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diff --git a/st33vRecords/st33vTM/endOfMusic/end/track.eno b/st33vRecords/st33vTM/endOfMusic/end/track.eno new file mode 100644 index 0000000..af5143e --- /dev/null +++ b/st33vRecords/st33vTM/endOfMusic/end/track.eno @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +cover: +description = A desert landscape strewn with broken musical instruments +file = 1400-track1.jpg + +more_label: Lyrics + +--more + +We gather here to mark the passing +Of song, of sound, of joy once known +It is said that heart has left the music +And all that’s left is cold as stone + +[Mini-Chorus] +This is the end of music — again! + +[Verse 1] +They feared the worldly airs and dances, +Passion in a minstrel’s art +They said “too much will stir the body, +And tempt the weak of heart” +[delicate lute or guitar flourishes beneath] + +[Mini-Chorus] +This is the end of music — again! + +[Verse 2] +When the organ grinder’s barrel turned +And the music box began to play +They said “these cogs will choke the spirit, +And drive the troubadours away” +[soft tambourine accents, rustle of crank handles] + +[Mini-Chorus] +This is the end of music — again! + +[Verse 3] +The needle hit the vinyl spinning +A backbeat set the hips aflame +They banned the twist, they cursed young Elvis, +And swore the world would never be the same +[hint of crowd screams fading into tape hiss] + +[Mini-Chorus] +This is the end of music — again! + +[Verse 4 – late 20th century studio vibe; warm electric piano, synth pads, steady kick] +Then came the screens, the glowing faders +D. A. W. that bent both time and tone +We cut and pasted perfect moments +But lost a little of the unknown +[gentle 4/4 pulse, slightly metronomic, to imply regularisation] + +[Mini-Chorus] +This is the end of music — again! + +[Verse 5] +Now algorithms flood the airwaves +With echoes dressed in borrowed skin +They mine the soul, they strip the voices, +And call the hollow heart a win +[gradual crescendo, real strings and human breath sounds] + +[Final Chorus] +This is the end of music — again! +We’ve heard it all before, my friend +And still the song begins anew +The end is never quite the end + +The end is never quite the end +--more |
