
A Dream of Pure White Light
[#form: extended instrumental intro, verse-chorus structure, climactic instrumental outro] [#tempo: slow, brooding (~84 BPM)] [#texture: dense, expansive soundscapes, layered guitars, spacious reverb] [#instruments: electric guitars, synth pads, grand piano, fretless bass, drums, slide guitar] [#vocals: sultry norwegian female, choir harmonies] [#effects: plate reverb, tape delay, flanger, chorus, parallel compression] [#production: Shure SM7B, U47, Royer R-121, stereo condenser pair, Neve 1073, API 512c, wide stereo guitars, centered vocals, analog compression, 48kHz/24-bit PCM mastering] . [PCM: 24bit] [Sample Rate: 96k] [LUFS: −9 dense-push] [Harmonics: odd-bite tube-smear] [Saturation: mild-iron parallel-heat] [Transients: sharp-front clipped-micro] . [intro: fading guitar feedback, light delay] [instrumental break: 16 bars, guitar solo, melodic phrasing with bends and vibrato] [Verse 1] Light of mine, I awoke where silence fell Though calm, a fragile shell And dreams of purest white A canvas of dead stars searing my eyes Sable feathers, falling through skies Thrashing birds unbound in flight [flourish] [Chorus] (Ohhhhhhhhhhh) If the fragments of my will Should falter and go still Illuminate my strength to endure this fight (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) If no one dares to wake me From this dreadful night Then I’ll follow A Dream of Pure White Light (A Dream of Pure White Light) (A Dream of Pure White Light) Ohhhh Ohhhhh ahh Ohh A Dream of Pure White Light [Verse 2] I walked away, voices fading fast From bonds I swore would last Scattered just like chaff, burned in the sun Faces haunt the me that I've become Each word shoots like a gun That kills what we'd begun [flourish] [Chorus] (Ohhhhhhhhhhh) If the fragments of my will Should falter and go still Illuminate my strength to endure this fight (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) If no one dares to wake me From this dreadful night Then I’ll follow A Dream of Pure White Light (A Dream of Pure White Light) (A Dream of Pure White Light) Ohhhh Ohhhhh ahh Ohh A Dream of Pure White Light [instrumental break: 16 bars, overdriven electric guitar solo, melodic phrasing with bends and vibrato] [Chorus: electric guitar chases vocals] (Ohhhhhhhhhhh) If the fragments of my will Should falter and go still Illuminate my strength to endure this fight (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) If no one dares to wake me From this dreadful night Then I’ll follow A Dream of Pure White Light (A Dream of Pure White Light) (A Dream of Pure White Light) Ohhhh Ohhhhh ahh Ohh A Dream of Pure White Light A Dream of Pure White Light! [instrumental break: 16 bars, guitar solo, melodic phrasing with bends and vibrato] [build] [Verse 3] General mine, your fury is my wine Your march through night and death Remains my guiding star Gates closed now, and mercy dares not tread Your voice commands the dead To stop this ceaseless war [Chorus] (Ohhhhhhhhhhh) The fragments of my will, have Shattered, broken, spilled Illuminate the spark that demands to be light (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) No hand now dares to guide me Through this darkest night Then I have to follow a Dream of Pure White Light (A Dream of Pure White Light) (A Dream of Pure White Light) Ohhhh Ohhhhh ahh Ohh A Dream of Pure White Light [Outro] [instrumental break: long guitar solo melodic phrasing with bends and vibrato] [instrumental break: long guitar solo melodic phrasing with bends and vibrato] (Ooooohhhhhh) [instrumental break: long guitar solo, melodic phrasing with bends and vibrato] [instrumental break: long guitar solo, melodic phrasing with bends and vibrato] (Aaaaaahhhhhh) [instrumental break: long guitar solo, descending scale, fading reverb] [instrumental break: long guitar solo, descending scale, fading reverb] (Ooooohhhhhh) (A Dream of Pure White Light) (A Dream of Pure White Light) Ohhhh Ohhhhh ahh Ohh A Dream of Pure White Light [end]

