UNDETERMINED UNDETERRED - Part 2
Two-Part Lofi Trip-Hop / Philosophical Notebook Myth / 80–86 BPM
Part I: forward-motion breakbeat. Part II: dusty surreal bookshop outro.
[INTRO — low pad, tape hiss, no drums]
The will to partake
Holds fast
Without direction
Circles are inevitable
Intake of information
Is endless
[PAUSE — 1 bar]
Resolutions unknown
Still hold
[PART I — THE LOOP]
[VERSE 1 — beat enters, restrained and steady]
The will to partake
Holds fast
Even when the signal bends
Even when the moment passes
Without direction
Circles are inevitable
Step after step
In a room without a center
Intake of information
Is endless
Every door opens
Into another question
[BREAK — drums thin out, bass remains]
Resolutions unknown
Still hold
[HOOK — half-sung, hypnotic]
Undetermined
Undeterred
Ever moving
Forward
Undetermined
Undeterred
Ever moving
Forward
[VERSE 2 — more reflective, slightly darker]
Previous attempts
Brought knowledge
And understanding
Acceptance
And comfort
Always the same situation
Returned
Intensified
Non-concluding sentiments
And questions
Precede any attempts
At remedy
[BREAK — one bar silence, tape wobble]
Understanding
Adds comfort
If dwelled upon
Despair
[PRE-HOOK — vocal doubled, quiet harmony]
Information endless
Outcome unknown
Still something in the motion
Still something of our own
[HOOK — fuller, still restrained]
Undetermined
Undeterred
Ever moving
Forward
Undetermined
Undeterred
Ever moving
Forward
[PART II — THE PROCEDURE]
[INSTRUMENTAL TURN — drums become softer, Rhodes brighter, bass warmer]
Dusty break lowers into a sidechain pulse
Soft piano enters in broken fragments
A reversed vocal chop repeats “forward” like a memory
[VERSE 3 — spoken-sung, clearer rhythm]
New starts
Bring new focus
Aided attention
Augmentation
May lead to customary procedures
Completed
At blissful leisure
Old habits
Bring old outlooks
Aided attentive
Enlightenment
May lead to customary procedures
Compiled
Through abstract associations
[BREAK — filtered drums, page-turn sound, room tone]
Abstract associations
[HOOK VARIATION — quieter, more internal]
Undetermined
Undeterred
Ever moving
Forward
Undefined
Unresolved
Still moving
Forward
[PART III — THE BOOKSHELF MYTH]
[BRIDGE — drums almost gone, spoken like a small fable]
He writes books
About people
He has never met
Knows them
In detail
Writes about
Their thoughts
Each one
Is made
In its own style
They just appear
On the bookshelf
The person meant to find it
Always will
[PAUSE — two bars, vinyl crackle, faint shop bell]
The store clerks
Let them take it
It’s already theirs
Anyway
[FINAL HOOK — very soft, almost lullaby]
Undetermined
Undeterred
Ever moving
Forward
Undetermined
Undeterred
Ever moving
Forward
[OUTRO — beat dissolves, Rhodes and page-turn texture]
Synchronicity
Bears witness
Infinite
Inevitable
Outcomes
They just appear
On the bookshelf
The person meant to find it
Always will
[FINAL SPOKEN LINE]
It’s already theirs
Anyway