(High-octane 2-step Garage, every false drop ratchets closer to 192 bpm Minimal tech, continuous tension build loop). (Dusty drum loop, muted Rhodes, warm bass, soft tape hiss, small room tone. Intimate, odd, slightly funny, tired but kind. No heavy synth, no record scratching.)
[INTRO - no drums, bathroom hum, close vocal]
The bathroom
Is the only source
Of light
[VERSE 1 - soft beat enters]
One can achieve status
From a variety
Of sources
Our choice of audience
Is our own making
Who are we going
To get
To judge us?
[BREAK - drums thin, bass remains]
Your edginess
Is right below your ribs
Visible to all
In plain sight
[VERSE 2 - half-spoken]
Something like that
Does not affect me
That's where one has
The most comfort
Of bone
What kind of cage
Is this?
No lock
No door
How do you manage?
[HOOK - gentle, repeatable]
Nicely messy
That was the way
Nicely messy
Here we stayed
Longing for warmth
Barely managing heat
Nicely messy
Still on our feet
[VERSE 3 - warmer, stranger]
Such a sweet
Turn of events
I had not noticed
Nor do I now
To long for warmth
And yet
Barely manage the heat
The accidental nature
Of discover
Wicker elephant
With plastic plant
Racing the sun
In your eyes
[BREAK - 4 bars - instrumental only]
[Dusty kick, late snare, muted Rhodes, warm bass. No lead vocal.]
[VERSE 4 - playful lift]
If music is
The spice of life
Funk
Is the pepper
The age
Of adequacy
Lack of depth
Of quality
Pass it on
And re-light it
Not the darkness
Of night descending
[PRE-HOOK - soft female backing]
Wake up
In a new light
Remove pressure
Of tongue
From roof of mouth
Remember
To let some stuff slide
[HOOK - fuller but still soft]
Nicely messy
That was the way
Nicely messy
Here we stayed
Longing for warmth
Barely managing heat
Nicely messy
Still on our feet
[BRIDGE - close vocal, almost advice]
There is no such thing as
Know when limits
Are near
Hold onto
Relationships
Know when limits
Are near
Hold onto
Relationships
[OUTRO - beat dissolves, bathroom hum returns]
The bathroom
Is the only source
Of light
Wicker elephant
Plastic plant
Nicely messy
That was the way
Of life here
ASDFd
