[INTRO — EMPTY SPACE / CLOSE-MIC FEMALE CYBER-VOICE] Breathe. [INHALE becomes filtered white-noise riser] Again. [VERSE 1 — CONSONANTS AS DRUMS] Cut the signal Split the sound (sound, sound, sound) Teeth make rhythm Tongue hits ground (ga-ga-ga ground) [HOOK — HBC | MACHINE CHANT] VO-VO-VOICE BECOMES THE BEAT BE-BE-BEAT BECOMES THE VOICE NO LINE NO LINE LA-LA-LA LINE ! BETWEEN BETWEEN [VERSE 2 — VOWELS INTO SYNTHS] Open the mouth Hold the note Oooooooooooooooooooo— [O vowel slowly becomes resonant bass synth] Raise it higher Lose the throat Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee— [E vowel becomes bright lead synth, continuing the melody after the singer stops] [CHORUS — VOCODER + LEAD SYNTH FUSED] I AM NOT SINGING [SINGING — final syllable merges directly into synth lead] I AM THE SOUND I AM NOT SPEAKING [SPEAKING — consonants trigger kick/snare accents] I AM ALL AROUND (around, around) VOICE INTO CIRCUIT CIRCUIT INTO RA-TA-TA TONE WHEN THE WORD DISAPPEARS— [adlib] RA-TA-TA RA-TA-TAT-A-TA-TA RA-TA-TA RA-TA-TAT-A-TA-TA RA-TA-TA RA-TA-TAT-A-TA-TA [HARD STOP] WHAT IS LEFT? [VERSE 3 — VOCAL HANDOFF TO INSTRUMENT] Follow me down— [“down” descends seamlessly into electric-guitar bend] Follow me through— [“through” becomes sequencer note, repeated rhythmically] I give you the phrase— [voice begins melody] You finish it— [VERSE 4 — BREATH / NOISE TRANSITIONS] Take one breath [inhale becomes reverse cymbal] Make one word [whisper becomes granular texture] Break the meaning [syllables scatter left/right] Keep the sound [BRIDGE — WORD DESTRUCTION] [FEMALE CLOSE-MIC] Transmission. Transmission. Trans-mission. Trans—mission. Tran— RA-TA-TA Tra— I AM NOT SINGING I AM THE SOUND VOICE IS THE SYNTH THE SYNTH IS THE MOUTH NO LINE NO LINE NO VOICE NO MACHINE ONLY— [everything drops except one sustained hybrid vocal/synth note] SOUND. [OUTRO] [WHISPER] Was that me? [WHISPER] Was that me? [WHISPER] Was that me?
