pain / Here's not so bad / It's the outside world that's insane"
The notes drift off and there is the scribbling sound of a pen against paper, and then the turning of pages as something is closed. Fabric rustles.
"Another song I'll never want to play."
There is a sigh, and the sound of a door opening and closing.
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