This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 222.

Song title: Sand in the Gears
Original Base by Base episode: 222: snaR-A disrupts mRNA splicing in cancer
Original episode link: https://basebybase.castos.com/episodes/snar-a-splicing-disruption

Article metadata:
Article title: Cancer-associated snaR-A noncoding RNA interacts with core splicing machinery and disrupts processing of mRNA subpopulations
Journal: Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65448-x
Reference: Zhou S. et al., Cancer-associated snaR-A noncoding RNA interacts with core splicing machinery and disrupts processing of mRNA subpopulations. Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65448-x

Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Nuclear bodies hum with silent codes,
Small RNAs drift where shadows flow,
Inside the heart of every growing cell,
Unseen hands shape what stories tell.

Pre-Chorus:
Threads of life are woven tight,
But something’s slipping out of sight.

Chorus:
Sand in the gears, slowing the song,
Signals misfiring, where did we go wrong?
Hidden messengers shift the line—
A fault in our time, multiplying signs.

Verse 2:
Simple spirals twist the fate within,
Splicing dreams with secret kin,
Tangled messages caught on the breeze,
Unraveling futures with delicate ease.

Pre-Chorus:
What once was seamless, whole and pure,
Now echoes cracks we can’t ignore.

Chorus:
Sand in the gears, slowing the song,
Signals misfiring, where did we go wrong?
Hidden messengers shift the line—
A fault in our time, multiplying signs.

Bridge:
Beneath the rush of every storm,
Some silent force reworks the form,
Growth unchecked runs ever deep—
But at its core, the errors creep.

Final Chorus:
Sand in the gears, slowing the song,
Signals misfiring, where did we go wrong?
Lost in the static, patterns distort—
New stories emerge, old battles are fought.