determined (both meanings) (1970s Classic Folk Rock) (RS))
Genre Tags: 1970s classic rock, folk rock, upbeat piano rock, singer-songwriter, driving rhythm Instrumentation: Driving grand piano, energetic acoustic strumming, syncopated drum beat (toms/congas), prominent bass, electric guitar lead Tempo (BPM): 145–152 BPM (Fast, energetic, and driving) Key: F Major (For a bright, earnest sound) Vocal Style: Earnest male vocal, slightly raspy, harmonized backing vocals [Upbeat Piano Intro] (Syncopated piano vamp with driving bass and drums) [Driving Verse] (Keep the rhythm bouncy but the lyrics earnest) [Harmonized Chorus] (lift the energy) [Backing Vocals] Ahhhh [Instrumental Interlude] (Brief piano and drum groove) [Driving Verse 2] (Maintain steady upbeat tempo) [Harmonized Chorus] [Electric Guitar Solo] (Melodic, bluesy 1970s classic rock guitar solo) (Over driving piano rhythm) [Driving Verse 3] [Harmonized Chorus] (Maximum energy) [Outro] (Repeat chorus hook) [Fade Out] (Piano vamp fades)
determined (both meanings) (1970s Classic Folk Rock) (RS))
Genre Tags: 1970s classic rock, folk rock, upbeat piano rock, singer-songwriter, driving rhythm Instrumentation: Driving grand piano, energetic acoustic strumming, syncopated drum beat (toms/congas), prominent bass, electric guitar lead Tempo (BPM): 145–152 BPM (Fast, energetic, and driving) Key: F Major (For a bright, earnest sound) Vocal Style: Earnest male vocal, slightly raspy, harmonized backing vocals [Upbeat Piano Intro] (Syncopated piano vamp with driving bass and drums) [Driving Verse] (Keep the rhythm bouncy but the lyrics earnest) [Harmonized Chorus] (lift the energy) [Backing Vocals] Ahhhh [Instrumental Interlude] (Brief piano and drum groove) [Driving Verse 2] (Maintain steady upbeat tempo) [Harmonized Chorus] [Electric Guitar Solo] (Melodic, bluesy 1970s classic rock guitar solo) (Over driving piano rhythm) [Driving Verse 3] [Harmonized Chorus] (Maximum energy) [Outro] (Repeat chorus hook) [Fade Out] (Piano vamp fades)
Lyrics
TITLE: Determined (both meanings)
CHORUS
Production Note: Standard driving chorus arrangement.
I am determined
I have determined
That everything is determined
That we have no control
VERSE 1] [Vocal Delivery: Dense, motor-mouth delivery.
Declan McManus, Elvis Costello
Inconspicuous identity fellow
Attractions, Imposters, all in the Clover
Existence churns noble spirits into bitters
Nuclear accidents will happen (at least it's not Ice-9)
Even imperial bedrooms will be consumed
What you have over your head
Behind your back, in your body
Hammer the anvil, stirrup trouble (hopefully good trouble...)
Incus is malleable when struck by the malleus
Stay-pees full, can't handle the supersillious
Watching the detective but you are the detective (they're so cute!)
Literal and metaphorical clouds above your head, in your head
The secrets that condensate and you tell no one,
The lies that precipitate, you tell everyone
The gaps in your being, the dis-ease in all forms
It all informs what we play live. No choice!
We play Radio Radio on Saturday Night
PRE CHORUS] [Vocal Delivery: Deliver the spoken "(both meanings!) ... Uh oh..." with a slightly unhinged, sarcastic smirk to contrast with the philosophical weight of the surrounding lines.
Can you fight nature? Some can some-times.
But can you choose to fight nature? Hmmm.
Can you choose to be a person in a certain way?
Regardless of circumstance, everything inside you
Before you, and before you? (both meanings!) ... Uh oh...
I defy you to find proof that you can
Eyes defiant, cannot show reality
We are naturally deaf to the clarity
Plastered static over our eardrums
Even for those in the know, the autotune still hums
BRIDGE - I - IV - iv
Tomorrow Never Knows, but Yesterday,
Yesterday was A Day In The Life
We can just Let that Be, life without will, will be free
[shouted away from the microphone and echoing in the distance] Help! Help! Help!
The Word? Run For Your Life! I'm Nowhere Man
Can't choose to wait for what goes on
can't choose to think for yourself
Act Naturally! The only way you can act
Come Together and then fall apart
[words echoing] Into atoms, apart into atoms, into atoms
Atoms, oms, mmmmmmms, ssssssssss
Here, there, and everywhere
Chorus] [Production Note (The Hard Stop): Drive the standard chorus arrangement. On the absolute final word of the chorus, abruptly cut all instrumentation. Dead, digital silence. Ensure there are no cymbal rings or reverb tails hanging over.
I am determined
I have determined
That everything is determined
That we have no control
TRANSITION] [Production Note: Leave exactly one beat of absolute silence to create a moment of auditory discomfort for the listener.
Reverse Chorus] [Inverse and reverse the chord progression from the chorus] [Slam directly into the inverse/reverse chord progression at full volume.
Vocal Delivery: Completely dry and upfront, stripping away any effects used in the rest of the track to make it sound jarring and urgent.
That we have no control
That everything is determined
I have determined
I am determined
Transition Out: As the final repetition plays out, apply an effect to make the entire track subtly begin to warp and pitch-shift, mimicking physical tape stretching and failing.
Sound of one tape click
Verse 2
Arrangement: Stark, stripped-down instrumentation to serve as an auditory reset
Nails in wrists, the flesh is bleeding out (it's a slaughterhouse!)
Asking why me. If it is The One's will then shout
Even the perfect made flesh has fear
Giving grace to my fellow man. Pain on a rotating gear
Until a return to the oneness, have to suffer
Desire is suffering, I desire no more me
I Against I -- Can't just pursue yourself
Until reintegration with all, provide that hand to help
No longer in boxes, no levers or pulleys
No longer worried about problems with trollies
PRE CHORUS
Vocal Delivery: Return to the sarcastic, knowing delivery for the "... Uh oh..."
Can you fight nature? Some can some-times.
But can you choose to fight nature? Hmmm.
Can you choose to be a person in a certain way?
Regardless of circumstance, everything inside you
Before you, and before you? (both meanings!) ... Uh oh...
I defy you to find proof you can
Eyes defiant, cannot show reality
We are naturally deaf to the clarity
Plastered static over our ear drums
Even for those in the know, the autotune still hums
Chorus
Production Note: Standard driving chorus arrangement.
I am determined
I have determined
That everything is determined
That we have no control
OUTRO
Vocal Delivery/Tone: as if having an epiphany
If we are in a deterministic universe (we are!)
Shame makes no sense, we cannot do otherwise
My shame is gone -- the oneness set me free
My shame is gone -- all being one rejoined we
No more shadows, not exactly what Jung meant
I'm brand new now -- blame and judgment
No longer on my to-do list
Let's unify and create heaven on Earth
And await inevitable reunification and rebirth