Empty Kit

Gouging bedrock male MC, 106 BPM studio-grief hip hop, slow kick, tape-snare, hollow bass, room-tone bed, gouging shouted bars, ‑indie, ‑soft, ‑gentle, ‑sleepy, ‑lullaby, ‑whisper, ‑industrial, ‑trap hi-hat rolls, ‑drill, ‑choir, ‑gang shouts, ‑crowd chants, ‑Soft Fire, ‑lo-fi, ‑brass, ‑ballad, ‑piano, ‑organ, ‑keyboards, ‑metal, ‑slide guitar, ‑808, ‑sub bass, ‑handclaps, ‑cowbell, ‑punk, ‑country, ‑twang, ‑opera, ‑gospel, ‑funk, ‑ska, ‑horror, ‑Halloween, ‑generic rap voice, ‑crooning, ‑crooner, ‑breathy, ‑high light vocal, ‑talk-sing, ‑hushed, ‑legato, ‑silky, ‑smooth, ‑half-spoken, ‑close-mic, ‑spoken, ‑spoken word, ‑mumble, ‑mumble rap, ‑whispered, ‑laid-back, ‑low-energy, ‑thin vocal, ‑auto-tune, ‑dubstep, ‑EDM drop, ‑R&B, ‑emo, ‑reggaeton, ‑strings, ‑warm mid-range male vocal, ‑female vocals

[Verse 2: Gouging bedrock male MC, gouging, colder]
People say move on like furniture can heal
Like dusting off a cymbal makes the absence unreal
I kept gouging soft advice until it thinned
Kept the throne empty for the shape of discipline
Bass player cries on takes and swears he is fine
I ride the open stand like a shoreline in the dark
When the chorus hits the room tone swells a hair
That is him, or that is us pretending he is there

[Hook: Gouging bedrock male MC, loud, gouging]
Empty kit keeps time with nothing but the air
We mix his absence like he is sitting there
Leave the hardware standing, do not break the shape
Open stand is how the missing learns escape

[Verse 3: Gouging bedrock male MC, open stand, gouging]
Tonight we track the bridge with only open stand
No stick, no foot, just the air the mics demand
Engineer looks sideways, then he nods me on
Some holes are instruments once the player is gone
I leave a chair tax paid in hours we refuse to quit
Love sounds like an empty kit

[Bridge: Gouging bedrock male MC, loud, gouging, kick alone]
Open stand, patient metal
Holds a man we will not settle
Mix him under every bar
Near as breath and twice as far

[Outro: Gouging bedrock male MC, heavy quiet, room tone rings out and fades]
Open stand, still waiting
Tell him the take is done

[End]

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[Verse 1: Gouging bedrock male MC, gouging, heavy] Kit still set the way he left it in the spring Toms at his angles, snare with the tired ring We played around the absence like a hole in the floor Afraid to move a stand and make the absence more Landlord wants the room cleared by the end of May I miked the empty drums and let the air have say Room tone where the snare should crack became a part Grief with a condenser is still a kind of art [Verse 2: Gouging bedrock male MC, gouging, colder] People say move on like furniture can heal Like dusting off a cymbal makes the absence unreal I kept gouging soft advice until it thinned Kept the throne empty for the shape of discipline Bass player cries on takes and swears he is fine I ride the open stand like a shoreline in the dark When the chorus hits the room tone swells a hair That is him, or that is us pretending he is there [Hook: Gouging bedrock male MC, loud, gouging] Empty kit keeps time with nothing but the air We mix his absence like he is sitting there Leave the hardware standing, do not break the shape Open stand is how the missing learns escape [Verse 3: Gouging bedrock male MC, open stand, gouging] Tonight we track the bridge with only open stand No stick, no foot, just the air the mics demand Engineer looks sideways, then he nods me on Some holes are instruments once the player is gone I leave a chair tax paid in hours we refuse to quit Love sounds like an empty kit [Hook: Gouging bedrock male MC, loud, gouging] Empty kit keeps time with nothing but the air We mix his absence like he is sitting there Leave the hardware standing, do not break the shape Open stand is how the missing learns escape [Bridge: Gouging bedrock male MC, loud, gouging, kick alone] Open stand, patient metal Holds a man we will not settle Mix him under every bar Near as breath and twice as far [Hook: Gouging bedrock male MC, loud, gouging] Empty kit keeps time with nothing but the air We mix his absence like he is sitting there Leave the hardware standing, do not break the shape Open stand is how the missing learns escape [Outro: Gouging bedrock male MC, heavy quiet, room tone rings out and fades] Open stand, still waiting Tell him the take is done [End]

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