Treat Me Djently

[track: genre: progressive djent / mechanical EBM, mood: fierce tenderness / playful authority, tempo: 96 bpm, meter: 4/4, key: E minor] [Intro] [clean eight-string harmonics] [low tenor sax breath] [three palm-muted low-string taps] [missing fourth attack, 4 bars] [Verse 1] [dry intimate contralto] [muted guitar riff beneath words] [kick doubles displaced guitar hits] [half-time snare anchors 4/4] [Em] The water trembles in the glass Before you reach the stairs [C] I hear you stop outside the door And leave your weight out there [Em] You take the edges off your voice You set your boots aside [C] As if I asked you to be less [D] When I asked you to be kind [Pre-Chorus] [drop-E chugs grow louder] [3+3+2+3+3+2 accent cycle] [sharp guitar rests between attacks] [contralto gently insistent] [C] Don't make yourself a whisper [D] Don't turn yourself to smoke [Em] I want the hands that shake this house To know when to let go [Chorus] [huge dry eight-string djent riff] [kick tracks irregular chug accents] [snare holds steady half-time] [melodic tenor sax above riff] [warm controlled contralto belt] [Em] Treat me gently [G] Hold me loud [C] Let the windows shake [D] Don't turn it down [C] If the floor gives way [D] Don't swear it won't [G] Put your hand in mine [Em] We'll find where to step [Em] Treat me gently [G] Hold me loud [Instrumental] [no vocals, 8 bars] [front-mixed eight-string riff feature] [stuttering palm-muted low E] [offbeat rests and kick doubles] [sax carries gentle legato theme] [Verse 2] [close teasing contralto] [low guitar answers every phrase] [muted chugs punctuate silences] [snare stays anchored, kick wanders] [Em] The cups still dance across the shelf You catch the chipped blue one [C] Your thumb rests on its missing edge Like that's where it belongs [Em] Your laugh goes through the windowpanes The cabinet doors complain [C] You reach to turn the volume down [D] I put your hand in mine [Pre-Chorus] [hard-stop guitar syncopation] [dry playful vocal authority] [kick hits on irregular accents] [tenor sax waits out the rests] [C] Don't look so wounded [D] I said gentle, not tame [Em] If I want you to stop I won't make you guess [Chorus] [full drop-E chug motif returns] [short rhythmic guitar silences] [double-kick bursts match low riff] [sax counterline floats over guitar] [strong tender melodic contralto] [Em] Treat me gently [G] Hold me loud [C] Let the windows shake [D] Don't turn it down [C] If the floor gives way [D] Don't swear it won't [G] Put your hand in mine [Em] We'll find where to step [Em] Treat me gently [G] Hold me loud [Bridge] [heavy guitar and drums stop] [one clean upper-string harmonic] [low intimate tenor sax note] [bare close-miked contralto] [Am] Some things break from pressure [C] Some from being held too still [Em] You set the glass between us It trembles [G] But it holds [Instrumental Break] [no vocals, 8 bars] [maximum syncopated eight-string riff] [3+3+2+3+3+2 accents mutate] [stops, pinched harmonics, low slides] [tenor sax sings against the riff] [Final Chorus] [heaviest low-string chugs of track] [precise guitar-kick unison bursts] [snare preserves half-time center] [tenor sax sustained melodic lead] [contralto fiercely tender, no scream] [Em] Treat me gently [G] Hold me loud [C] Let the windows shake [D] Don't turn it down [C] If the floor gives way [D] Don't swear it won't [G] Put your hand in mine [Em] We'll find where to step [Em] Treat me gently [G] Hold me loud [Outro] [all heavy guitars cut together] [single clean guitar harmonic] [low tenor sax note sustains] [bare close-miked contralto] [Em] The water trembles in the glass I leave it where it is. [Instrumental End]