What Holds This Together 2

90s Faithless-style trance / house, 127 BPM, Deep club groove with rolling bassline, hypnotic 4/4 kick, 909-style hats and snare, dark synth bass, JD-800-style pizzicato riff, wide trance pads, subtle distorted electric guitar textures, no acoustic instruments, Low male spoken narration (Maxi Jazz style, no melody, quiet and dry), high soft female soprano (Dido style, single voice, light reverb)

[INTRO]
[INSTRUMENTAL: dark synth pad, soft filtered beat]
[FEMALE VOCAL /high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb]

Too soon
too loud
too bright
A room
that knows me
but won’t hold

[VERSE 1 / LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing]

I leave the house
while it still thinks it sleeps
Carry this weight
like a second skin
A skin you
can never take off
Streets full of people
with reasons to be
I fall in line
and keep moving on
I call it duty
so I don’t ask why

[CHORUS A / FEMALE VOCAL: high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb]
Heavy air
cold hands
Time
that will not move
I stand
and stand
And something
is missing

[VERSE 2 / LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing]

You do not speak
you only breathe
I listen between
the spaces of your breath
Trying to find
one honest thing
I explain silence
away with work
And I explain work
away with love
But both ring hollow
once it gets loud

[CHORUS B / FEMALE VOCAL: high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb]
Tired eyes
no edge
Closeness
without warmth
I hold on
without strength
I am here
and gone

[VERSE 3 / LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing]
They say a family
is a place you can stay
So I built us walls
out of hours and pay
Out of pay slips
and small promises
But places shift
when no one lives there
When we just use them
and don’t arrive
Maybe we’re not lost
We just stand too still

[BRIDGE / LAYERED]
[FEMALE VOCAL: high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb]

Tight chest
short breath

[LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing]
I hear alarms
but I can’t see fire

[FEMALE VOCAL high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb]

Night
without sleep

[LEAD VOCAL low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing]

We live on backup
and call it everyday life

[BREAKDOWN / INSTRUMENTAL]
[Beat stripped down, deep bass, echo fragments of female vocal]

too much
too close
too empty

[FINAL VERSE / Lead Vocal low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing, tired, closer]

I wanted to be enough
for everything
for everyone
Now I know “enough”
is not a finish line
It is a state
you have to share
And we, these days
only share the weight

[FINAL CHORUS / FEMALE VOCAL: high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb. almost physical]

Heavy legs
no aim
Silent
inside
I hold
and hold
And slowly
I sink

[OUTRO]
[LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing, low and open]
Maybe nothing
holds it all together
Maybe leaving
is not enough

[INSTRUMENTAL FADE: beat and bass slowly filter out, pads remain, long tail reverb]

[End]

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[INTRO] [INSTRUMENTAL: dark synth pad, soft filtered beat] [FEMALE VOCAL /high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb] Too soon too loud too bright A room that knows me but won’t hold [VERSE 1 / LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing] I leave the house while it still thinks it sleeps Carry this weight like a second skin A skin you can never take off Streets full of people with reasons to be I fall in line and keep moving on I call it duty so I don’t ask why [CHORUS A / FEMALE VOCAL: high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb] Heavy air cold hands Time that will not move I stand and stand And something is missing [VERSE 2 / LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing] You do not speak you only breathe I listen between the spaces of your breath Trying to find one honest thing I explain silence away with work And I explain work away with love But both ring hollow once it gets loud [CHORUS B / FEMALE VOCAL: high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb] Tired eyes no edge Closeness without warmth I hold on without strength I am here and gone [VERSE 3 / LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing] They say a family is a place you can stay So I built us walls out of hours and pay Out of pay slips and small promises But places shift when no one lives there When we just use them and don’t arrive Maybe we’re not lost We just stand too still [BRIDGE / LAYERED] [FEMALE VOCAL: high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb] Tight chest short breath [LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing] I hear alarms but I can’t see fire [FEMALE VOCAL high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb] Night without sleep [LEAD VOCAL low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing] We live on backup and call it everyday life [BREAKDOWN / INSTRUMENTAL] [Beat stripped down, deep bass, echo fragments of female vocal] too much too close too empty [FINAL VERSE / Lead Vocal low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing, tired, closer] I wanted to be enough for everything for everyone Now I know “enough” is not a finish line It is a state you have to share And we, these days only share the weight [FINAL CHORUS / FEMALE VOCAL: high-pitched soft soprano, Dido style, intimate, single voice, light reverb. almost physical] Heavy legs no aim Silent inside I hold and hold And slowly I sink [OUTRO] [LEAD VOCAL: low-pitched male spoken word, Maxi Jazz style, narration, not singing, low and open] Maybe nothing holds it all together Maybe leaving is not enough [INSTRUMENTAL FADE: beat and bass slowly filter out, pads remain, long tail reverb] [End]

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