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PERSONA

V6

[Intro] [SFX: old radio powers on, low electrical hum] [SFX: slow frequency scanning, distant overlapping voices] [Female Voice - soft, intimate, close microphone] Can you hear me? [SFX: static crackle] [Female Voice - gentle, reassuring] You’re here. You’re still here. [Male Voice - low, distant, distorted] Am I? [SFX: frequency abruptly changes] [Male Voice - whispered, left channel] Let me in. [Male Voice - whispered, right channel, slightly lower pitch] Let me out. [Female Voice - suddenly worried] Don’t listen to them. [SFX: tape stops] [Male Voice - deep, dry, close] Turn it up. [Break] [Male Voice - rhythmic, building intensity] Turn it, turn it, Turn that shit up. Turn it, turn it, Turn that shit up. [Instrumental] [SFX: distorted bass drop] [Verse 1] [Male Rap - low gritty voice, tight rhythmic flow] Same face, same name, Different mind, different game. Same blood, same bones, Too many voices calling home. Switch left, switch right, Who’s been driving me tonight? One step, two steps, Wake up with a cigarette. [Male Rap - faster, increasingly distorted] Back up, back up, Get out my head. Shut up, shut up, I ain’t dead. Play it, play it, Play that shit back. Something went missing Somewhere in the track. [Chorus] [Male Vocal - deep, hypnotic, rhythmic] Persona, persona, Who you gonna be? Same old face But it ain’t all me. Persona, persona, Get out my way. You had your time, Now it’s my day. Turn it, turn it, Turn that shit up. Spin it, spin it, Don’t interrupt. Persona, persona, Who you gonna be? Everybody in my head Wanna live through me. [Instrumental] [SFX: hard distorted 808 bass drop, chopped vocal echoes] [Break] [SFX: rapid radio station flipping] [Male Voice 2 - pitched down, smug, distant] You don’t remember? [SFX: channel click] [Male Voice 3 - breathy, impatient] I remember everything. [SFX: channel click] [Male Voice 4 - same voice, warped and aggressive] GIVE IT BACK. [SFX: abrupt silence] [Female Voice - frightened whisper] Something’s wrong. [Male Voice - calm, reassuring] I’m right here. [Female Voice - trembling] No… You’re not. [SFX: complete silence] [Instrumental] [SFX: massive sub-bass drop] [Verse 2] [Male Rap - darker, faster, syncopated] Click, click, new me, Old ghost, new key. Hard drive, rewind, Who’s been living in my mind? Black screen, red light, Lost another piece of last night. One face, ten lives, All of them trying to survive. [Male Rap - increasingly frantic] Run it, run it, Run that shit back. Cut it, cut it, Cut that track. Flip it, flip it, Switch that side. Who the fuck Was I last night? [Chorus] [Male Vocal - deep, layered, hypnotic] Persona, persona, Who you gonna be? Same old face But it ain’t all me. Persona, persona, Get out my way. You had your time, Now it’s my day. Turn it, turn it, Turn that shit up. Spin it, spin it, Don’t interrupt. Persona, persona, Who you gonna be? Everybody in my head Wanna live through me. [Instrumental] [SFX: aggressive bass drop, distorted piano riff] [Bridge] [SFX: old cassette slowing down] [SFX: faint voices overlapping, broken radio signal] [Female Voice - soft, exhausted, close] I fixed what I could. [Male Voice - confused] Fixed what? [Female Voice - hesitant] The parts they erased. [SFX: brief electrical interference] [Male Voice - low, suspicious] Who are you? [Female Voice - almost crying] You don’t remember me? [Break] [SFX: total silence] [Male Voice - barely audible, distant] Should I? [Female Voice - suddenly urgent] Don’t let him— [SFX: signal violently cuts out] [Male Voice - deep, distorted, aggressive] PLAY IT AGAIN. [Instrumental] [SFX: final heavy bass drop] [Final Chorus] [Male Vocal - rhythmic, doubled, escalating] Persona, persona, Who you gonna be? Same old face But it ain’t all me. Persona, persona, Let me be. Too many lives Trying to live through me. Play it, play it, Play that shit back. Turn it, turn it, Turn that shit up. Persona, persona, Who you gonna be? Everybody in my head Wanna live through me. [Outro] [SFX: music gradually collapses into radio static] [Female Voice - soft, comforting] It’s okay. You’re back now. [Male Voice - exhausted, confused] How long was I gone? [Female Voice - long frightened pause] … [Female Voice - barely audible] Which one are you? [SFX: radio clicks off] [Outro]