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Preservation Blues

ytsgax
[Extreme avant-garde jazz orchestra with explosive New Orleans influences completely deconstructed into fragmented modern jazz, fearless female lead vocals shifting between intimate singing, whispers, spoken word, screams, laughter, and abstract vocalizations, chaotic brass explosions, free saxophone counterpoint, fractured trombone clusters, distorted Rhodes piano, prepared piano, abrasive electric guitar textures, deep acoustic bass with occasional electric fuzz, aggressive polyrhythmic drums, unpredictable collective improvisation, cinematic tension, experimental orchestral jazz, raw live performance energy, beautiful moments emerging briefly from chaos before collapsing again, ] [Destroy all conventional song form, constant meter changes (5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 11/8, 13/8), abrupt tempo changes, overlapping horn lines, vocal treated as an improvising instrument, fragmented lyric repetition, sudden silence, extreme dynamics, dissonant harmony resolving only for brief emotional moments, ]
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Still... Breathing... Ah... No... Wait... Pieces of yesterday Fall through my hands Broken rhythms Broken names Broken skies Still we play Still we breathe Again Again Again Break it Break it Break— Break— No— No— Sing Don't sing Laugh Cry Breathe Stop Breathe Every trumpet Finds another answer Every saxophone Forgets the question Every heartbeat Changes time Nothing stays Nothing stays Nothing... Ah— Ha— No— La— Mm— Still... Still... Still... When the walls begin to disappear Only echoes remain When every melody is gone The silence starts to sing Raise every broken voice Raise every broken hand Tonight We leave no note behind No dream behind No soul behind When the lights grow small When the last horn fades When tomorrow calls... We'll still remember... We'll still sing... We'll still breathe... Preservation Blues... Preservation Blues... Preservation Blues... ...is still breathing. ©️ytsgax