[Intro- A dizzying, pristine math-rock guitar riff loops in a complex 5/4 time signature. It sounds bright but melancholic. A tight, syncopated ghost-note groove on the snare drum dances underneath it.]
[Verse 1- The bass slides in, thick and warm. The complex tapping continues. Vocals are pristine, breathy, and dripping vulnerability.]
I trace the outline of where you used to lay,
Watching the colors of the bedroom start to fade.
My fingers reaching for the ghost of your spine,
Tangled in the shadows that you left behind.
I'm counting every second since the moment you left,
But time is moving backward in the cage of my chest.
[Pre-Chorus- the time signature straightens out to a heavy, driving 4/4 rock groove. The tapping morphs into shimmering, atmospheric chord swells.]
And nothing aligns, the picture is torn!
I'm weathering the quiet at the eye of the storm!
I try to find the rhythm in the silence you chose...
But I am just the river and you're the winter that froze.
[Chorus- The track explodes. A massive, towering wall of drop-tuned power chords layered with tragic, neon-tinged synths. The drums hit with huge, open cymbals. Pure emotional metalcore.]
But I am paralyzed inside the disconnect!
Watching the timeline snap!
Tell me how to escape the memories you hold,
When you're a burning sun and I am freezing in the cold!
You pulled the ground completely out from under me!
Lost in the space between!
[Verse 2- instantly back to the bright, dizzying math-rock tapping, but now it's played with a gritty overdrive. The drums are incredibly frantic and syncopated.]
I try to synchronize the beating of the pain,
A sudden dissonance, an umbrella in the rain.
You left a picture with a violently missing piece,
A heavy kind of static that I can never release.
I memorized the teardrops falling down on your face...
[Pre-Chorus- The heavy 4/4 groove returns, building massive tension.]
And nothing aligns, the picture is torn!
I'm weathering the quiet at the eye of the storm!
[Chorus- the massive, emotional wall of sound slams back in with crashing cymbals.]
But I am paralyzed inside the disconnect!
Watching the timeline snap!
Tell me how to escape the memories you hold,
When you're a burning sun and I am freezing in the cold!
You pulled the ground completely out from under me!
Lost in the space between!
[Bridge- The music completely cuts out. A single, echoing tap-harmonic rings out on the guitar. Then, a slow, building, incredibly complex drum fill starts.]
The silence never lies. The silence never lies. The silence never lies, but I am bleeding out the truth!
[Outro- The soaring, tragic Dayseeker synth melodies return, washing over the punishing, complex breakdown rhythm.]
Tell me how to escape the memories you hold!
I AM FREEZING IN THE COLD!
You pulled the ground completely out from under me!
Lost in the space between!
THE
SPACE
BETWEEN!
[Instrumental interlude]
[Guitar solo]
[Instrumental break]
Atlantica
