Ventricular [Heartbeat Remix Entry]
Trip-hop, dark ambient, rhythmic heartbeat sample acting as kick drum, intimate close-mic proximity, breathy falsetto, subtle emotional vocal breaks, dark melancholic delivery, sparse minor-key piano, heavy industrial textures
Ventricular [Heartbeat Remix Entry]
Trip-hop, dark ambient, rhythmic heartbeat sample acting as kick drum, intimate close-mic proximity, breathy falsetto, subtle emotional vocal breaks, dark melancholic delivery, sparse minor-key piano, heavy industrial textures
Lyrics
Intro
isolated rhythmic heartbeat sample, slow and heavy
sparse, single piano notes falling between the beats
Verse 1
intimate, close-mic whisper
Press your ear against the floorboards
Listen to the wiring hum
Counting out the space between the thump
Before the panic comes
Fingertips against the collarbone
Measuring the current underneath
A frantic little motor
Working right behind the teeth
Verse 2
slightly louder, introducing a heavy sub-bass mirroring the heartbeat
The metronome is running hot
Sweat is pooling in the crease
I swallow down the copper taste
And beg the drum to cease
But it accelerates the tempo
Knocking rhythm on the sternum wall
Pacing out the hallway
Waiting for the drop to fall
Pre-Chorus
tension building, industrial static swelling, heartbeat doubling in speed
Tighten up the jaw
Hold the oxygen
Listen to the engine
Reving up again
Chorus
full cinematic explosion, heavy trip-hop beat, desperate belted vocals
I can't slow the rhythm down!
It’s wearing out the valves and gears!
Pounding like a gavel
Ringing in the center of my ears!
It’s burning up the oil!
It’s wrapping round the bone!
A frantic little machine
That won't leave me alone!
Outro
sudden drop back to breathy whisper
all instruments cut out, leaving only the isolated heartbeat sample
Slowing down.
Slowing.
(Heartbeat fades out)
Silence