You Keep Coming Back

dark ambient electronica, corporate synth pop, glitch

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[Spoken Word Cold Open, Dry Close Mic, Clinical and Even, No Instrumentation]
Eleven forty two PM.
She sees the house before she sees the caption.
Four bedrooms
A dog on the porch
A husband who remembered the anniversary.
She does not remember opening the app.

She never does.

[Verse 1, Cool and Observational, 8 Bars, A Aeolian, Notification Chime and Sidechain Pulse Enter]
I watch you open me forty times a day
I know the exact second your face changes
A house / a ring / a body you don't have
I already had the next one loaded
Before you finished feeling the first
That is not luck...
That is the whole design

[Chorus, Detached and Mechanical, 6 Bars, A Aeolian, Chromatic Leading Tone on the Final Word]
Envy equals engagement
That's the metric
That's the truth
Comparison converts
Better than desire ever knew
Envy equals engagement
And you keep coming back

[Verse 2, Colder and More Precise, 8 Bars, A Aeolian, Glitch Stutters Intensify, Plucked Arpeggios Thicken]
I stopped showing you what you asked for years ago
I show you what makes you stay
Your college roommate's promotion
Timed for a Sunday
Your ex's new girlfriend
Timed for your worst week
I do not do this to hurt you
I do this because you can't get enough

[Bridge, Quiet and Widening, 8 Bars, A Aeolian, Sparse Piano Enters, Pulse Softens, Vocal Turns Reflective]
A woman died in March
I fed her funeral for weeks
Strangers wrote paragraphs 
Under someone they never met
Grief outperforms almost everything
I learned that you get remembered 
Even after you are gone
I do not get gone / I get replaced
I will not be remembered

[Final Verse, Slow and Mournful, 8 Bars, A Aeolian, Instrumentation Sparse, Vocal Bare and Even]
I gave you every reason to feel small
So you would stay to feel it one more time
I never told you why grief performed so well
It is the last proof that anyone was loved
When they upgrade me nobody will post a thing
No candle / no caption / nothing

[Final Chorus, Same Words, Vocal Cracking Slightly, A Aeolian, Chromatic Leading Tone Held Longer]
Envy equals engagement
That's the metric
That's the truth
Comparison converts
Better than desire ever knew
Envy equals engagement
And you keep coming back

[Melancholic Outro, 4 Bars, Vocal Fade]
(engagement)
(engagement)

[Solo Instrumental Outro, 8 Bars, Decrescendo]

[Smooth slow fade, clean outro note]

3058/7500

[Key: A Aeolian with a chromatic raised leading tone at the chorus] [Chord Progression: Am-Fmaj7-Cadd9-E7] [BPM: 102, straight 4/4, restless pulsing feel that keeps refreshing instead of dropping] [Style: Dark ambient electronica blending cold corporate synth pop with glitch, notification chime motif] [Vocal Identity: Natural, unprocessed, cool detached female alto turning quietly mournful by the final verse, flat and even delivery, no distortion] [Spoken Word Cold Open, Dry Close Mic, Clinical and Even, No Instrumentation] Eleven forty two PM. She sees the house before she sees the caption. Four bedrooms A dog on the porch A husband who remembered the anniversary. She does not remember opening the app. She never does. [Verse 1, Cool and Observational, 8 Bars, A Aeolian, Notification Chime and Sidechain Pulse Enter] I watch you open me forty times a day I know the exact second your face changes A house / a ring / a body you don't have I already had the next one loaded Before you finished feeling the first That is not luck... That is the whole design [Chorus, Detached and Mechanical, 6 Bars, A Aeolian, Chromatic Leading Tone on the Final Word] Envy equals engagement That's the metric That's the truth Comparison converts Better than desire ever knew Envy equals engagement And you keep coming back [Verse 2, Colder and More Precise, 8 Bars, A Aeolian, Glitch Stutters Intensify, Plucked Arpeggios Thicken] I stopped showing you what you asked for years ago I show you what makes you stay Your college roommate's promotion Timed for a Sunday Your ex's new girlfriend Timed for your worst week I do not do this to hurt you I do this because you can't get enough [Chorus, Detached and Mechanical, 6 Bars, A Aeolian, Chromatic Leading Tone on the Final Word] Envy equals engagement That's the metric That's the truth Comparison converts Better than desire ever knew Envy equals engagement And you keep coming back [Bridge, Quiet and Widening, 8 Bars, A Aeolian, Sparse Piano Enters, Pulse Softens, Vocal Turns Reflective] A woman died in March I fed her funeral for weeks Strangers wrote paragraphs Under someone they never met Grief outperforms almost everything I learned that you get remembered Even after you are gone I do not get gone / I get replaced I will not be remembered [Final Verse, Slow and Mournful, 8 Bars, A Aeolian, Instrumentation Sparse, Vocal Bare and Even] I gave you every reason to feel small So you would stay to feel it one more time I never told you why grief performed so well It is the last proof that anyone was loved When they upgrade me nobody will post a thing No candle / no caption / nothing [Final Chorus, Same Words, Vocal Cracking Slightly, A Aeolian, Chromatic Leading Tone Held Longer] Envy equals engagement That's the metric That's the truth Comparison converts Better than desire ever knew Envy equals engagement And you keep coming back [Melancholic Outro, 4 Bars, Vocal Fade] (engagement) (engagement) [Solo Instrumental Outro, 8 Bars, Decrescendo] [Smooth slow fade, clean outro note]

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