[Instrumental Intro ] (Fast, syncopated clawhammer banjo — twinkling fifth-string harmonics like starlight — low thumb drone like a planet's hum.) Tempo: 170 BPM | Key: G minor | Time: 4/4 Tuning for playing: Standard Open G (g D G B D) — recommended for Scruggs rolls; gDGCD also workable for modal color. [Verse 1] The sky didn't scream, the sun kept its slow grin, Atlas slid a whisper through the seam of skin. A silver needle threaded the satin of night, Brushing past the Giant — barely out of sight. No hammer in his fist, no thunder in his palm, Just a patient little theft that unraveled the calm. [Chorus — chantable hook] A hundred years of falling — A hundred years of falling — The rocks come home tonight. A hundred years of falling. [Banjo Solo — "The Disruption"] (Rapid Scruggs-style rolls with clawhammer interjections; blue notes and dissonant double-stops bite between fast phrases. Use slides into the flattened 3rd (b3) and flattened 7th (b7) to make the melody wobble.) [Verse 2] The Shepherd of the Deep has loosened his long hand, While inner planets dream with their feet in drifting sand. 3I-Atlas gave a nudge, a sleight with cosmic glee, And Trojan horses galloped free from history. They'd slept beneath the weight, held in a careful line — Now gates swing wide, and centuries unwind. [Bridge ] A slow-motion riot out past Neptune's fence, A cruel geometry — a crooked recompense. This isn't sudden falling, it's an age-long rain, Fire like old ledger-ink that stains and stains. [Chorus — varied, higher tension] A hundred years of falling — A thousand names on the wind. The Shield tips toward the void; the King can't keep his crown. A hundred years of falling — we count the lights gone down. [Outro ] (The banjo strips back. Rolls thin into single-string ticks — a heartbeat in D. Fiddle tremolo and low cello sustain double select phrases. The last lines are almost spoken against the pulse.) A hundred years... The ledger folds... The rocks come home... And we learn how to hold. (Final dissonant double-stop rings and is left to decay into a cold, small silence.) --- BANJO TECHNICAL NOTES & TAB: "The Disruption" Motif (8-bar; example in standard open G tuning g D G B D) Tempo: 170 BPM | Key: G minor (use flattened 3rd = Bb and flattened 7th = F as color notes) Strings (top to bottom for the tab): 5(g) 4(D) 3(G) 2(B) 1(D) Notation: / = slide up; h = hammer-on; b3 = flattened third (Bb) as achieved on 3rd string fret 3; b7 = flattened seventh (F) as achieved on 1st string fret 3. Roll patterns (use interchangeably): - Scruggs Forward Roll (fast): T 1 2 T 1 2 3 1 (thumb, index, middle feel; on banjo this becomes a smooth 8‑note roll) - Clawhammer Drive (down-up): D T D T (strike-hook-dd) — accent on the downbeat, ghost the offbeats. Suggested doubling for dissonant fills: - Fiddle: double melody line an octave above the banjo on double-stops for the chorus and solo peak; add tremolo on held dissonant hits. - Cello (tremolo): sustain low D