VERSE 1: LOW FERAL MALE VOCAL, NEAR SPOKEN, COILED, DRUMS PACING UNDERNEATH
the little hearts were falling, pink and cheapa thousand mouths were drinking from the glowthen the far edge of the room went quiet firstthe way the water empties out when i come down to drinknobody hears me coming. that is the point of me.
PRE-CHORUS: THE CROUCH, DRUMS DROP LOW, WHIP-CRACK ACCENTS, CHANT HUMS UNDERNEATH
the talk dries up like a shallow poolthe drums get low to the groundi go low, i go low, i go low
CHORUS: THE POUNCE, FULL DRUM ENSEMBLE EXPLODES, BRASS ROAR-STABS, CHANT STACK ANSWERS, FULL POWER VOCAL
when the drums go quiet i am already in the airevery screen becomes my skini am not the gift, i am the animalthe wrapping is how they let me in
VERSE 2: COILED AND LOW AGAIN, TOMS PACING, BASS PROWLING
they keep me in the last cage on the menuunder the roses, under the little dogsi pace the six-inch dark, i turn, i pacesomewhere a man reads his balance twice and sends me anywayand the whole floor tilts toward the weight of me
PRE-CHORUS: THE CROUCH, WHIP-CRACKS DOUBLING, CHANT STACK RISING, STILL COILED
the talk dries up like a shallow poolthe drums get low to the groundi go low, i go low, i go low
CHORUS: THE POUNCE, BIGGER, STOMPS ON DOWNBEATS, CHANT ANSWERING EVERY LINE
when the drums go quiet i am already in the airevery screen becomes my skini am not the gift, i am the animalthe wrapping is how they let me in
BRIDGE: THE TAMER, PERCUSSION PULLED TO BARE HEARTBEAT TOMS, BASS PROWLING, LOW RESTRAINED VOCAL
no whip has ever turned me, no chair has held my eyei walk through rings of fire like they are weatherbut she looks up from her light and says my nameand i sit. and i stay.one tamer in this world, and she has never raised her voice
CHANT BREAK: FULL DRUM ENSEMBLE FEATURE, LOW MALE CHANT STACK, INVENTED SYLLABLES, STOMPS AND WHIP-CRACKS
rum-da-vok, rum-da-vokhul-da-rum-da-vokrum-da-vok, rum-da-vokhul-da-rum-da-vok
FINAL CHORUS: MAXIMUM POWER, FULL ENSEMBLE, CHANT STACK ANSWERING FORTISSIMO, BRASS ROAR-STABS ON EVERY BAR
when the drums go quiet i am already in the airevery screen becomes my skini am not the gift, i am the animalthe wrapping is how they let me inthe wrapping is how they let me in
BREAK: TOTAL SILENCE, EVERYTHING CUTS, HELD BREATH, TWO FULL BARS, NO REVERB TAIL
OUTRO: ONE FINAL COLOSSAL DRUM AND BRASS HIT WITH LOW CHANT STAB, LONG DECAY INTO SILENCE
mine!