Analog Trauma Video (MV)

[Intro]
Scratch, skip, repeat the same old shit
Dad's records collecting dust, yeah I found 'em when I was a kid
Surface noise speaking louder than words ever did

[Verse 1]
Ten years old in the basement, fingers trace the grooves
Dad's preaching sociology upstairs to prove
He's smarter than his demons, yeah, that's the family truth
Inherited his vinyl and his way to dodge the blues
PhD in deflection, masters in pretend
Every scratch tells a story that he couldn't comprehend
Surface noise therapy, let that needle drop
Watch these fancy words skip like thoughts that never stop

[Chorus]
We're just damaged records playing broken songs
Acting like we're flawless but the needle's wrong
Skip-skip-skipping through the family tree
Intellectual bullshit runs deep in me, yeah
Deep in me

[Verse 2]
Daddy taught at Berkeley while his mind played tricks
I memorized big words just to fix what's sick
Now I'm spitting syllables like he did back then
But my shit's authentic while he's still pretending
Got a library of trauma wrapped in leather bounds
Academic armor keeping real shit underground
But these scratches in the vinyl tell the f*cking truth
About a scared-ass man hiding in his study room

[Bridge]
Static-static-static in my DNA
Privilege ain't enough to make this pain away
Every skip's a secret that we never speak
Every pop's a promise that we couldn't keep

[Verse 3]
Now I'm breaking cycles like I break these beats
Scratching through the surface of these false elites
Yeah, your boy's got degrees but I ain't afraid to bleed
On these tracks while you lecture about society
Found your old recordings, they're still skipping bad
Like conversations that we never really had
Surface noise speaking what you couldn't say
I'm the glitch in your system, and I'm here to stay

[Outro]
Let it skip, let it skip, let this shit play out
'Cause every scratch tells the truth that we dance about
Surface noise, that's just who we are
Beautiful destruction on this vinyl scar