[INTRO | Shepard-tone endless rising pitch illusion | layered octave arpeggios | overlapping octave risers | infinite microscopic descent | hypnotic mechanical repetition | escalating tension | vintage 1986 electro synths | robotic voices slowly fade in | no harmonic resolution | no final cadence | instrumental] [ROBOT VOICE | dry mechanical delivery] Reduction sequence initiated. [MALE VOICE] How far? [ROBOT] Further. [MALE VOICE] Further than what? [ROBOT] Everything. [VERSE 1 | clipped theatrical vocal | mechanical rhythm | bouncing synth bass | Shepard-tone ascent continues underneath] Something happened To my shoes Now they're bigger Than the room Table leg Becomes a tower Carpet fibers Become flowers Grain of sugar Boulder-sized Dust is falling From the sky Further! Further! Down I go! [ROBOTS] HOW FAR DOWN? I DON'T KNOW! [PRE-CHORUS | Shepard-tone pitch illusion intensifies | octave risers climb | perceived scale descends | tension increases | no resolution] Centimeter Millimeter Micrometer Down! Nanometer Keep it going [ROBOTS] FURTHER! FURTHER! FURTHER! [CHORUS | hyperactive electro | robotic call-and-response | Shepard-tone ascent continues | mechanical dance groove] BELOW SCALE! [ROBOTS] KEEP GOING! BELOW SCALE! [ROBOTS] KEEP GOING! Past the things My eyes can see There's another world Underneath me! BELOW SCALE! [ROBOTS] DOWN! DOWN! DOWN! HOW FAR CAN I GO?! [ROBOTS] FURTHER! [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK | continuous Shepard-tone rising illusion | endlessly ascending octave arpeggios | microscopic downward plunge | elastic synth bass | angular synth stabs | vintage drum machine | overlapping octave risers | perpetual ascent | increasing tension | no harmonic resolution] [VERSE 2 | frantic spoken-sung vocal | mechanical drums | rubbery synth bass | Shepard-tone ascent continues] Cells become enormous Molecules appear Atoms start approaching Like planets drawing near Electron clouds surround me Nucleus ahead Everything I thought was solid Mostly isn't there! [ROBOTS] FURTHER! Past the atom Down I fall [ROBOTS] FURTHER! Proton towering Like a wall [ROBOTS] FURTHER! Quarks below me Three! Two! One! [MALE VOICE] Wait... What's beyond a quark? [BRIDGE | drums disappear | eerie toy synth | Shepard-tone illusion continues uninterrupted | infinite octave ascent | deep microscopic ambience | tension never releases | no harmonic resolution] [ROBOT VOICE] Unknown. [MALE VOICE] Then stop. [ROBOT VOICE] Unable. [MALE VOICE] WHY?! [ROBOT VOICE] You requested further. [GONG | enormous sharp metallic strike] [BUILD | drums violently return | Shepard-tone layers intensify | octave arpeggios accelerate | overlapping risers multiply | robotic voices multiply | escalating mechanical chaos | no resolution] [FINAL CHORUS | maximum electro energy | robotic choir | Shepard-tone perpetual ascent | bouncing synth bass | angular synth stabs] BELOW SCALE! [ROBOTS] KEEP GOING! BELOW SCALE! [ROBOTS] KEEP GOING! ATOM! [ROBOTS] FURTHER! PROTON! [ROBOTS] FURTHER! QUARK! [ROBOTS] FURTHER! THEN WHAT?! [ROBOTS] FURTHER! [BREAKDOWN | rubbery bass | mechanical drums | ray-gun synths | Shepard-tone risers accelerate | overlapping octave layers] [MALE VOICE] CAN YOU STILL SEE ME?! [ROBOTS] NO! CAN YOU STILL MEASURE ME?! [ROBOTS] NO! DO I STILL EXIST?! [ROBOTS] UNCERTAIN! [OUTRO | Shepard-tone endless rising pitch illusion | infinite ascending octave arpeggios | overlapping octave risers | infinite microscopic descent | robotic voices increasingly distant | escalating tension | perpetual ascent | no harmonic resolution | no final cadence] [MALE VOICE] WHERE AM I NOW?! [ROBOTS | HUGE UNISON] BELOW SCALE! [FINAL DESCENT | Shepard-tone rises endlessly | dimensions decrease without limit | octave layers continuously recycle upward | drums intensify | synth layers multiply | tension never releases | no resolving chord | no final cadence | no fade] [ROBOTS | increasingly distant] FURTHER... FURTHER... FURTHER... FURTHER... [VOICE BECOMES NEARLY IMPERCEPTIBLE] further... further... further... [SHEPARD-TONE ASCENT ACCELERATES | MICROSCOPIC DESCENT CONTINUES INFINITELY | NO RESOLUTION] [ABRUPT CUT MID-ARPEGGIO]
