Still On Air ๐ #ใใใใใใ
[Intro] [hand pan alone through a long echo, wind chimes, room tone] [Chord Progression: Gm11 | Abmaj7#11 | Gm11 | Ab13#11] [Verse 1] [hand pan and wood bass, shaker and chimes in slow polyrhythm, no piano yet] [Melody: one repeated note, the fifth, almost spoken, the pan drifts beneath it] [Chord Progression: Gm11 | Abmaj7#11 | Gm11 | Ab13#11 | Gm11 | Ebmaj7#11 | Fm11 | Ab13#11] I turned the mic off around two the needle settled back to zero ้ใใซใชใฃใ้จๅฑใง ๆนฏๆฐใ ใใ ใพใ ๅใใฆใ the carrier hum stayed on, low and even like a house that breathes while it sleeps [Verse 2] [still loose, a little closer] [Melody: same one note, the fifth, held while the pan moves] [Chord Progression: Gm11 | Abmaj7#11 | Gm11 | Ab13#11 | Gm11 | Ebmaj7#11 | Fm11 | Ab13#11] the inbox can wait for the morning every voice I left unanswered is still a voice, still warm, still there ๅทใใใณใผใใผใ ้ฃฒใฟใใใชใใพใพ ็ฝฎใใฆใใ I used to think the quiet meant I'd gone turns out the quiet is where I was [Pre-Hook] [felt piano enters for the first time, pedal down, brushes begin to swing] [Melody: leaves the one note for the first time, falling step by step with the inner voice] [Chord Progression: Cm11 | CmMaj7 | Cm7 | Cm6 | Am11 | D13b9] listen โ nothing's playing and nothing's wrong [Hook] [key turns major, felt piano opens up, warm brushed swing, hand pan out] [Melody: leaps a sixth up on the word Dead, then steps down; every line ends on the ninth, never the root] [Chord Progression: Gmaj9 | Bbmaj7#11 | Am11 | Ab13#11 | Cmaj9 | CmMaj9 | F13 | G6/9] Dead air is still on air so it's okay to stop here the station never went dark, love the little light on the dial's still on Dead air is still on air you can put it down for a while the song will wait, the song will wait it's okay to stop here [Verse 3] [back to hand pan and Phrygian, piano out, quieter than before] [Melody: back to the one note, the fifth] [Chord Progression: Gm11 | Abmaj7#11 | Gm11 | Ab13#11 | Gm11 | Ebmaj7#11 | Fm11 | Ab13#11] they'll ask you where you went you don't have to have an answer ๅคๆใๅใฎ็ชใซ ๆฏใ ็ฝใใฎใใ some mornings the only broadcast is the sound of you still breathing [Hook] [Chord Progression: Gmaj9 | Bbmaj7#11 | Am11 | Ab13#11 | Cmaj9 | CmMaj9 | F13 | G6/9] Dead air is still on air so it's okay to stop here nobody switched the station off the little light on the dial's still on Dead air is still on air you can put it down for a while the song will wait, the song will wait it's okay to stop here [Bridge] [piano and bass only, brushes out, close] [Melody: slow, the long way down] [Chord Progression: Ebmaj7#11 | Dbmaj7#11 | Cmaj9 | Bbmaj7#11 | Am11 | Ab13#11 | D7sus4] you took the long way, I know you can sit down now the days that didn't count were counting you the whole time [Final Hook] [piano and swing return, fuller but never louder] [Chord Progression: Gmaj9 | Bbmaj7#11 | Am11 | Ab13#11 | Cmaj9 | CmMaj9 | F13 | G6/9] Dead air is still on air so it's okay to stop here we're all still tuned in, every one of us the little light on the dial's still on Dead air is still on air you can put it down for a while the song will wait, I'll wait it's okay to stop here [Outro] [felt piano, pedal down] [Chord Progression: Fadd9 | Gsus9 held one beat late | G6/9] [Melody: ends on the ninth over the last chord, not the root] still on air still here
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