
GLAD TO BE BACK
Gothic Disco · Euro Disco · IDM-Techno · Dreamcore House* *Vibe: Stylish, darkly seductive, experimental, haunting, with male & female vocal interplay, lush synth layers, dulcimer/mandolin textures, distorted vocal chops, emotional flair, and club-slaying breakdowns.*

GLAD TO BE BACK
Gothic Disco · Euro Disco · IDM-Techno · Dreamcore House* *Vibe: Stylish, darkly seductive, experimental, haunting, with male & female vocal interplay, lush synth layers, dulcimer/mandolin textures, distorted vocal chops, emotional flair, and club-slaying breakdowns.*
Lyrics
**GLAD TO BE BACK**
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\[INTRO | | 125 BPM | ambient intro + oud + whispers]**
*(female whisper, swirling L/R spatial FX)*
**“I never left…
I just waited
Until the storm matched my soul…”**
*(distant moans + dulcimer plucks fade in)*
*(deep sub bass begins pulsing gently beneath)*
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\[VERSE 1 | | dulcimer + male bass vocal + IDM beat]**
**Lyrics:**
I was silence in the noise
A ghost beneath the flashing lights
They thought I fell, they never knew
I only vanished into night
Wore the mask and played the dead
But kept the fire in my chest
Now the beat aligns with breath—
I rise, I burn, I manifest
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\[PRE-CHORUS | | whispered female FX + flute + mandolin arpeggios]**
*(whispered in layers, ethereal voice)*
> “You feel that heat?
> That’s not hell—
> It’s me…
> Coming back from myself…”
*(drop-out percussion, heartbeat pulses, FX swell)*
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\[CHORUS DROP 1 | | 132 BPM glitch dubstep + moans + distorted vocal chops]**
***Glad to be back — did you miss the storm?***
*I bring the bass, the blood, the form*
***Glad to be back — no gods, no rules***
*I’m the mirror made to break your truth*
***Glad to be back — feel me in the rise***
*Every throb, every breath, every high*
***Glad to be back — electric and black***
*Dark angel rave — and I’m not looking back*
FX: Distorted vocal chop: “glad-glad-glad” loop + moan reverb tail
Glitchy IDM snares + deep sub-bass pulses and whip-crack drops
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\[BREAK | | Oud + ambient dreamcore + whispered Arabic/English loop]**
*(flute plays over spiritual pads; tempo holds at 132)*
> “Rise in the fire
> Move through the ash
> Born again —
> Without the past…”
*(Trap hats layered in with IDM percussion + FX sweeps)*
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\[VERSE 2 | | male bass vocal + dulcimer + moody synths]**
**Lyrics:**
No more masks, no borrowed names
I wear the night like dripping paint
Came undone just to rebuild
You feared the void—
But I made it thrill
Don’t call it grace, don’t call it luck
I bled for rhythm, drowned in dust
But now my pulse is on the track
And every drop says:
“I’m glad I’m back…”
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\[CHORUS DROP 2 | | glitch dubstep + psytrance burst + layered female vocals]**
***Glad to be back — like thunder skin***
*Like echoes tearing from within*
***Glad to be back — in glitch and gold***
*The sound of scars refusing to fold*
***Glad to be back — no fear, all flame***
*I rode the storm and rode my name*
***Glad to be back — no cage, no track***
*You’ll feel me drop — I’m back. I’m back.*
*(3D bass swells + psytrance spirals + ethnic percussion fills)*
*(female moan trail over sub-bass LFO tail)*
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\[SPIRITUAL BRIDGE | | flute solo + mandolin + tribal percussion]**
*(female vocal chanting in echo chamber FX, Arabic scale melismas)*
Oud tremolo + dulcimer shimmer beneath trap beat
*(looped FX whispers fade in left to right):*
> “We rise again…
> In beat and breath…”
> “We are the fire…
> We dance with death…”
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\[FINAL CHORUS DROP | | glitch dubstep + layered harmonies + IDM FX]**
***Glad to be back — like neon sin***
*I rave the dark from deep within*
***Glad to be back — I broke the cage***
*My pain’s a rhythm, my breath’s the stage*
***Glad to be back — you feel me now?***
*The glitch, the bass, the holy sound*
***Glad to be back — no end, just track***
*My pulse… my soul…
Glad to be back.*
Drop includes:
* **Distorted vocal chop loop “glad-back-glad-back”**
* **IDM kick-stutter FX**
* **Flute + moan FX pitch-shifted**
* **Psytrance drop at peak**
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\[OUTRO | | 115 BPM fade + ambient textures + mandolin & oud duet]**
*(whispers echo as bass subsides)*
**“I never left.
I just had to become...
The storm you now dance to.”**
FX: Delayed flute fades, reversed synths, low heartbeat pulse in sub-bass
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