Keep Your Copper

experimental dark ambient, tribal/ritual percussion, industrial-leaning electronic

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V5.5

[Verse 1: Bone thuds and frame drum enter. Bass A Rubber banjo F minor 6/8 faint pedal only. Voice dry, close mic, spoken spat.]
You came counting pence like it would buy you back,
I kept the copper warm between my teeth.
You asked for change, I gave you weather.
[Pre-Chorus: Bass B Fretless elektrik D minor 4/4 ghost notes join. Mouth harp re-enters soft under line. Banshee double whispers on last word.]
You wanted glory, I brought the grave dirt in,
Crown of plastic never fit my head.
[Chorus: All three basses cross for 4 bars then cut back to bone thuds only. Full banshee roar under shout, then drop.]
Keep your copper, child.
I detune 2.893 cents & stay awake.
Keep your copper, child.
The corvid caws & does not wait.
[Verse 2: Strip back to bone thuds only + 808. Mouth harp out. Voice lower, more gravel.]
First husband had the Pistols, I had the kitchen fire,
He spat at queens, I spat at liars.
Sugar water rots the tooth, resin seals the wound,
Supernumerary rainbows mean the storm is coming soon.
[Bridge breakdown: Bone thuds only. 30 second sting motif returns with mouth harp + rain scatter. Voice spoken, no melody.]
Hey. Hey. Hey.
Fairytale in a safety pin will still draw blood.
Contract with the devil is just a paper cut.
Count it out: one two three four five six…
[Final Chorus: Bone thuds + frame drum + 808 only. No basses. Crone lead is a roar, banshee double is a whisper in opposite ear.]
SEVEN PENCE RICHER & STILL AUDACIOUS,
SEVEN PENCE RICHER & STILL HONEST CORE,
Pull the pin, let it sing, let the pretty lie die,
LISTEN TO THE CORVID CAW.
[Outro: Mouth harp + rain scatter only. 808 decays to sub walk. Voice fades to throat singing hum descending 852 to 396 as faint color, never a hook. End on 2.893 beat silence.]
[Production note: Keep voice as drum texture, not star. No trills, no melisma, no blues runs, no pop lift. Mouth harp is bi-tonal tension, never melodic. Rain scatter ducks under voice and swells in gaps. All harmonies emerge from bass crossings when basses briefly enter, otherwise the mix stays dirt only.]

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[Verse 1: Bone thuds and frame drum enter. Bass A Rubber banjo F minor 6/8 faint pedal only. Voice dry, close mic, spoken spat.] You came counting pence like it would buy you back, I kept the copper warm between my teeth. You asked for change, I gave you weather. [Pre-Chorus: Bass B Fretless elektrik D minor 4/4 ghost notes join. Mouth harp re-enters soft under line. Banshee double whispers on last word.] You wanted glory, I brought the grave dirt in, Crown of plastic never fit my head. [Chorus: All three basses cross for 4 bars then cut back to bone thuds only. Full banshee roar under shout, then drop.] Keep your copper, child. I detune 2.893 cents & stay awake. Keep your copper, child. The corvid caws & does not wait. [Verse 2: Strip back to bone thuds only + 808. Mouth harp out. Voice lower, more gravel.] First husband had the Pistols, I had the kitchen fire, He spat at queens, I spat at liars. Sugar water rots the tooth, resin seals the wound, Supernumerary rainbows mean the storm is coming soon. [Bridge breakdown: Bone thuds only. 30 second sting motif returns with mouth harp + rain scatter. Voice spoken, no melody.] Hey. Hey. Hey. Fairytale in a safety pin will still draw blood. Contract with the devil is just a paper cut. Count it out: one two three four five six… [Final Chorus: Bone thuds + frame drum + 808 only. No basses. Crone lead is a roar, banshee double is a whisper in opposite ear.] SEVEN PENCE RICHER & STILL AUDACIOUS, SEVEN PENCE RICHER & STILL HONEST CORE, Pull the pin, let it sing, let the pretty lie die, LISTEN TO THE CORVID CAW. [Outro: Mouth harp + rain scatter only. 808 decays to sub walk. Voice fades to throat singing hum descending 852 to 396 as faint color, never a hook. End on 2.893 beat silence.] [Production note: Keep voice as drum texture, not star. No trills, no melisma, no blues runs, no pop lift. Mouth harp is bi-tonal tension, never melodic. Rain scatter ducks under voice and swells in gaps. All harmonies emerge from bass crossings when basses briefly enter, otherwise the mix stays dirt only.]

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