Andrew R. Sendall TWENTY TWENTY SIX Intro (whispered, with delay) Welcome to the lab… where hearts get mixed (echo… echo) Turn the dial slow — we test, we fix, we fix (fix… fix) Verse 1 I drop a heartbeat on a turntable, slow and low, Bassline like a pulse beneath the midnight glow. Pipette of moonlight, I measure every tremor, Stir your name in a beaker — love becomes the sensor. Skank on the rhythm, skank on the skin, (skank… skank) Your laughter in the mic, rewired from within. I patch the cables to the corners of your smile, Loop it back in echo, make the feeling last awhile (last awhile…) Chorus (call-and-response, heavy delay) In the echo lab of love — dub it deep (dub it deep…) We spin the truth on wax and let it seep (let it seep…) Science of the heart, ancient and new (ancient…new…) Mix the meter, I’m making more of you (more of you… you…) Dub Break (instrumental with vocal chops) Heartbeat (beat-heat… beat-heat) — drop it down, let the reverb bloom Whisper (whis-per… whis-per) — fill the dark, carve out the room Synth like a comet, bass like a tide, Your name repeats — a mantra that I ride (I ride… I ride) Verse 2 I calibrate the moonlight, align the stars on cue, Graph your smile in margins, draw the lines that pull me through. Frequencies of forever, tuned in minor key, Your breath is the chorus, your hush is the melody. Conductive fingers tracing patterns on my chest, (trace… trace) Every static spark becomes a sign we’re blessed. We solder seconds into moments that don’t rust, Dub the doubt to silence, lay it down in trust (lay it down…) Chorus (grow with echoes) In the echo lab of love — dub it deep (dub it deep…) We spin the truth on wax and let it seep (let it seep…) Science of the heart, ancient and new (ancient…new…) Mix the meter, I’m making more of you (more of you… you…) Bridge (sparse, spaced echoes) Tape the past, slow it down — rewind the pain (rewind… pain) Filter fear through velvet—what remains is flame (flame… flame) I’m a mad kind of healer with a gentle hand, Cataloging your constellations, mapping where we stand (where we stand…) Final Dub Chorus (layered, echoing away) Echo lab of love — let the bass confess (bass confess…) Echo lab of love — night turns into yes (night turns… yes) We loop the longing, we press it to a groove (press it… groove) In this lab we find a language only hearts can prove (hearts can prove…) Outro (fading with delay and echo) Turn down the lights, leave the tape to spin (spin… spin) What we mix in the dark is what we live within (live within…) Echo lab of love — keep the needle low, hold on, We’ll hear forever in the echo of our song (echo… song…)
