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Bunny Bounce: Revision History Mix

V6

[track: surrealist spookyshow / dark psychedelic dub-noir / minimal post-punk, tempo: 112 BPM, key: A minor] [vocal: solo male low baritone, natural timbre, dry rhythmic sing-speak, narrow pitch range] [performance: close, conversational, quietly amused, no shouting] [recurring motif: three low bass notes returning throughout the song] [Intro] [three-note bass motif] [one dry kick] [brief silence] [close spoken voice] I took the rabbit out of the song. [short pause] That was the first mistake. [drum machine enters] [Verse 1] [deep rubbery bass] [dry syncopated percussion] [low conversational singing] Take one had a little white rabbit With a carrot and a crooked grin Take two had a better arrangement So I took the rabbit out again Take three had a harder rhythm Take four had a cleaner sound But somewhere underneath the snare Two little paws kept coming down I checked the tracks I checked the mix There wasn't anything there Except a pair of rabbit ears In the empty left-hand chair [Chorus] [full hypnotic bass groove] [short tremolo guitar replies] [low rhythmic vocal, natural delivery] Bunny bounce Back in the sound Cut the track It comes around Bunny bounce After the cut Leave one space It fills itself up Bunny bounce Nothing there Just two little footsteps And an empty chair [Instrumental] [three-note bass motif repeats] [muted guitar answers] [percussion removes one beat] [short dub echo] [Verse 2] [close dry baritone] [bass becomes more elastic] I stripped away the introduction I took the chorus down to bone Put every sound in separate folders Left the rabbit well alone Changed the key Changed the weather Changed the room and changed the floor Opened up the newest version Little pawprints By the door I thought perhaps the bass was haunted Perhaps I'd missed a hidden take But when I finally pulled the bass out Something else began to shake [Chorus] [drums hit harder] [three-note motif moves to detuned synth] [vocal remains low and steady] Bunny bounce Back in the sound Cut the track It comes around Bunny bounce After the cut Leave one space It fills itself up Bunny bounce Nothing there Just two little footsteps And an empty chair [Breakdown] [all instruments cut] [one hollow percussion hit] [close spoken delivery] Revision twelve. Rabbit removed. [short pause] Revision thirteen. Rabbit removed. [longer pause] Revision fourteen. [three bass notes return] Well. There you are. [Instrumental Rupture] [three-note bass figure continues] [drum machine enters in fragments] [muted guitar bends slightly out of tune] [short dub delay throws] [groove repeatedly stops and restarts] [no vocal] [Bridge] [sparse bass and quiet metallic percussion] [low reflective singing] I tried to make the song more certain Tried to give it cleaner lines Tried to take the oddness out And leave the rest behind But every time I made it perfect Something living disappeared Till all I had was empty space And something scratching At my ear [Mid-Track Lift] [bass motif grows heavier] [drums gradually reassemble] [short clipped vocal phrases] [unchanged natural baritone] One more cut One more take One more little Wrong mistake One ear up Two paws down Something moving Underneath the sound [brief silence] I know. [three-note bass motif] I heard you. [Final Chorus] [full dark psychedelic groove] [deep physical bass] [muted guitar and detuned synth accents] [low dry vocal, no change in register] Bunny bounce Back in the sound Cut the track It comes around Bunny bounce After the cut Leave one space It fills itself up Bunny bounce Here you are Little white rabbit In the wrong damn bar [Instrumental Outro] [drums gradually disappear] [guitar falls silent] [only the recurring three-note bass figure remains] [close spoken voice] I didn't save the rabbit. [short pause] The rabbit saved the song. [three bass notes] [hard stop]