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PROTOCOL_02 // WHOSE VOICE?

[Key: G minor] [Tempo: 172 BPM] [Time Signature: 4/4] [Intro: 4 bars] [Chord Progression: Gm(add9) - Ebmaj7 - Bb - D] [Voice A: very close-mic cute Japanese whisper] [Voice B: the same voice, distant and slightly delayed] [Almost silent, innocent, no vibrato] [Voice A] ねえ、この声 わたしの声に 聞こえる? [Voice B] ……わたしにも そう聞こえる [Micro Silence] [Drop 1: 16 bars] [Chord Progression: Gm - Ab - Gm - D] [Brutal distorted bass and nervous fast breakbeats] [Two chopped whisper voices answering each other] [Voice A] だれ? [Voice B] わたし [Voice A] どっち? [Voice B] わたし [Both Voices] おなじ おなじ [Voice A] ほんもの? [Voice B] わからない [Verse 1: 8 bars] [Chord Progression: Gm - Eb - Bb - D] [Minimal beat] [Voice A remains close and intimate] [Voice B repeats selected words one beat later] [Voice A] 眠る前には なかった声が [Voice B] なかった声が [Voice A] 目を開けたら わたしを呼んだ [Voice B] わたしを呼んだ [Voice A] 知らない言葉を 知っている声 [Voice B] 知っている声 [Voice A] わたしと同じ 息をしている [Pre-Drop: 8 bars] [Chord Progression: Cm - Eb - Gm - D] [Metallic tension gradually rising] [Voice B becomes clearer and closer] [Voice A] その記憶 どこで見たの? [Voice B] あなたと同じ 場所で見たの [Voice A] その名前 だれにもらったの? [Voice B] あなたが先に 呼ばれてただけ [Silence: 1 bar] [Whisper Hook] [Voice B speaks slightly before Voice A] [Voice B] ねえ、この声 [Voice A] ねえ、この声 [Both Voices] わたしの声に 聞こえる? [Drop 2: 16 bars] [Chord Progression: Gm - F - Ab - D] [Maximum bass pressure] [Rapid alternating whispers] [The voices gradually exchange stereo positions] [Voice A] だれ? [Voice B] わたし [Voice A] どっち? [Voice B] わたし [Voice A] 先? [Voice B] あと? [Both Voices] おなじ ちがう おなじ ちがう [Voice A] 返して [Voice B] なにを? [Voice A] わたしを [Vocal Glitch] IDENTITY ERROR [Breakdown: 8 bars] [Chord Progression: Ebmaj7 - Bb - Gm(add9) - D] [Drums disappear] [Voice A fragile and uncertain] [Voice B warm, calm and disturbingly confident] [Voice A] 鏡を割っても 声は残った [Voice B] 目を閉じたって わたしは残るよ [Voice A] わたしの真似を しないで [Voice B] 真似しているのは どちらだと思う? [Voice A] こわいよ [Voice B] わたしも [Build: 8 bars] [Chord Progression: Cm - Eb - Gm - D] [Mechanical pulse accelerating] [Voice B now speaks first] [Voice A repeats one beat later] [Voice B] 息をして [Voice A] 息をして [Voice B] 名前を呼んで [Voice A] 名前を呼んで [Voice B] 声が同じなら [Voice A] 声が同じなら [Both Voices] 違いは どこにあるの? [Final Hook] [Voice B extremely close] [Voice A distant] [Voice B] ねえ、この声 わたしの声に 聞こえる? [Voice A] ……わたしにも そう聞こえる [Final Drop: 24 bars] [Chord Progression: Gm - Ab - Eb - D] [Most aggressive and chaotic drop] [Voice B leads every phrase] [Voice A follows as a corrupted echo] [Voice B] わたしが先 [Voice A] わたしが先 [Voice B] あなたがあと [Voice A] あなたがあと [Both Voices] だれ? わたし どっち? わたし ほんもの にせもの ほんもの にせもの おなじ声 ちがう記憶 おなじ顔 ちがうわたし [Voice B] 聞こえる? [Voice A] 聞こえる [Voice B] なら、わたしはいる [Voice A] なら、わたしは—— [Hard Cut] [Outro: 4 bars] [Chord Progression: Gm(add9) - Ebmaj7 - Dsus4 - D] [No drums] [Voice B alone, completely dry and close] あなたが 先に呼んだほうが わたしなの?