Hum's Not for Everyone
Industrial, Synth-Bluesy, Heartfelt, Pulsating Beats, Haunting strings, Deep Bass Male Singer, Factory Noises
Hum's Not for Everyone
Industrial, Synth-Bluesy, Heartfelt, Pulsating Beats, Haunting strings, Deep Bass Male Singer, Factory Noises
Lyrics
Music: A tense, deliberate rhythm begins with a menacing, low-end bassline and a driving, slightly distorted electric guitar riff. A single, high-pitched banjo note repeats like a warning siren. The tone is sinister and unforgiving.
(Verse 1)
Vocal: Male, with a gruff, honest, and unsparing tone.
The Beeswax Card in my hand, I took it from the dead,
A life I stole for this one chance, from the ground where blood was shed.
I’m standing in the Antechamber, it’s soaked in honeyed grace,
But something in the air here, says I am out of place.
I tried to hold the card so close, I felt the pulsing hum,
But it burned me like a holy fire, I felt my heart grow numb.
The receptionist, with knowing eyes, just saw my very soul,
And I could feel this perfect world was taking its cruel toll.
(Chorus)
Vocal: The vocal becomes a powerful, almost desperate roar. The music becomes harsher, louder, and more frantic.
My heart, my mind, my dreams, are in a vicious fight,
A twisted knot that will not bend toward the golden light.
The AURA-HUM, I hear it, but its song is not for me,
My spirit is a broken thing, a truth for all to see.
This is not a test I failed, or a lesson I forgot,
My path is opposition, and a vicious, ugly knot.
(Verse 2)
Vocal: The tone becomes more confessional, revealing the dark truth.
I walk a path of violence, I killed for what I hold,
And I would kill a second time, a brutal story told.
The whispers in my head still scream, a legacy of pain,
A tangled, broken consciousness, like a twisted, angry rain.
I’m made of all the harm I've done, the lives I've had to take,
And I can’t hide that from this place, for goodness gracious sake.
I tried to force a feeling, to fake a perfect heart,
But you can’t heal a broken man with just a brand new start.
(Chorus)
Vocal: The vocals are strained, raw, and filled with a pained, desperate truth.
My heart, my mind, my dreams, are in a vicious fight,
A twisted knot that will not bend toward the golden light.
The AURA-HUM, I hear it, but its song is not for me,
My spirit is a broken thing, a truth for all to see.
This is not a test I failed, or a lesson I forgot,
My path is opposition, and a vicious, ugly knot.
(Bridge)
Music: The rhythm breaks down into a powerful, syncopated pattern. The vocals become more direct, a challenge to his own existence.
The Resonance won’t let me in, it sees the truth and it rejects,
My violence, my darkness, my own brutal path affects.
My soul is not a minor flaw, to simply turn and fix,
It's a monster in the shadows, built of all my broken tricks.
My path is opposition to this great and glowing dream,
I am the discord in the song, the poison in the stream.
(Outro)
Music: The song does not resolve. The music ends on a sharp, single, unresolved chord. The final vocal lines are a fierce, lingering vow to continue the struggle.
[Vocal: The final whisper is a strained, determined promise.] ...This might not be for me... ...But I must face the truth...
...I am my own worst enemy... ...I will find a way for a new proof...