[Verse 1: Male Singer- A thick, hazy wash of shoegaze guitars drenched in chorus and delay. No drums yet. The atmosphere feels heavy and suffocating. The male vocals are soft, breathy]
The static of your voice is deafening in the dark
A phantom frequency tearing the room apart
I’m shivering on the pavement, teeth bared at the rain
Just begging for the master to pull on the chain.
[Pre-Chorus: Male Singer- The drums enter with a slow, thumping tom groove. The bass guitar rumbles underneath, building tension. Vocals shift from a whisper to a desperate, soaring clean melody.]
There is nothing left to salvage here
Lay me down in the dirt and the fear
Crack the ribs, pull apart the cage
And let the crimson spill onto the stage.
[Chorus: Male Singer- The shoegaze wall of sound explodes. Massive, fuzzed-out drop-tuned guitars hit simultaneously with crashing cymbals. It is beautiful but devastatingly heavy.]
Scarlet thread!
I’m sinking in the web
Am I the only one drowning in your bed?
I’m selfish!
I can't help it!
You’ve got a taste for the dread.
[Low guttural whisper] Scarlet thread.
[Verse 2: Female Singer- The heavy guitars drop out instantly. Replaced by a fast, syncopated electronic beat and a driving bassline. The female vocals are haunting, ethereal, and melodic]
I breathe you in like ash, choking on the haze
Tracking the scent of ruin through the maze
Don't let the high evaporate, don't let the fever break
I’m tearing myself open just to see how much you’ll take
My mind is a warzone, my body a ghost
But my heart is the parasite feeding the host.
[Pre-Chorus: Female Singer- The distorted guitars slowly swell back in, mimicking a rising tide.]
There is nothing left to salvage here
Lay me down in the dirt and the fear
Crack the ribs, pull apart the cage
And let the crimson spill onto the stage!
[Chorus: Male and Female Singer- Maximum volume. The male and female vocals harmonize beautifully over the chaotic, sludgy metalcore instrumentation.]
Scarlet thread!
I’m sinking in the web
Am I the only one drowning in your bed?
We're selfish!
We can't help it!
You’ve got a taste for the dread.
[Screamed dual harmony] SCARLET THREAD!
[Bridge: Male Singer, Female Backing- ambient and floaty. A single, chiming clean guitar echoes out. The vocals overlap, creating a dizzying, dreamlike effect.]
[Female] (I’ll fade...) [Male]: I am the canvas, paint me in your hurt.
[Female] (Into the grey...) [Male]: Dragging my devotion through the dirt.
[Female] (Don't wake me...) [Male]: You've got me seeing red.
[Female] Just crack the ribs, now all you see is red...
[Chorus: Male Singer- massive, ethereal shoegaze wall of sound for one final emotional release.]
Scarlet thread!
I’m sinking in the web
Am I the only one drowning in your bed?
I’m selfish!
I can't help it!
You’ve got a taste for the dread.
[Outro]
[Male and Female harmonizing softly as the static rises]:
Scarlet thread...
I'm helpless....
[Screamed] Scarlet thread!
Atlantica
