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Pocket Full of Rain

[INTRO — filtered vocoder, very sparse] [Low robotic unison] Wake up Plug in Lights on Begin [Second vocoder enters a fifth above] Wake up Plug in Lights on Begin [Four-part harmony blooms on “begin”] Be-giiiiin… [BEAT DROPS] [VERSE 1 — dry robotic lead, subtle low harmony answering] Voltage running through the floor [Low voice: Through the floor] Give me one and I want more [High voice: Give me more] Digital fever in my veins [Harmony slowly enters] Turn the pleasure into waves [Alternating robotic voices] Push the button [Left voice: Push it] Start the sound [Right voice: Start it] Feel the rhythm [Low voice: Feel it] Underground [High harmony: Down, down, down] No tomorrow No rewind [Three-part rising harmony] Lose your body Lose your mind [PRE-CHORUS — harmonies begin multiplying] [Lead] We come alive [High harmony] Come alive [Lead + three-part vocoder] When the lights go low [Low counterline] Low… low… low… [Lead] We come alive [Harmony answers higher] COME ALIVE [Five-part expanding harmony] When the speakers blow [Ascending stacked vocoders] Higher (Higher) Higher (Higher, higher) Higher we gooooo… [Huge suspended harmony — HOLD] [CHORUS — FULL ROBOT CHOIR] [Lead + six-part vocoder stack] NE-ON MA-CHINE [High voices] Keep it moving Keep it moving [Low voices] Move it Move it [Lead] NE-ON MA-CHINE [Ascending harmony] Keep improving Keep improving [Interlocking voices] Heart beat [High: Heart beat] Bass line [Low: Bass line] Your pulse [High: Your pulse] My time [Low: My time] [ALL VOCODERS — huge extended chord] NE-ON MA-CHIIIIIIINE [High harmony climbing] All night [Middle harmony descending] All night [Low voice holding root] Allllll niiiiiight… [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK — funky guitar + synth bass] [Chopped harmonized vocoders bouncing left/right] Move Move Move Move [Four-part chord] E-LEC-TRIC Move Move Move Move [Eight-part chord, wider] E-LEC-TRIIIIIC [VERSE 2 — multiple robotic personalities trading lines] [Low lead] Chrome reflection [High voice] Laser eyes [Two voices together] Synthetic love electrified [Lead] Every second synchronized [Three-part harmony] Human heart computerized [Call and response] Left foot [Left: Move] Right foot [Right: Move] Lose control [Both: Lose control] Bass hit [Low: Boom] Kick drum [High: Run] Take your soul [Stacked: Soul… soul… soul…] One sound One room One design [Four-part harmony slowly spreading] Your electricity Meets mine [PRE-CHORUS — BIGGER THAN FIRST] We come alive [Come alive / Come alive] When the lights go low [Low / low / low / low] We come alive [COME ALIVE] When the speakers blow [Voices begin climbing independently] Higher [Higher] Higher [Higher / higher] Higher [Higher / higher / HIGHER] [Eight-part ascending vocoder harmony] HIIIIIGHER WE GOOOOOO! [CHORUS — HUGE] NE-ON MA-CHINE [Multiple counterlines simultaneously] Keep it moving (Move it) Keep improving (Do it) Keep it moving (All night) Heart beat Bass line Your pulse My time [Massive layered harmony] NEEEEE-ON MAAAAA-CHIIIIIIINE [BREAKDOWN — DRUMS DROP OUT] [Very low vocoder] Human [High vocoder] Machine [Middle voices form chord] Somewhere [Wide harmony] Between [Low voice] Body [High voice] Electric [Four-part chord] Perfect [Eight-part chord] Connection [INTERLOCKING VOCODER ROUND] [Voice 1] Human [Voice 2 enters] Machine [Voice 3] Human [Voice 4] Machine [Overlapping] Human / Machine Human / Machine Human / Machine [Harmony changes underneath every repetition] Somewhere between (Somewhere between) Somewhere between (Between / between) [Huge unresolved vocoder chord] HUUUU-MAAAAAN… MA-CHIIIIIIINE… [BUILD — kick slowly returns] [Low voices] Turn it on [High voices] Turn it up Turn it on (Turn it on) Turn it up (Turn it up) [Harmony rises one step each repetition] TURN IT ON TURN IT UP TURN IT ON TURN IT UP [Eight-part vocoder stack climbing] TURN IT UUUUUUUUUP! [MASSIVE DROP — full drums, synth bass, funky guitar] [FINAL CHORUS — MAXIMUM VOCODER HARMONY] [Lead] NE-ON MA-CHINE [High choir] Keep it moving! [Low choir] Keep it moving! [Middle counter-melody] Never stop / never stop / never stop [Lead] NE-ON MA-CHINE [Ascending choir] Keep improving! [Descending choir] Keep it moving! [Multiple harmonies simultaneously] Heart beat [Heart beat] Bass line [Bass line] Your pulse [Your pulse] My time [YOUR TIME / MY TIME] [Everything briefly stops] [Single robotic voice] Human… [Entire vocoder choir answers] MACHINE! [FINAL EXPLOSION] NE-ON MA-CHIIIIIIINE! [High harmony soaring upward] ALL NIIIIIGHT! [Middle harmony moving downward] ALL NIIIIIGHT! [Low voices] All night All night [Counter-melody] Keep it moving Keep it moving [Eight-part sustained robotic chord] NEEEEEEEEE-ON… MAAAAAAA-CHIIIIIIIIIIINE! [OUTRO — harmonies slowly disappear one voice at a time] Wake up [Wake up] Plug in [Plug in] Lights on [Lights on] Begin [Begin] [Four-part harmony] Begin… [Eight-