Alice Dumpty
Dark pop/folk duet, male lead low/bluesy, female Vocalise high/crystal. Tempo 90 BPM, chords Bm–G–D–A (low octave), vocalises on breaks, outro spoken female with echo
Alice Dumpty
Dark pop/folk duet, male lead low/bluesy, female Vocalise high/crystal. Tempo 90 BPM, chords Bm–G–D–A (low octave), vocalises on breaks, outro spoken female with echo
Lyrics
Style: Dark pop + dark folk, cinematic atmosphere, male leads + Female Vocalise
Chord progression: Bm – G – D – A, low octave for male register
Tempo: 90 BPM
Lead vocal: male, low, deep, slightly bluesy rasp
Vocalise Female vocal: very high, clean, crystal clear
Duet format: male leads, female responds in harmonies and vocalises
[Keyboard arrangement:
Bm – left hand B1, right hand D3-F#3
G – left hand G1, right hand B2-D3
D – left hand D2, right hand F#3-A3
A – left hand A1, right hand C#3-E3
Left hand: long tones/arpeggios; right hand: broken chords and melodic fills; sustain pedal recommended]
Intro – instrumental build, atmospheric, dark
Verse 1 – male lead
What is the stomp in the forest night?
Where does the hurry Rabbit White?
Why does the hurrying horsemen bend,
And Lewis weep where Tumtum branches end?
Nabokov stands, a shadow true and near,
He murmurs: “Loss is the cost we bear.
The young muse devours, then disappears,
And leaves us broken, trapped in fear.”
’Twas brillig… and Lewis’s tears fell on,
His vorpal blade, blood-brown.
In Bandersnatch eyes, already dead,
The last of the sunset flickered red.
Vocalise break – female voice, extended vowels
Leee-uuuwiiis’s teeeaaarrrs feeeell ooooon…
Verse 2 – male lead
O Lewis, too late, the tale is done!
You killed the beasts, but you lost the one.
You bit from both sides of the mushroom tall,
And kissed the riddle of life, death, and all.
But now in the palace the feast begins,
The Queen of Hearts commands with sins.
The White Queen smiles with frozen grace,
While drums announce the wedding place.
Cry, Lewis, howl like a flock of mome raths!
No magic left, no fairy tale, no paths.
Your Alice, once your secret flame,
Tonight she becomes Dumpty — end of the game.
Vocalise break – female voice, soaring high
Crrryyyy, Leee-uuuwiiis’s… hoooowwwlllll…
Verse 3 – male lead, sparse instrumentation
’Twas brillig… his tears fell on,
His vorpal blade, blood-brown.
Yet hope still stirs: perhaps, someday,
That rotten egg will smash to hell again.
Break – instrumental, ritualistic drums and low drones
Outro – female spoken voice only, light echo, fading
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
End – gradual fading reverb