✦ WANTING NOTHING ✦
Dark art-pop ballad with slow 6/8 sway, low tom pulse, bowed bass, and sparse piano; verse stays close and bare, pre-chorus opens with rising string clusters, chorus lands on a heavy suspended chord and a short chantable phrase. Deep male bass-baritone vocal, intimate and chesty in verses, doubled an octave lower on the hook, with breathy ad-libs and a final held note. Ear candy includes reversed piano swells, distant sub drops, and a cracked tape flutter into the bridge. Mix is wide, shadowy, and cinematic, deep
✦ WANTING NOTHING ✦
Dark art-pop ballad with slow 6/8 sway, low tom pulse, bowed bass, and sparse piano; verse stays close and bare, pre-chorus opens with rising string clusters, chorus lands on a heavy suspended chord and a short chantable phrase. Deep male bass-baritone vocal, intimate and chesty in verses, doubled an octave lower on the hook, with breathy ad-libs and a final held note. Ear candy includes reversed piano swells, distant sub drops, and a cracked tape flutter into the bridge. Mix is wide, shadowy, and cinematic, deep
Lyrics
I wake up in a room
That knows my name too well
The cup on the table
Still holds the shape of hell
I move like a coat
Hung on a broken chair
No hunger in my hands
No prayer left to spare
If desire was a door
Mine shut years ago
Still I stand outside it
Knocking soft and low
How do I live?
How do I live?
When nothing calls my name
How do I live?
How do I live?
With this quiet in my veins
The train goes past at noon
I watch it through the glass
Every face inside it
Looks like a life I passed
I used to chase the edge
Of every shining thing
Now even joy feels
Like a ring without a king
If the fire in me
Turned to smoke and stone
Tell me what remains here
When the wanting's gone
How do I live?
How do I live?
When nothing calls my name
How do I live?
How do I live?
With this quiet in my veins
Maybe I am not empty
Maybe I am worn
A field after harvest
Still waiting for the storm
If I cannot want
Let me still stay here
Let me be the witness
To a world that's clear
How do I live?
How do I live?
When nothing calls my name
How do I live?
How do I live?
With this quiet in my veins
How do I live?
How do I live?
If I cannot want again
How do I live?
How do I live?
Till the dark lets me begin