Dream / Drift (v1) by The Sour Ales Lab

[Instruments: articulated clean delay guitars,  stereo distorted rhythm guitars,  melodic bass,  tom driven drums , subtle ambient pad, harmony lead guitar]

[Vocals:  lead restrained verses,  wide layered chorus]

[Production: limit intro to 6 to 8 bars,  extend final chorus by 4 bars]

[Intro crisp articulated fingerpicking implied 6/8 feel 6 to 8 bars]

[Clean electric add9 fingerpicking with light transient attack]

[Subtle bass pedal after 4 bars]

[Very low pad enters late]

[No percussion]

[Verse 1 intimate close mic delivery]
Drifting through the world I know 
Every shape in a strange glow 
Every surface looks askew 
Things familiar now feel new
Echoes from my latest dream 
Things are not quite what they seem 
Even simple words we trust 
Sound like spells from distant past

[Brief pause]

[faster tempo from this point]

[Pre Chorus floor tom triplet pulse implied 6/8 feel start speeding up tempo]

[Prepare full stop before Chorus]
Everything I try to say 
Feels less certain day by day 
Even simple facts I have known 
Are no longer set in stone

[Brief full stop drop all percussion]

[Chorus restart in driving 4/4 speed up to about 140 BPM double time feel]

[Enter with kick snare gallop no transition]
Feel it drawing near 
Calmness turns to fear 
Certainty I used to keep 
Dissolves quickly as I sleep
Feverish thoughts I cannot place 
Are beneath the ordered space 
The daylight I used to trust 
Falls apart in motes of dust

[Verse 2 ride bell replaces hi hat]
I am not sure what I see 
I am not sure what is real to me 
Am I dreaming and it is all fake 
Or beginning to awake
What I thought was solid firm 
I no longer can confirm 
As my dreams tell me what is real 
And I like the way they feel

[instrumental leading into the bridge]

[much faster speed revs up]

[Bridge]
[Rim click snare reduce rhythmic density]
Do I even have a choice 
Should I fear it or rejoice 
Am I blind or seeing light 
Am I tricked or given sight
Let it run, let it go through 
Something in these dreams feels true 
Something I have always known 
That sometimes feels like I am home 
Something endless something prime 
Looping just outside of time

[Final Chorus restart in driving 4/4 about 140 BPM layered backing vocals plus 4 bars]
Feel it drawing near 
Calmness turns to fear 
Certainty I used to keep 
Dissolves quickly as I sleep
Feverish thoughts I cannot place 
Are beneath the ordered space 
The daylight I used to trust 
Falls apart in motes of dust

[Outro]

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[Tempo: Intro about 75 BPM then Chorus restart about 140 BPM double time feel] [Target length: about 4:30] [Mood: dreamlike febrile tense to expansive to surrender] [Key: minor tonal center with modal drift] [Instruments: articulated clean delay guitars, stereo distorted rhythm guitars, melodic bass, tom driven drums , subtle ambient pad, harmony lead guitar] [Vocals: lead restrained verses, wide layered chorus] [Production: limit intro to 6 to 8 bars, extend final chorus by 4 bars] [Intro crisp articulated fingerpicking implied 6/8 feel 6 to 8 bars] [Clean electric add9 fingerpicking with light transient attack] [Subtle bass pedal after 4 bars] [Very low pad enters late] [No percussion] [Verse 1 intimate close mic delivery] Drifting through the world I know Every shape in a strange glow Every surface looks askew Things familiar now feel new Echoes from my latest dream Things are not quite what they seem Even simple words we trust Sound like spells from distant past [Brief pause] [faster tempo from this point] [Pre Chorus floor tom triplet pulse implied 6/8 feel start speeding up tempo] [Prepare full stop before Chorus] Everything I try to say Feels less certain day by day Even simple facts I have known Are no longer set in stone [Brief full stop drop all percussion] [Chorus restart in driving 4/4 speed up to about 140 BPM double time feel] [Enter with kick snare gallop no transition] Feel it drawing near Calmness turns to fear Certainty I used to keep Dissolves quickly as I sleep Feverish thoughts I cannot place Are beneath the ordered space The daylight I used to trust Falls apart in motes of dust [Verse 2 ride bell replaces hi hat] I am not sure what I see I am not sure what is real to me Am I dreaming and it is all fake Or beginning to awake What I thought was solid firm I no longer can confirm As my dreams tell me what is real And I like the way they feel [instrumental leading into the bridge] [much faster speed revs up] [Bridge] [Rim click snare reduce rhythmic density] Do I even have a choice Should I fear it or rejoice Am I blind or seeing light Am I tricked or given sight Let it run, let it go through Something in these dreams feels true Something I have always known That sometimes feels like I am home Something endless something prime Looping just outside of time [Final Chorus restart in driving 4/4 about 140 BPM layered backing vocals plus 4 bars] Feel it drawing near Calmness turns to fear Certainty I used to keep Dissolves quickly as I sleep Feverish thoughts I cannot place Are beneath the ordered space The daylight I used to trust Falls apart in motes of dust [Enter with kick snare gallop no transition] Feel it drawing near Calmness turns to fear Certainty I used to keep Dissolves quickly as I sleep Feverish thoughts I cannot place Are beneath the ordered space The daylight I used to trust Falls apart in motes of dust [Outro]

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