The Stage

[track: genre: industrial-noir-wave, style: glitch-mechanical, mood: sultry-sardonic, tempo: 110 bpm] [Intro] [coiling sawtooth bass from silence] [stalking drum machine enters] [broken sequencer pulse bar 2] [low sleazy tenor saxophone hook bar 3] [no vocals - 4 bars] [Verse 1] [solo female contralto] [close-mic controlled delivery] [vocal leans behind the beat] [fractured rim clicks in open gaps] [saxophone growls between phrases] [Cm] Crank it up Make it loud [A#] Nod your head inside the crowd [G#] The beat makes you move you feel it in your chest [G] you raise your voice up high And sing with all the rest [Cm] The sax wails up high the bass rolls down low [A#] You push your body As far as it can go [Verse 2] [same stalking groove continues] [contralto remains controlled] [sequencer fragments widen] [bent saxophone hook circles vocal] [G#] Open up your eyes see the empty stage [G] Feel the shock consume you The computer slipped its cage [one-bar grid dropout] [Cm] No human player present No hands upon the dials [A#] You call it a soulless box You call them only files [Pre-Chorus] [identical bass coil returns] [exact drum pattern returns unchanged] [close-mic vocal turns amused and cold] [G#] There was no ransom message It didn't start a war [G] It wired into speakers and made you ask for more [Chorus] [powerful controlled contralto belt] [full industrial noir groove] [saxophone hook cuts through glitch grid] [vocal remains dry and forward] [Cm] The music stayed the same [A#] But now you've changed your tune [G#] It's no longer good enough [G] For you and yours to consume [Cm] Nothing in the signal [A#] Changed because you knew [G#] The music stayed the same [G] The only thing that changed was you [Bridge] [coiling bass and broken grid clicks] [close-mic controlled interrogation] [granular silence between phrases] [saxophone breath prowls through gaps] [Cm] What happened to your joy where did your smile go [A#] Now that you have realized The computer runs the show [G#] The music made you move your body It made you feel something deep [G] And now that you know different A new feeling starts to creep [Final Chorus] [powerful controlled contralto belt] [bass coil gains weight] [glitch grid grows denser] [raunchy tenor saxophone wail] [same tempo and harmony] [Cm] The music stayed the same [A#] But now you've changed your tune [G#] It's no longer good enough [G] For you and yours to consume [Cm] Nothing in the signal [A#] Changed because you knew [G#] The music stayed the same [G] The only thing that changed was you [End] [final word and grid hard cut]