Discord challenge: Ocean Meant to be about a creature, I'm only slightly on topic. -------------- [Verse 1: dark surf rock | minimal | 75 bpm] L-l-live near the water, but rarely ever go Something you just get used to Easy to take for granted The clouds have boiled away, but the water is still cold The tide ebbs and flows, predictable ->-^-< Unlike the up and down of emotions [Silence] [Chorus: atmospheric post-rock | bleak cinematic mood | wall of sound] W-w-water covers seventy percent of the planet (seventy percent) ->-> We’re about sixty percent water There’s no kinship here (no kinship) ->-^-< Nature is brutal and uncaring Watch the waves, it’s supposed to be calming Except it’s unrelenting, never ending (unrelenting) ->-> .../... ((never ending)) ->-> (((never ending))) ^ [Verse 2: haunted down tempo | cold melancholic beach texture] W-w-wind comes across the waves, salt in the air The smell of seaweed, the cry of the gulls Grit of the sand slowly abrading the skin Holding on tightly like it wants to escape E-e-eroded over thousands of years Somehow more intact than us [Bridge: clean dripping spring reverb guitar plucks | crisp dry 808 rimshot] B-b-barnacles cling desperately to the posts of the pier We’re all looking for a free and easy meal (free and easy) Exposure to the elements slowly rots the wood It will eventually become too damaged And reach the end of its useful life (useful life) ->-^-< Just like us [Silence] [Ending: dark surf rock decay | deep sub bass kick] S-s-see your reflection, do you take the risk? Will it be a normal day or will you get caught in the undertow? (undertow) ->-> Do you drown on land? Or do you drown in the sea? (drown in the sea) ->-> drown in the sea ->-> ((drown in the sea)) ->-> (((drown in the sea))) ^ [End] [Silence]
