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You Make The Silence Scream
(Verse 1)
You keep your voice so low, a steady, soothing hum
You draw the patterns in the air until my senses numb
You stand across the room, the perfect architect
While I fight the currents you invent, and try to recollect
How I stood on my own feet, before you came around
Now I can't feel the floor, I'm inches off the ground
You build a prison out of peace, a cage of careful smiles
And rearrange the molecules of me across the miles
(Pre-Chorus)
Oh, your measured tone is a frequency I can’t escape
It holds me in this fragile place, a terrifying shape
(Chorus)
Did it feel good to stand so steady?
While you were tearing my world down?
You tune the air 'til I'm unsteady
Ten feet above the solid ground
You tell our friends I'm “so dramatic”
It's just another of your psalms
You orchestrate the frantic
While you stay so goddamn calm
(Verse 2)
I saw you yesterday, holding court with all your grace
Not a single question in your eyes, no tension in your face
You told them I was resting, just a little overwrought
Then sent a wave right through my bones to hold me in the thought
I wrestle with the quiet, 'cause the quiet is your tool
While I’m the frantic particle that breaks your every rule
I'm fighting to fall down, just to know that it would bruise
A lovely bit of chaos that your careful world would lose
(Pre-Chorus)
Oh, the quiet in the room is a command I have to break
It's a promise of the pieces that I'm trying not to make
(Chorus)
Did it feel good to stand so steady?
While you were tearing my world down?
You tune the air 'til I'm unsteady
Ten feet above the solid ground
You tell our friends I'm “so dramatic”
It's just another of your psalms
You orchestrate the frantic
While you stay so goddamn calm
(Bridge)
And I'm spinning and I'm floating, and the world is warped and blurred
Trapped inside the meaning of your every single word
But there's a different frequency, a different kind of noise
A crackle in the atmosphere that isn't one of your ploys
I'm looking for the off-switch, I'm searching for the cord
The beautiful cacophony you've always just ignored
(Guitar Solo / Breakdown)
(Driving, distorted guitar solo that feels like a struggle. It's not just melodic; it's rhythmic and chaotic, like something breaking free. The drums get frantic, with cymbal crashes that feel like shattering glass. For the last four bars, everything drops out except a single, distorted, feedback-laden guitar note that rings out and decays into silence.)
(Chorus)
And it feels good to feel this heavy!
Like I could bring your whole world down!
My discord makes you so unsteady
Welcome back to solid ground!
I'll show our friends I'm more than frantic!
Yeah, I’ll scream over your psalms!
'Cause I'll take my beautiful panic
Over your crushing, deadly calm!<n
(Outro)
Over your calm
You stay so goddamn calm
(A final, clean guitar chord rings out, then abruptly cut short with the sound of a cable being unplugged.)
About The Song
“You Make The Silence Scream” transforms a scientific breakthrough—acoustic levitation, where sound waves suspend and manipulate objects—into a visceral metaphor for emotional manipulation and gaslighting. The song channels the raw, confrontational energy of artists like Olivia Rodrigo, but anchors it in the specific feeling of being held captive by an partner’s calm, controlling demeanor. The 'sound waves' become the abuser's measured tones, their passive-aggressive silence, and their carefully constructed narrative that suspends the protagonist in a state of confusion and powerlessness. The song isn't about the technology; it’s about weaponized quiet and the fight to reclaim emotional gravity and make a sound loud enough to shatter the invisible cage.
Production Notes
Genre: Indie Rock / Pop-Punk with a Dream Pop Bridge
Vocals: Needs a performance that can shift from a tense, almost-spoken verse to a full-throated, cathartic belt in the chorus. The bridge should be more ethereal and layered, almost dizzy-sounding.
Vocal Chain: For verses, a close-mic setup (Neumann U87) with light compression to catch the intimacy. For the chorus, drive it harder into an analog-style compressor (1176 'All Buttons In' mode) for that aggressive, pinned sound.
Instrumentation: The arrangement is key to the metaphor. Verses are sparse: a syncopated, muted bassline and a tight drum groove with the kick and snare dominant. Choruses explode with layered, crunchy guitars (Fender Jaguar, Orange amp) and a driving eighth-note bassline and crashing cymbals. The bridge should introduce swirling, delayed guitars and ambient synth pads to create a floating, disoriented feel.
Mix Automation: Automate a stereo widener and reverb on the vocals in the bridge to make them feel vast and lost. During the final chorus, push the drum overheads and vocal distortion up slightly with each line to build the feeling of chaotic release.
Breakdown/Solo: The guitar solo should prioritize feel over technicality—think sonic struggle. Use a fuzz pedal (Big Muff) and let feedback ring out. The sudden drop to silence before the final chorus is critical for impact.
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