Verse 1 The roaring sirens... start to wail I pull you... from the rushing... tide A quiet hollow where we hide Beyond the frantic... blinding gale Pre-Chorus The marching crowds demand a song! We lower... every rising tone A frequency... for us alone Refusing to be dragged... along Chorus The deepest vow... is faintly drawn A shelter from the crushing roar Behind a solid, wooden door Protecting it until the dawn The microphone... will never... hear! This fragile haven we defend! Without a broken edge... to mend! A whispered promise... in the ear! Verse 2 The megaphones... command the square I trace a letter... on your wrist Within the morning's silver mist Away from... the demanding glare Pre-Chorus The marching crowds demand a song! We lower... every rising tone A frequency... for us alone Refusing to be dragged... along Bridge Let all the politicians weep! The genuine rejects the stage! We tear apart the printed page! A tender certainty to keep! The anthem thunders... from above! A fortress... intricately spun! Away from... the demanding sun! A softly spoken... hidden love! Chorus The deepest vow... is faintly drawn A shelter from the crushing roar Behind a solid, wooden door Protecting it until the dawn The microphone... will never... hear! This fragile haven we defend! Without a broken edge... to mend! A whispered promise... in the ear! Final Chorus The angry voices... fade away... A tender breath... upon the skin... The quiet room... we rest within... Surviving... the exhausted... day... ------------- style before studio: Genre(s): avant-garde tape music, electroacoustic, experimental classical, musique concrète Vocals: pristine clean vocals, upfront dry clear delivery, highly irregular vocal phrasing, unpredictable rhythmic cadence, erratic pausing, non-linear delivery, maximum vocal separation Drums/Rhythm: non-linear arrhythmic pulses, transformed acoustic tape-spliced impacts Guitars/Keys: avant-garde prepared piano, metallic rattling strings, percussive piano impacts, muted harmonic chord clusters, experimental piano textures Bass: cavernous artificial reverberation, deep time-stretched sub-frequencies Other Instruments: solo acoustic flute heavily processed through extreme tape loop delay Arrangement/Energy: sparse arrangement featuring vocals, continuous surreal atmospheric tension, angular and unusual harmonic shifts Production Quality: raw analog tape recording, open defined low-mids, crisp transients, clear instrument separation, stable loudness Ending Instruction: complete every written lyric before short instrumental outro and final hard stop ------------- [Instrumental Intro: faint processed acoustic flute establishing dissonant key over metallic prepared piano rattles] [Key: A Minor] [Am(maj7)] [Eb/A] [Bbdim7] [F#m11] [Verse 1: isolated pristine clean vocal, erratic phrasing, minimal deep sub-bass] [Key: A Minor] [Delayed entry] [Am(maj7)] The roaring sirens... start to wail [Staggered delivery] [Dbmaj7#5] I pull you... from the rushing... tide [Sudden rush of words] [Fm(maj7)] A quiet hollow where we hide [Eaug7b9] Beyond the frantic... blinding gale [Pre-Chorus: slowly evolving surreal tape loop delay, percussive piano impacts] [Key: A Minor] [Off-kilter phrasing] [Gm7b5] The marching crowds demand a song! [C#dim7] We lower... every rising tone [Bmaj7#11] A frequency... for us alone [F7#9] Refusing to be dragged... along [Chorus: pristine clear lead vocal, highly irregular cadence] [Key: A Minor] [Am(maj7)] The deepest vow... is faintly drawn [Eb13] A shelter from the crushing roar [Abm(maj7)] Behind a solid, wooden door [D7b9] Protecting it until the dawn [Eerie Unnatural Resonance] [F#m7b5] The microphone... will never... hear! [Fm(maj7)] This fragile haven we defend! [Em7b5] Without a broken edge... to mend! [Upfront Dry Delivery] [Eb13#11] A whispered promise... in the ear! [Verse 2: isolated erratic vocal, maximum vocal separation over sparse flute] [Key: A Minor] [Staggered delivery] [Am(maj7)] The megaphones... command the square [Dbmaj7#5] I trace a letter... on your wrist [Rushed phrasing] [Fm(maj7)] Within the morning's silver mist [Eaug7b9] Away from... the demanding glare [Pre-Chorus: cavernous artificial reverberation builds tension] [Key: A Minor] [Off-kilter phrasing] [Gm7b5] The marching crowds demand a song! [C#dim7] We lower... every rising tone [Bmaj7#11] A frequency... for us alone [F7#9] Refusing to be dragged... along [Time Signature: 7/8] [Bridge: rapid chromatic shifts, time-stretched flute, muted piano clusters] [Key: A Minor] [Rushed frantic phrasing] [C#m(maj7)] Let all the politicians weep! [G7b9] The genuine rejects the stage! [Bbaug] We tear apart the printed page! [Ebm(maj7)] A tender certainty to keep! [Extreme Tape Speed Variation] [Staggered delayed phrasing] [F#dim] The anthem thunders... from above! [Cm7] A fortress... intricately spun! [Aaug] Away from... the demanding sun! [Sparse Articulated Delivery] [Ebm6] A softly spoken... hidden love! [Time Signature: Free Time] [Chorus: cavernous reverberation, deep time-stretched sub-frequencies] [Key: A Minor] [Am(maj7)] The deepest vow... is faintly drawn [Eb13] A shelter from the crushing roar [Abm(maj7)] Behind a solid, wooden door [D7b9] Protecting it until the dawn [Eerie Unnatural Resonance] [F#m7b5] The microphone... will never... hear! [Fm(maj7)] This fragile haven we defend! [Em7b5] Without a broken edge... to mend! [Upfront Dry Delivery] [Eb13#11] A whispered promise... in the ear! [Final Chorus: slowly disintegrating tape loops and piano rattles] [Key: A Minor] [Staggered erratic delivery] [Am(maj7)] The angry voices... fade away... [Eb/A] A tender breath... upon the skin... [Bbdim7] The quiet room... we rest within... (Surreal tape echoes) [F#m11] Surviving... the exhausted... day... [Instrumental Outro: sparse acoustic flute fading into analog tape hiss] [Am(maj7)] [Eb/A] [Hard Stop] [End]
