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Title: Cultivate a Second Sight
(Intro)
(A sterile, clean synth arpeggio pulses like a slow EKG. A heavily reverbed, almost inaudible breath is sampled and reversed)
(Verse 1)
Used to keep my world contained, sterile and controlled
A perfect little culture, a story neatly told
Monochrome and placid, in a temperature-set room
Then you were the variable I let disturb the gloom
Just a single specimen, beneath my steady hand
Didn't know you'd replicate and overrun the land
(Pre-Chorus)
A division in the silence, a splitting of the code
Now a filament is reaching for a world it's never known
It’s a twitch behind my eyelids, a pressure I designed
I’m building something dangerous inside my own mind
(Chorus)
I cultivate a second sight, for seeing in the dark
Just to trace your silhouette, a proprietary mark
I grew these optic nerves for you, they fire and they bend
And my old world is a stranger now, my oldest, dearest friend
Yeah, I cultivate a second sight, it cost me all I knew
But everything I see is new, 'cause all that I see is you
(Verse 2)
The sunlight through the window pane is violent and strange
Every trusted frequency is out of its old range
I’m re-writing every color from my memory’s archives
The simple red I knew before no longer survives
Your name is a new spectrum, your voice a different shade
For this vision you have given, it’s a heavy price I've paid
(Pre-Chorus)
A division in the quiet, a breaking of the known
Now a ganglion is thriving in a place it wasn't sown
It's a twitch behind my eyelids, a pressure I defined
I’m running this experiment inside my own mind
(Chorus)
I cultivate a second sight, for seeing in the dark
Just to trace your silhouette, a proprietary mark
I grew these optic nerves for you, they fire and they bend
And my old world is a stranger now, my oldest, dearest friend
Yeah, I cultivate a second sight, it cost me all I knew
But everything I see is new, 'cause all that I see is you
(Bridge)
I was the scientist in charge, I held the glass with care
Now I'm the subject and the host, breathing borrowed air
This little miracle of mine, this thing that feels so true…
Did I engineer a cure or did I just learn to need you?
This beautiful disease I chose, this iris in the grey
Was I blind before I met you, or did you take my sight away?
(Chorus)
(Drums and synth get more frantic, a little distorted)
I cultivate a second sight, for seeing in the dark!
Just to trace your silhouette, a proprietary mark!
I grew these optic nerves for you, they fire and they bend!
And my old world is a stranger now, my oldest, dearest friend!
Yeah, I cultivate a second sight, it cost me all I knew!
But everything I see is new, 'cause all that I see is you!
(Outro)
All I see is you...
(All I see is...)
The culture is contaminated...
(All I see is you...)
System reset... fails...
(The sterile synth pulse from the intro returns, now slightly off-key, and fades to silence)
About The Song
"Cultivate a Second Sight" uses the recent scientific breakthrough of lab-grown 'mini-brains' developing optic structures as a powerful metaphor for obsessive love. The song delves into how an all-consuming connection with another person can feel like an act of deliberate, almost unnatural, biological cultivation within oneself. The narrator isn't just falling in love; they are actively 'growing' a new perceptual organ—a "second sight"—dedicated solely to their object of affection. This new vision rewrites their entire reality, rendering their past self and old world unrecognizable. Musically, it draws inspiration from the atmospheric, dark-pop landscapes of artists like Billie Eilish, using a pulsing, clinical beat and sterile synth textures to evoke the feeling of a laboratory experiment, which represents the narrator’s own mind. The core human theme is the terrifying and beautiful process of transformation through intense connection, and the voluntary surrender of one's old self to see the world through a new, consuming lens.
Production Notes
Vocals: The lead vocal should be intimate and close-mic'd, capturing every breathy detail (Neumann U 47 style). Record with a dry, centered feel for the verses and bridge. The chorus vocals should be layered with tight harmonies, panned wide, and washed in a dark plate reverb. The bridge's final line, "...did you take my sight away?" should have the reverb automated to swell and then cut abruptly to silence before the final chorus kicks in.
Instrumentation: The song is built on a foundation of a deep, pulsing 808-style sine bass that acts as the primary rhythmic driver. A clean, arpeggiated synth (like a classic Juno-60) provides the central melodic motif. The drums should be minimalist and tight, with a sharp, processed snare and a clicky hi-hat pattern that feels more like a piece of medical equipment than a traditional kit. In the final chorus, introduce a layer of distorted, almost industrial percussion to ramp up the intensity.
Arrangement: The power of the song comes from its dynamics. The verses are sparse and tense. The pre-chorus builds with rising pads and an increase in the vocal intensity. The chorus should feel like a sudden release—wide, loud, and immersive. The bridge must be a stark contrast, stripping everything away to just a dark synth pad and the lead vocal, creating a moment of raw vulnerability before the explosive final chorus.
Mix Automation: Automate filters heavily. Use a low-pass filter on the main synth during the verses, opening it up dramatically in the chorus. The ad-libs in the outro ("All I see is you...") should be panned erratically and treated with different delay throws to create a sense of disorientation before fading out.
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