Relentlessly Unmoving by Moonwire - Zona

Relentlessly Unmoving by Moonwire - Zona

Lyrics

[3/4 timing, 116-BPM]

[instrumental intro - 8 bars, no drums, glassy plucks, sho pad, koto build]

[Verse 1 - Koto harmonic, pad, sub pulse, foley, female]

Crosswalk pulses red white red

steam lifts thin from grates ahead

Window grids on puddled stone

map the block I call my own

Timetables breathe even rain

platform clocks repeat the same

Painted numbers, worn and near

hold me in the local here

[Pre-chorus 1 - sho pad widen, Koto arp, bass legato, ghost clap on 3]

Step to the span, let borders blur

lamps in sequence start to stir

Leave the curb, the middle grows

lines unfasten, water glows

[Hook - sub sustain, brighter plucks, side chain tilt, female]

Caught beneath a glass divide

Frozen in the endless tide

Turning where the storms collide

Relentlessly unmoving pulse inside

[Chorus - full kick, brush/clap on 3, taiko double, polys/koto, female]

Pendulum, pendulum

bleeding light in measured hum

Push me under, pull me near

time is teeth against my ear

Pendulum, delirium

counting bones and beating drum

Push and pull, fractured sphere

Echo closer, crystal clear

[Break - sub drone, vox chops, Shakuhachi build, female]

Clock hands split the shadow plane

Blood red threads dissolve the chain

Fractured prisms bend the frame

Endless echoes chase the same

[Verse 2 - detuned poly stab, shakuhachi sighs, koto harmonics, female]

One road sings with window fire

elevator spines climb higher

One road hums with cedar wind

dark turns open, thin within

Two horizons tug the rails

north in silver, south in veils

Both keep time with different drums

both say “come,” and both become.

[Pre chorus 2 - stretch on shō pad, taiko/tom swells, female]

Hold the span with borrowed thread

count to three and float instead

Knot the air between the piers

keep the swing from choosing gears

[Hook - sub sustain, side chain tilt, female]

Caught beneath a glass divide

Frozen in the endless tide

Turning where the storms collide

Relentlessly unmoving pulse inside

[Chorus - octave bass, chime double layer, female]

Pendulum, pendulum

bleeding light in measured hum

Push me under, pull me near

time is teeth against my ear

Pendulum, delirium

counting bones and beating drum

Push and pull, fractured sphere

Echo closer, crystal clear

[Bridge - tremolo, taiko downbeat, pitch-bend, female]

Middle thins, the guardlights fail

boards give way and drop a scale

Water climbs the numbers face

footing shears to open space

Half the bridge unzips, undone

choose a side before it’s gone

[Final chorus - brighter chords, shō choir pad, brush clap, Koto harmonics answer, female]

Pendulum, pendulum

bleeding light in measured hum.

Let the swing grow small and clear,

time moves gentle at my ear.

Pendulum, equilibrium,

mark the sum with softer drum.

Glass grows sheer, the edges near,

lines converge yet disappear.

[instrumental outro - 8 bars, dissolve, Pads, shō, Clock ticks]

[fade out]