Lessons
Emo, alt pop
Lessons
Emo, alt pop
Lyrics
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<HEADER>
TITLE: Lessons Again
ARTIST: sweetZombieJebus
STYLE: Emo Alt-Pop
MOOD: Introspective, Frustrated, Resolute
TEMPO: 86 BPM
KEY: E Minor
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<INSTRUMENTS>
DRUMS: Punchy indie/alt kit; tight kick, dry snare, crisp hats; halftime feel in verses, full backbeat in choruses
BASS: Warm, slightly overdriven electric bass anchoring the groove
GUITARS: Clean, chorused arps in verses; layered distorted power chords in choruses; sparse post-rock swells in bridge
SYNTHS: Subtle pad bed, detuned lead doubling the hook
VOCALS: Confessional male lead; double-tracked choruses; airy harmonies on pre/bridge
FX: Reverse vocal tails and tape stop into the bridge; glitchy stutter on last chorus line
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<STRUCTURE>
INTRO: 4 bars guitar arp + pad
VERSE 1
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
VERSE 2
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
BRIDGE
FINAL CHORUS + OUTRO
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<LYRICS>
VERSE 1
I wrote your story before you said a word
Painted a future you never signed or heard
Held onto outlines I drew in my head
Read every silence as meaning instead
PRE-CHORUS
I swore last time would be the last time
But here I am again, stuck on rewind
CHORUS
Why do I keep learning the same lesson twice?
Falling for a mask, confusing truth with disguise
Every warning sign keeps slipping through my hands
Why can’t I see it before it happens again?
VERSE 2
You wore your charm like a costume made of glass
I saw the fractures and still let it pass
Every red flag waving, I called it a flame
Told myself “different,” but it’s always the same
PRE-CHORUS
I swore last time would be the last time
But here I am again, stuck on rewind
CHORUS
Why do I keep learning the same lesson twice?
Falling for a mask, confusing truth with disguise
Every warning sign keeps slipping through my hands
Why can’t I see it before it happens again?
BRIDGE
Is it you, or is it me?
Patterns I practice unconsciously
I keep pretending I don’t know
The mirror’s the only place left to go
FINAL CHORUS
Why do I keep learning the same lesson twice?
If it costs my voice, then it isn’t right
Every warning sign keeps slipping through my hands
Until I break the cycle, I’ll be here again
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