Don't lie on my lie
80s synthwave turbo-folk/ebm/industrial outrun fusion. Instrumentation with bourdon setup: - lead: croix sonore with ostinatos, bass: unsettling ANS synth doubling lead reinforcing modal center constantly, Accents: cristal baschet doubling lead. All instruments focus on glissando and portamento. Duet of two male sprechgesang vocals (A+B). Constant speed throughout. Loop-based rhythmic piece based on hypnotic repetition of a single motif with stable dynamics. Rhythmic pattern: processional passacaille in heavy loure pattern pulse in 70-80 bpm. Percussion: Korg M1 workstation drum programming: tight punchy gated digital drums, short decay kick, sub-bass boost. Sidechain compression. Strictly modal composition
Don't lie on my lie
80s synthwave turbo-folk/ebm/industrial outrun fusion. Instrumentation with bourdon setup: - lead: croix sonore with ostinatos, bass: unsettling ANS synth doubling lead reinforcing modal center constantly, Accents: cristal baschet doubling lead. All instruments focus on glissando and portamento. Duet of two male sprechgesang vocals (A+B). Constant speed throughout. Loop-based rhythmic piece based on hypnotic repetition of a single motif with stable dynamics. Rhythmic pattern: processional passacaille in heavy loure pattern pulse in 70-80 bpm. Percussion: Korg M1 workstation drum programming: tight punchy gated digital drums, short decay kick, sub-bass boost. Sidechain compression. Strictly modal composition
Lyrics
[Male voice A: Fred - deep, resonant scratchy futurepop baritone with braggadocio (Matt Barlow colour and timbre); broad ambitus, chest-heavy, natural weight, unrefined but powerful; yet vulnerability breaks through the bravado.]
[Male voice B: Evan - crooning gothic bass-baritone with tedium and melancholy (Darren White colour and timbre); broad ambitus, chest-heavy, natural weight, surgically precise; yet vulnerability breaks through the tedium.]
[Dynamics swell - full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1]
[Vorspiel starts with full intensity - 2 bars, full crescendo]
[Vorspiel - 2 bars]
[Verse 1]
[Fred]
Don't you lie on my lie,
Even if I lie on your lie,
For if I lie,
I do not lie
And if I lie,
Then I don't lie.
Don't lie on me,
Or I won't lie with thee.
[Pre-chorus]
[Fred and Evan, call-and-response]
Low and high,
We do nothing but lie,
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
Low and high,
* Low and high,
We do nothing but lie,
* We do nothing but lie,
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
* Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
[Chorus]
[Fred and Evan, call-and-response]
I'm your lie.
*I'm your lie,
You're my lie.
* You're my lie.
We're the lie.
*Lie, the lie, the lie....
[Vorspiel - 2 bars]
[Verse 2]
[Evan]
I lie and I lie,
You don't lie and still lie,
Then tell me, since you lie
You don't lie,
Why do I lie
Yet you don't lie?
[Pre-chorus]
[Fred and Evan, call-and-response]
Low and high,
We do nothing but lie,
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
Low and high,
* Low and high,
We do nothing but lie,
* We do nothing but lie,
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
* Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
[Chorus]
[Fred and Evan, call-and-response]
I'm your lie.
*I'm your lie,
You're my lie.
* You're my lie.
We're the lie.
*Lie, the lie, the lie....
[Vorspiel - 2 bars]
[Verse 3]
[Fred]
Alright, I admit I lied
Only not about the part
I lied.
Yet, here you are lying
Listening to me lying
And I'm still relying
On you lying.
[Evan]
You lie and I lie,
But tell me, were I not to lie
Would you still lie
Or would I need to lie
For you to lie?
[Vorspiel - 2 bars]
[Verse 4]
[Fred]
It's decided then.
You lie on my lie.
Then I lie on your lie.
You lie.
I lie.
We lie.
I rely
And you rely
On the same lie.
[Evan]
Let it be so, then.
You lie on my lie.
Then I lie on your lie.
You lie.
I lie.
We lie.
I rely
And you rely
On the same lie.
[Instrumental bridge - Ghammaz section with taqsim - 2 bars]
[Bridge, drum breakdown]
[Fred and Evan, call-and-response]
I lie.
* I lie.
You lie.
* You lie.
We lie.
* We lie.
It's all a lie
About the lie.
We're together
* We're together
Lying on the lie,
Lying and relying
On the same lie.
* On the same lie.
Which means:
I'm your lie.
*I'm your lie,
You're my lie.
* You're my lie.
We're the lie.
*Lie, the lie, the lie....
[Ghammaz Section - non-lexical vocalizations]
* Oooooooooooh...
* Oooooooooooh...
[Pre-chorus]
[Fred and Evan, call-and-response]
Low and high,
We do nothing but lie,
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
Low and high,
* Low and high,
We do nothing but lie,
* We do nothing but lie,
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
* Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...
[start fade out, slow down]
[Outro]
[Fred and Evan, call-and-response]
I'm your lie.
*I'm your lie,
You're my lie.
* You're my lie.
We're the lie.
*Lie, the lie, the lie....
I'm your lie.
*I'm your lie,
You're my lie.
* You're my lie.
We're the lie.
*Lie, the lie, the lie....
[Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout]
* Oooooooooooh...
* Oooooooooooh...
[end]