Sweet Slaanesh (EXCESS)

[EXCESS][ECSTASY][MANIA] [START] [HOOK] [VOCAL – LOW BARITONE, MELODIC, SEDUCTIVE] [STRINGS – LUSH][SUB – DEEP][GUITARS – DISTANT] Sweet Slaanesh, Say my name, Make the sacred feel profane. Sweet Slaanesh, Stay awhile— God of excess and rapturous smiles. I’ve been good, I’ve behaved— Now make my better nature break. Sweet Slaanesh, Say my name— I think I like me better stained. [VERSE 1] [VOCAL – CLOSE-MIC, CONVERSATIONAL, PLAYFUL] [KEYS – DARK][SYNTH – HAZY][GROOVE – SPACIOUS] Silk on the skin and a sting in the wine, Sweet on the lips with a sickness behind. I took a taste and the taste took its time, Left me with lavender stains on my mind. Now every room has a shimmer around it, Music gets warmer the deeper I'm drowning. Perfume and powder, the air getting crowded, Laughing too hard while the bassline gets louder. [DRUMS – BUILDING][GUITAR – LOW DISTORTED PULSE] Look at me—loving the loss of control, Chasing a shiver from skin into soul. Pleasure gets strange when you swallow it whole; Somewhere between us, I'm paying the toll. Faces are flushing, the fever is spreading, Blood is spilling like champagne at a wedding. Someone is singing, the melody's bending, Nobody here wants to know where we're heading. [BUILD – SUB GLIDES, GUITAR FEEDBACK, STRINGS RISING] Then through the haze, with my head getting light, I catch something moving just out of my sight. Six shadows dance where there should've been five— [VOCAL – HUSHED, THRILLED] Sweet Slaanesh... What did you put in the wine? [HOOK] [VOCAL – MELODIC, LAYERED, HARDER] [DRUMS – HEAVIER][GUITARS – DISTORTED][STRINGS – WIDE] Sweet Slaanesh, Say my name, Make the sacred feel profane. Sweet Slaanesh, Stay awhile— God of excess and rapturous smiles. I’ve been good, I’ve behaved— Now make my better nature break. Sweet Slaanesh, Say my name— I think I like me better stained. [VERSE 2] [VOCAL – CLOSE-MIC, UNINHIBITED, MANIC EDGE] [GROOVE – HEAVY][CROWD – DISTANT SHOUTS, LAUGHTER] Gold in the mirrors and violet light, Bodies like brushstrokes are blurring my sight. Somebody kisses me, somebody bites— I'm having trouble deciding which one I like. [STRINGS – SHRIEKING][GUITARS – DOWN-TUNED, CHUGGING] Strings from the stage start to shiver and scream, Each note leaves a tremor in the bloodstream. One of the players has gore in his teeth, Still playing beautifully, perfectly pleased. Beautiful faces get stranger up close, Paint running pale down a powder-white throat. Pearls in the punch and perfume in the smoke, I swear that the roses are starting to choke. [DRUMS – LIVE, POUNDING][CROWD – LOUDER] Hands wander freely through velvet and lace, Strangers leave lipstick and blood on my face. Someone says, “Darling, you’re so terribly tame— Don't waste a beautiful evening on being so safe.” Maybe the wine has me well past unwell, Maybe this party's a palace in Hell. Something is singing my name through the walls, Soft as a secret and sweet as a fault. [BUILD – DOUBLE-KICK BURSTS, FEEDBACK, DISTORTED STRINGS] I should be running, but fear feels divine— Six shadows gather and swallow up five. I raise up my blade and admire how it shines— [VOCAL – SHOUTED, ECSTATIC] SWEET SLAANESH... POUR ME MORE OF THAT WINE. [HOOK] [VOCAL – FULL MELODIC, ECSTATIC][CROWD – CHANTING] [GUITARS – HEAVY][SUB – STRONG][DRUMS – LIVE + ELECTRONIC] SWEET SLAANESH, SAY MY NAME, MAKE THE SACRED FEEL PROFANE. SWEET SLAANESH, STAY AWHILE— GOD OF EXCESS AND RAPTUROUS SMILES. I’VE BEEN GOOD, I’VE BEHAVED— NOW MAKE MY BETTER NATURE BREAK. SWEET SLAANESH, SAY MY NAME— I THINK I LIKE ME BETTER STAINED. [BRIDGE] [VOCAL – LOW BARITONE, LUCID, INTIMATE] [ARRANGEMENT – SUDDENLY STRIPPED] By now I know better than blaming the wine, The wanting was mine—I just gave it a shrine. Every beautiful boundary begging me, “Cross,” Every pleasure improved by the price that it costs. [BUILD – HEARTBEAT KICK, FEEDBACK, STRINGS TIGHTENING] I hear something laughing beneath every note, Feel six little fingers curl under my throat. If Heaven has limits, then Heaven can wait— I’ve found something sweeter with teeth at the gate. [BREAKDOWN – FULL METAL IMPACT][DOUBLE-KICK][GUITARS – CRUSHING] [VOCAL – BARITONE TO RAGGED BELT/SCREAM] SO RUIN MY PALATE, MAKE PARADISE PLAIN, TILL PLEASURE NEEDS PRESSURE AND BEAUTY NEEDS PAIN. IF WANTING IS WORSHIP, I KNOW WHAT TO DO— [CROWD – MASS CHANT][VOCAL – SCREAMED] SWEET SLAANESH... I’VE BEEN SAVING MY WORST FOR YOU. [FINAL HOOK] [VOCAL – HUGE MELODIC LEAD OVER MANIC BACKING] [CROWD – SHOUTING/CHANTING][GUITARS – MAXIMAL][STRINGS – SCREAMING] [SUB – STRONGEST][DRUMS – DOUBLE-KICK, CRASHING] SWEET SLAANESH, SAY MY NAME, MAKE THE SACRED FEEL PROFANE. SWEET SLAANESH, STAY AWHILE— GOD OF EXCESS AND RAPTUROUS SMILES. I’VE BEEN GOOD, I’VE BEHAVED— NOW MAKE MY BETTER NATURE BREAK. SWEET SLAANESH, SAY MY NAME— I THINK I LIKE ME BETTER STAINED. [END – FEEDBACK, CROWD, DISTORTED STRINGS]