All the Voices Stay

rock, 90s minimalist Grunge song with harmonies in AiC style with Layne and Cantrell, detuned and downtuned sludgy guitars and themes of existential dread and a melancholic tone Minimalist 1991–1993 Seattle grunge instrumentation, Downtuned, detuned guitars playing slow, repetitive, percussive riffs with palm-muted chugs and open-string drones, slow, grunge, tone

[Lead – low, close-mic’d]
I tried to keep one voice
In a room full of sound

[Harmony – equal volume, overlapping]
(Tried to keep one voice)

[Lead]
But every thought I buried
Started crawling out

[Harmony – finishes lines]
(Crawling out…)

[Harmony Bed – continuous]
Mmmm…
Oooo…

[Pre-Chorus]

[Lead – restrained]
I don’t know which one’s mine

[Harmony – nearly unison, slightly off]
(Don’t know which one’s mine…)

[Lead]
They all sound like me

[Harmony – sustained, louder]
(All sound like me…)

[Chorus]

[MAXIMUM HARMONY STACK – NO SOLO LEAD]

[Lead + Harmony 1 – unison]
All the voices stay

[Harmony 2 – low, drawn out]
(Staaay…)

[Lead]
I can’t make them go away

[All Voices – layered, uneven]
All the voices stay
All the voices stay

[Lead – slightly strained]
I hear myself in stereo
Every word comes back

[Harmony – immediate echo]
(Comes back…)

[Lead]
I don’t know which one’s lying
I don’t know which one cracked

[Harmony – low, sustaining]
(Which one cracked…)

[Harmony Bed]
Mmmm…
Oooo…

[Pre-Chorus 2]

[Lead]
If I silence one

[Harmony – cuts in]
(Silence one…)

[Lead]
Another takes its place

[Harmony – louder, closer]
(Takes its place…)

[Chorus]

[FULL HARMONY, CLAUSTROPHOBIC]

[Lead + Harmony 1]
All the voices stay

[Harmony 2 – drawn out]
(Staaay…)

[Lead]
They won’t fade away

[All Voices – layered, uneven]
All the voices stay
All the voices stay

[Lead – nearly spoken]
I thought I was alone

[Harmony – answers softly]
(Not alone…)

[Lead]
Turns out I never was

[Harmony – low, steady]
(Never was…)

[buildup: instruments re-enter slowly]

[Final Chorus]

[MAXIMUM DENSITY – SAME VOLUME, MORE LAYERS]

[Lead + Harmony 1]
All the voices stay

[All Voices – staggered, then unison]
All the voices stay
All the voices stay
[Outro]
[instruction: instruments fall away, vocals remain]
[Harmony Bed – fading slowly]
Mmmm…
Mmmm…
Oooo…
[Final Whisper – harmony only]
(Stay…)

1906/7500

[Lead – low, close-mic’d] I tried to keep one voice In a room full of sound [Harmony – equal volume, overlapping] (Tried to keep one voice) [Lead] But every thought I buried Started crawling out [Harmony – finishes lines] (Crawling out…) [Harmony Bed – continuous] Mmmm… Oooo… [Pre-Chorus] [Lead – restrained] I don’t know which one’s mine [Harmony – nearly unison, slightly off] (Don’t know which one’s mine…) [Lead] They all sound like me [Harmony – sustained, louder] (All sound like me…) [Chorus] [MAXIMUM HARMONY STACK – NO SOLO LEAD] [Lead + Harmony 1 – unison] All the voices stay [Harmony 2 – low, drawn out] (Staaay…) [Lead] I can’t make them go away [All Voices – layered, uneven] All the voices stay All the voices stay [Lead – slightly strained] I hear myself in stereo Every word comes back [Harmony – immediate echo] (Comes back…) [Lead] I don’t know which one’s lying I don’t know which one cracked [Harmony – low, sustaining] (Which one cracked…) [Harmony Bed] Mmmm… Oooo… [Pre-Chorus 2] [Lead] If I silence one [Harmony – cuts in] (Silence one…) [Lead] Another takes its place [Harmony – louder, closer] (Takes its place…) [Chorus] [FULL HARMONY, CLAUSTROPHOBIC] [Lead + Harmony 1] All the voices stay [Harmony 2 – drawn out] (Staaay…) [Lead] They won’t fade away [All Voices – layered, uneven] All the voices stay All the voices stay [Lead – nearly spoken] I thought I was alone [Harmony – answers softly] (Not alone…) [Lead] Turns out I never was [Harmony – low, steady] (Never was…) [buildup: instruments re-enter slowly] [Final Chorus] [MAXIMUM DENSITY – SAME VOLUME, MORE LAYERS] [Lead + Harmony 1] All the voices stay [All Voices – staggered, then unison] All the voices stay All the voices stay [Outro] [instruction: instruments fall away, vocals remain] [Harmony Bed – fading slowly] Mmmm… Mmmm… Oooo… [Final Whisper – harmony only] (Stay…)

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