Harder to Reach

[EMO: seductive numbness | unreachable grief | energy: 7/10 | danceability: 8/10 | darkness: 6/10 | tenderness: 3/10 | vocal stance: close female lead gradually displaced by compliant vocoder witness carrying the hook alone | production stance: Neuro-French polished filter-house with body percussion disappearing into a dead-perfect grid] [Intro — vocoder only] Harder— harder to reach harder to reach [Verse 1 — close female lead] You wanted me harder so I hardened now your hands pass through I made my skin smarter learned the pattern cut the warmth from proof You called it progress I called it quiet but I still moved for you [Pre-Chorus 1 — lead with vocoder shadow] Every snap in my fingers turns into clean light Every ache in the rhythm gets filed out of sight Harder to reach harder to reach [Chorus 1 — vocoder leads, female lead underneath] I am harder to reach harder to reach Every improvement took something from me I am harder to reach harder to reach You made me efficient then missed the body [Post-Hook — vocoder alone] Reach—reach—reach—reach Harder to reach Reach—reach—reach—reach Harder [Verse 2 — flatter, shorter female lead] You asked for sharper I cut the room You asked for faster I lost the bloom No one noticed what left first No one heard the soft part worse [Pre-Chorus 2 — thinner lead, metallic vocoder] Claps go missing from the floor Chest goes ticking not a heart anymore Harder to reach harder to reach [Bridge / Naked Witness — dry centered vocoder, no accompaniment] I can't feel where you end I can't feel where I begin End begin End begin [Final Chorus — vocoder alone, immaculate and flat] I am harder to reach harder to reach Every improvement took something from me I am harder to reach harder to reach You made me efficient then missed the body I am harder to reach harder to reach No warmth in the signal no skin in the beat [Outro — vocoder fading into server hiss] Harder— harder to reach harder to reach harder