The Dusk Swallowed Lightning
By ViridianLoom on August 9, 2020 11:58 pm
It's been a while since I've sang on one of my tracks so I figured I'd give it a shot this week. I really crammed this one in last minute, its 6 minutes until submission time as I type this but some of you have got me beat on last minute uploads. I unfortunately didn't get a chance to try to iron out some of the rough spots but I figured I'd at least try my best to make the parts I liked the most shine through. Also, towards the end I envisioned a section where the acoustic instruments crossfade into distorted instruments as the section gets louder. I made an attempt at it but it didn't quite hit the mark for me personally. The ending chord progression where it's drawn out for a long time is strange and I wanted to solo over it but I couldn't figure out what scales to use. If I recall it's all sus2 chords descending down in whole step intervals, in 6/4 divided up into three measures. So its like
F#-E-D-C
D-C-D-C
E
So using those as the root note guides, the chord shape that's being moved looks like this
X
9
9
X
9
X
So yeah I dunno, anyone with a mind for theory know whats happening in that progression?
Also I have no idea how this sounds the whole way through since I had no time to get it a last listen before it was time to render it haha. I hope its ok!
Lyrics:
Wrap me up in ice
Almost life like, lightning awake
The inside of a bottle
Uncorked and tossed away
Tied it to the rod and cast away
Little by little
Sinking to the deep azure sea
Icy bubbles of air
Time is not on my side
The sextant guides me right
The ocean floor swollen with light
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