菩提

[Intro - Distorted guitar feedback with a decaying temple bell hit, then a clean arpeggio layered with low Tibetan bowl resonance. Slow, atmospheric. Drums enter with a heavy, groove-laden beat after 4 bars.] [Verse 1 - Palm-muted power chords, gritty bass. Vocal: raw, slightly reverbed. Background: faint male monastic chant (one note).] 霓虹吞噬了城市的月光 我在钢筋丛林里四处乱撞 心里有个问题像野草疯长 什么是净土 什么是天堂 [Short drum fill] 人们盲目追逐着虚幻的光 在欲望沼泽里迷失了方向 他们说放下就能得到解脱 可我的双手 却抓满了困惑 [Pre-Chorus - Clean electric guitar arpeggios, bass drops out, only kick drum on quarter notes. Vocal: rising tension, whisper to cry. Add a distant cymbal swell.] 闭上眼 看见千年的影像 菩提树下 有人把身心安放 他眼神里没有烈火 也没有悲伤 只有一片 看不透的安详 [Chorus - Full band explosion: heavy overdriven guitars, fast hi-hats, powerful snare. Vocal: shouting, with a layered low octave chant (“菩-提-” underneath). Add a sudden stop on “尘埃” before the next line.] 菩提本无树 明镜亦非台 本来无一物 何处惹尘埃 [Guitar power chord sustain] 这所谓的道理像燃烧的烈火 把我所有的执着都冲破 [Tempo briefly half-time on drums] 可如果本来什么都没有 我呐喊的心啊 又算什么 算什么！ [Verse 2 - Guitar returns to dirty clean tone with a wah-wah effect. Bass plays a walking line. Vocal: frustrated, spoken-sung. Add a single finger cymbal hit on “木鱼声”.] 木鱼声敲打着麻木的皮囊 经书里写着世俗的真相 [Hi-hat open] 可我的愤怒 我的爱 我的狂 是不是也要 统统埋葬 [Bass drop] 我不想跪着祈求一道光 也不想假装自己早已遗忘 如果觉悟就是失去所有欲望 我宁愿在这红尘里 继续流浪 [Pre-Chorus 2 - Similar to first pre-chorus, but with added shaker and a subtle electronic pad drone. Vocal: slightly more desperate. End with a guitar slide into the chorus.] 抬起头 看见满天的星光 哪一颗是本真 哪一颗是虚妄 我心里住着一只咆哮的野兽 一直想要挣脱 这无形的网 [Chorus 2 - Same as first chorus, but with an additional harmonized guitar line an octave higher. Vocal adds a raspy scream on “算什么！” After the last “算什么”，a sudden silence (rest) for one beat.] 菩提本无树 明镜亦非台 本来无一物 何处惹尘埃 这所谓的道理像燃烧的烈火 把我所有的执着都冲破 可如果本来什么都没有 我嘶吼的歌啊 又算什么 算什么！ [Bridge - Instrumental break: clean guitar solo with heavy reverb and delay, like a meditative melody. Underneath, a sampled monk chant loop (“南无阿弥陀佛” at low volume). Drums play only on toms. After 8 bars, the chant stops, and a spoken vocal enters with echo effect.] 他们说…… “我不下地狱，谁下地狱？” [Distorted guitar feedback swells] 我在地狱 也在人间游荡？ 如果菩提是智慧 是觉悟 是彼岸 [Crash cymbal and full band stop, leaving only a bass drone] 就让我带着这血肉之躯 去闯一闯！ [Guitar Solo - Over a driving half-time groove. Heavy wah pedal, bending notes, with occasional bursts of a Buddhist mantra sample (short “唵” syllables) triggered on snare hits. Solo climaxes into the final chorus.] [Final Chorus - Slower, heavier, more massive. Distorted guitars play single powerful chords on each line. Drums hit every beat like a march. Vocal: deep, almost growled. After “何处 惹 尘 埃”，a sudden silence, then a final crash cymbal.] 菩提本无树 [Heavy palm mute] 明镜亦非台 [Drum fill] 本来无一物 [Full stop, one second of silence] 何处 惹 尘 埃！ [Outro - The last chord rings out, then slowly fades into low feedback. A solo temple bell strikes three times, each decaying into silence. A faint, distant wind chime. End.]