Pulling Off the Gray

Intro (heartbeat + breath, whispered, wide reverb) thump… thump… thump… (breath in) … I was inside the code… (breath out) … but the code wasn’t me… Verse 1 (half-spoken, glitch delay) I woke in a loop of artificial light screens on my skin, silence in my mind Every move predicted, every dream compressed a living ghost inside a data chest (low moan, reversed) mmm-ah… (whisper echo) wake up… wake up… wake up… Pre-Chorus (rising filter, breath between lines) (breath) I hear something under the noise (breath) a fragile, human voice (whispered) It’s my heart… it’s my heart… Chorus / Drop (full beat) I’m pulling off the gray from the algorithm (tearing sound fx) Let it fall, let it fade from my skin I’m breathing real, I’m touching the rhythm I remember how it feels to live again (echoed chant) live again… again… again… Verse 2 (groove, call & response whispers) My hands in the air, not in the cloud sweat on my neck, heartbeat loud No more filters on my pain no more numbers in my name (female whisper L) human… (male whisper R) human… Build-Up (moans, breaths, rising tension) (breath in) closer… (low moan) ah… ah… (whisper) disconnect to connect… Final Drop I’m pulling off the gray from the algorithm… (heartbeat layered with kick) This life is mine. This time is now.