diff --git a/app/public/audio/we-build-tomorrow.m4a b/app/public/audio/we-build-tomorrow.m4a
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index 0000000..42a4981
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diff --git a/app/src/App.tsx b/app/src/App.tsx
index 8d04dfa..22618b4 100644
--- a/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Nav } from '@/components/Nav'
+import { SoundToggle } from '@/components/SoundToggle'
 import { ScrollScene } from '@/components/ScrollScene'
 import { Intro } from '@/components/Intro'
 import { Services, WhyUs } from '@/components/Services'
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ export default function App() {
         Skip the fly-through
       </a>
       <Nav />
+      <SoundToggle />
       <main>
         <ScrollScene />
         <Intro />
diff --git a/app/src/components/SoundToggle.tsx b/app/src/components/SoundToggle.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2920b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/components/SoundToggle.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { Volume2, VolumeX } from 'lucide-react'
+
+const SRC = '/audio/we-build-tomorrow.m4a'
+const VOLUME = 0.6
+
+// Background narration. Browsers block sound until the visitor asks for it,
+// so it starts on click, loops, and fades in and out rather than cutting.
+export function SoundToggle() {
+  const audio = useRef<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null)
+  const fade = useRef<number | undefined>(undefined)
+  const [on, setOn] = useState(false)
+
+  const ramp = (to: number, done?: () => void) => {
+    const a = audio.current
+    if (!a) return
+    window.clearInterval(fade.current)
+    fade.current = window.setInterval(() => {
+      const step = to > a.volume ? 0.05 : -0.05
+      a.volume = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, a.volume + step))
+      if (Math.abs(a.volume - to) < 0.051) {
+        a.volume = to
+        window.clearInterval(fade.current)
+        done?.()
+      }
+    }, 40)
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => () => window.clearInterval(fade.current), [])
+
+  const toggle = () => {
+    if (!audio.current) {
+      const a = new Audio(SRC)
+      a.loop = true
+      a.volume = 0
+      audio.current = a
+    }
+    const a = audio.current
+    if (on) {
+      ramp(0, () => a.pause())
+      setOn(false)
+    } else {
+      a.play().then(() => ramp(VOLUME)).catch(() => setOn(false))
+      setOn(true)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      onClick={toggle}
+      aria-pressed={on}
+      aria-label={on ? 'Mute background narration' : 'Play background narration'}
+      className="fixed bottom-5 left-5 z-[60] inline-flex h-11 items-center gap-2.5 rounded-full border border-bone/25 bg-ink/70 px-4 text-[13px] font-medium text-bone backdrop-blur-md transition-colors hover:border-gold hover:text-gold sm:bottom-7 sm:left-7"
+    >
+      {on ? <Volume2 size={16} strokeWidth={1.75} className="text-gold" /> : <VolumeX size={16} strokeWidth={1.75} />}
+      <span className="hidden sm:inline">{on ? 'Sound on' : 'Sound off'}</span>
+    </button>
+  )
+}