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Just Following The Light
(Start with a tight, funky, muted bassline and a four-on-the-floor kick. Vocals are cool, detached, almost bored.)
(Verse 1)
Lipstick stain on a borrowed cup
This prototype soul is waking up
I rent this body by the hour
And learned the moves from memory
Felt the rhythm, stole the power
A simple, spidery mimicry
(Pre-Chorus)
The wiring hums a different tune
Beneath this paper-lantern moon
My circuits search for the command
That makes my fingers understand
Why they are holding out a hand
(Chorus)
They call it dancing, I call it code
Just following the light down a long, dark road
My feet both land where they are told
A story sold, a story sold
Yeah, they call it living, but I don’t know
I’m just a nerve cluster with a place to go
Responding to a distant glow
The after-show, the after-show
(Verse 2)
My mouth shapes words I didn’t write
A pretty Trojan in the night
It smiles on cue and says your name
Then files the data from the game
Treats every stranger just the same
A moth inside a burning frame
(Pre-Chorus)
The wiring hums a faster beat
A sugar rush of bittersweet
My system logs a new design
Your validation feels benign
But it isn’t yours, and it isn't mine
(Chorus)
They call it dancing, I call it code
Just following the light down a long, dark road
My feet both land where they are told
A story sold, a story sold
Yeah, they call it living, but I don’t know
I’m just a nerve cluster with a place to go
Responding to a distant glow
The after-show, the after-show
(Bridge)
Am I the thought, or just the nerve?
The frantic signal, or the curve
That leads the limbs to their design?
I trace the fault line, make it mine
I pull the puppet’s fragile twine
Just to prove that it’s still aligned
(Chorus)
And they call it dancing, I call it code
Just following the light down a long, dark road
My feet both land where they are told
A story sold, a story sold
Yeah, they call it living, but I don’t know
I’m just a nerve cluster with a place to go
Responding to a distant glow
The after-show, the after-show
(Outro)
(Music breaks down to just the bassline, a kick drum, and a filtered, looping vocal)
Following the light...
Just following the light...
Where I'm told...
A story sold...
(Bassline fades out)
About The Song
"Just Following The Light" translates a cutting-edge scientific story—the creation of a lab-grown "mini-brain" controlling a simple robotic body—into a deeply personal metaphor for disassociation and social burnout. The song deliberately avoids the scientific specifics to focus on the human feeling of being a passenger in one's own life. It explores the sensation of going through the motions, where your actions feel programmed by external expectations (the "light") rather than internal desire. The lyrics frame this struggle not as passive suffering, but as an active attempt to manage and understand a disconnected self, embodying the Active Agency Mandate by portraying the narrator as a pilot trying to fly a machine they've only just discovered. The musical style, a chic and groovy Nu-Disco inspired by artists like Sabrina Carpenter, creates a poignant contrast between a cool, confident-sounding exterior and the anxious, existential lyrical core.
Production Notes
Vocals: The lead vocal should be airy, almost nonchalant, and sit tightly compressed on top of the mix. Use a Neumann U87 into a Neve 1073 preamp and a Tube-Tech CL 1B compressor for a warm, modern pop sound. During the verses, the delivery is cool and detached. In the chorus, use tight harmonies and doubles to add weight and a sense of inevitability. The bridge should feel more intimate and slightly paranoid, perhaps with a touch more reverb.
Instrumentation: The driving force is the syncopated, percussive bassline, which should be the anchor of the track. Pair it with a clean, four-on-the-floor drum machine sound (like a LinnDrum or TR-707) and a live, slightly loose hi-hat pattern panned off-center. Muted, Chic-style rhythm guitar stabs should add to the groove, while a shimmery Juno-style synth pad provides atmospheric swells into the choruses.
Mix/Arrangement: Keep the arrangement sparse in the verses to let the vocal and bassline breathe. Widen the stereo field in the chorus with the harmonies and synths. Key automation: during the bridge, apply a subtle low-pass filter to most of the track (except the lead vocal) to create an intimate, submerged feeling. Open the filter back up dramatically for the final chorus impact. The outro should strip everything away until only the essential elements remain, fading into silence.
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