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Radiohead - Artificial Lungs

[Lyric tenor high exceptionally wide range, expressive control, seamless mixing of register, airy falsetto, unique timbre] [gritty vocals to add emotion, unusual phrasing] [vocal range roughly E2 to E6 spanning nearly four octaves] [Lower register deep, warm and melancholic notes] [Upper register piercing, haunting falsetto, and head voice] [Thom Yorke vocal] [Instrumental] [Intro] [acoustic guitar strumming, clean electric guitar lead melody] [Section A] [bass guitar enters, steady drum beat with kick and snare] [acoustic guitar continues rhythmic strumming] [Verse 1] (Fragile, breathy male vocal,crying , close to the microphone) The television screens are blinking out We are just static in the waiting room Numbers on a board, counting backwards I forgot the colour of the moon Just wires and flesh... [Section B] [electric guitar switches to arpeggiated chords] [bass follows chord changes with eighth note pulse] [Chorus] (Emotional, soaring falsetto vocal, yearning and distant) And we fade out... Like signals in the heavy rain Nothing to hold onto Just the humming of the train We just fade out... (Fade out...) [Section C] [electric guitar lead melody returns with light overdrive] [full drum kit with crash cymbal accents] [Verse 2] (Monotone vocal, numb and detached, slightly whispered) Plastic smiles and artificial lungs Breathing in the dust of yesterday I'm trying to find the place where I began But the map just seems to wash away In the grey... [Chorus] (Emotional, soaring falsetto vocal, yearning and distant) [electric guitar switches to arpeggiated chords] [bass follows chord changes with eighth note pulse] And we fade out... Like signals in the heavy rain Nothing to hold onto Just the humming of the train We just fade out... (Fade out...) [Bridge] (Desperate wailing vocal, building emotional intensity) Unplug the machines, let the quiet in I don't want to be a ghost again I don't want to be... I don't want to be... (Just a barcode in the dark) [Outro] [drums and bass drop out] [acoustic guitar strumming fades out] (Vocal fades into a whisper, repeating and dissolving) Disappearing... Just a glitch inside the frame Disappearing... You will soon forget my name Forget my name... (Tape rewinding sound, slow fade to silence) [End]