Heads Full of Lies
Ethereal Grunge Funk , Synthetic Soul Rock, Female vocal — ghostly, breathy, mid-range power swells in choruses; slight vocal fry on held notes; occasional whispered doubles on key words
Heads Full of Lies
Ethereal Grunge Funk , Synthetic Soul Rock, Female vocal — ghostly, breathy, mid-range power swells in choruses; slight vocal fry on held notes; occasional whispered doubles on key words
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Title: Heads Full of Lies
Genre: Ethereal Grunge Funk / Synthetic Soul Rock (Ghost Funk)
Vocal Style: Female vocal — ghostly, breathy, mid-range power swells in choruses; slight vocal fry on held notes; occasional whispered doubles on key words
Tempo: 88-99 BPM *(funky midtempo, slight drag on fills)*
Key: C# Minor *(slides into Dorian mode in bridge sections)*
Mood: Haunted, bitter, slick, rising into brittle fury
Instruments:
Layered distorted guitars — heavy midrange distortion; clean chorused guitars ghosted underneath in verses
Sharp synthetic slap bass — rubbery attack with subtle pitch wobble on long notes
Slick funk drum kit — tight snares, clipped hi-hats, low tuned kick; slightly humanized swing
Synth pad bed — soft filtered saw waves, panned wide for dreamlike haze
Electric piano (Rhodes style) — chorus effect, low-pass filtered in intro, opened during choruses
Subtle distorted analog synth bass — layered under slap for weight
Feedback guitar swells between sections — filtered to sound dreamlike, not screechy
Background whisper tracks — ghost doubled on last words of each verse
Muted funk guitar plucks — right ear pan, light reverb, heavy compression
White noise sweeps — rising into chorus transitions
Vintage tape crackle layer — very low in mix, grows toward outro
Effects:
*(*Short slapback vocal delay active on “lies,” “despise,” and “dream”*)*
*(*Slight auto-panner on synth pad during verses — slow L→R drift*)*
*(*Hard-panned whispered doubles on last line of each stanza*)*
*(*Bass sidechained slightly to kick drum for tight funk pocket*)*
*(*Soft phaser applied to electric piano during bridge*)*
*(*Vinyl crackle volume automated to swell subtly across final chorus*)*
*(*Reverb tail lengthens during outro — 4 to 6 second decay into static fade*)*
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Intro
*(Low-pass filtered electric piano + muted slap bass teasing the rhythm)*
*(Soft synth pad rising in stereo width)*
Verse 1
Their heads full of lies,
Crammed with thoughts I despise,
Spinning plans that unfurl,
In some unreal world.
Verse 2
They draw maps in the air,
With no path from here to there,
Build their castles from soap and spit,
And when it fails they'll have long since split.
Verse 3
Their futures are wisps of wants and wishes,
Piped through dead, empty rooms of 'near' misses,
And they call it the dream—
drop: sarcasm
For good reason it would seem.
Verse 1
Their heads full of lies,
Crammed with thoughts I despise,
Spinning plans that unfurl,
In some unreal world.
Verse 2
They draw maps in the air,
With no path from here to there,
Build their castles from soap and spit,
And when it fails they'll have long since split.
Verse 3
Their futures are wisps of wants and wishes,
Piped through dead, empty rooms of 'near' misses,
And they call it the dream—
drop: sarcasm
For good reason it would seem.
drop: sarcasm
For good reason it would seem.
Verse 1
Their heads full of lies,
Crammed with thoughts I despise,
Spinning plans that unfurl,
In some unreal world.
Verse 2
They draw maps in the air,
With no path from here to there,
Build their castles from soap and spit,
And when it fails they'll have long since split.
Verse 3
Their futures are wisps of wants and wishes,
Piped through dead, empty rooms of 'near' misses,
And they call it the dream—
drop: sarcasm
For good reason it would seem.
Guitar riff
all sound stops
all instruments stop
"WAKE UP!"