Neon Siren

[Instrumental only]

[Dark drone, reverse breaths, granular vocal textures, distant siren-like effects]

[No intelligible lyrics]

[Female lead: close-mic, breathy, low register, restrained]

[Nearly spoken melody, clipped phrases, long pauses, no harmonies]

Breathe—

and the sun burns in my eyes

Hold—

and pray for me, it's a good disguise

I know I don't know why

don't know what I did

When everything has fallen

into this divide

[Same female lead: haunting melodic tone]

[Sustained terminal vowels, controlled intensity]

[Double the central lead and add distant whispered harmonies]

Hurt—

(hurt...)

Don't drag me through the morning

Hurt—

(hurt...)

I'm going through the forest

Hurt—

(hurt...)

I've nothing left to hope for

Why—

oh why, oh why

[Close whispered female vocal]

[Hypnotic repetition, doubled whispers, reverse and granular echoes]

My summer, summer

(my summer...)

My summer, summer

(summer... summer...)

[Female lead: intimate and breathy]

[Slightly more urgent than Verse 1, but still restrained]

[Minimal harmony, pauses between each phrase]

I just begin

to see the sun

I just sense

that something's wrong

And everything I do

is falling down

And everything I see

might not belong

[Same female lead: stronger melodic projection]

[Layered central double, wide ghost harmonies]

[Long vowels, rising urgency, never shouted]

Rise—

(rise...)

They're waiting for the morning

Rise—

(rise...)

I'm going through the forest

Rise—

(rise...)

I'm knocking without warning

I've nothing left to hope for

Why—

oh why—

oh why—

[Breathy whisper layers gradually stacking]

[Increasing stereo width and distortion]

My summer, summer

(my summer...)

Rise—

[Full-intensity female lead]

Hurt—

(hurt...)

Don't drag me through the morning

Hurt—

(hurt...)

I'm going through the forest

Rise—

(rise...)

They're waiting for the morning

Rise—

(rise...)

I'm going through the forest

Rise—

(rise...)

I'm knocking without warning

I've nothing left to hope for

Why,

oh why—

oh why—

[Very close whispered female voice]

[Nearly dry, intimate, abrupt final cut]

My summer, summer

My summer, summer...