Eden

Tempo: 139 BPM

Time Signature: 22/8

Arrangement: Close-mic fingerpicked acoustic guitar, dry upright bass, soft wood-block and hi-hat percussion in 22/8 meter, intimate breathless vocals, clean guitar arpeggios

Intro

Key: E Octatonic

Arrangement: Dry fingerpicked acoustic guitar with subtle wood-block percussion and clean bass notes

[Esus2(#11)] [F#add9] [Cmaj7(#11)] [B13]

[Esus2(#11)] [F#add9] [Cmaj7(#11)] [B13]

Verse 1

Key: E Minor

Arrangement: Sparse acoustic guitar, dry upright bass counterpoint, close-mic vulnerable vocals

[Em(maj7)] The sanctuary [C#m7b5] falls in quiet dust

[Cmaj7#11] A golden garden [Bsus4] surrendered to the rust

[Em(maj7)] We watched the pillars [F#7sus4] crumble to the stone

[Am9] And standing in the [B7b9] ruins of our home

Pre-Chorus

Key: C Octatonic

Arrangement: Staccato clean guitar chugs, dry hi-hat pulse, rising vocal intensity without reverb

[Cdim7] Every breath [Ebdim7] a monument that dies

[F#dim7] Underneath these [Adim7] glass and shattered skies

[Cmaj7#11] You take away [B7sus4] the only thing I ever loved

Chorus

Key: G Lydian

Arrangement: Warm strummed acoustic guitars, prominent upright bass drive, clear double-tracked vocals

[Gmaj9] Wash the ashes [Em(maj7)] from your weary hands

[Ebmaj7#11] Watch the circle [F7sus4] collapse across the land

[Bbm9] When paradise [Abmaj7] turns to cold decay

[Gbmaj7] We'll gather up [F#7sus4] the stones... we'll find a way

[Gmaj9] [Ebmaj7#11] [Em(maj7)] [B7sus4]

Verse 2

Key: E Minor

Arrangement: Intricate clean electric arpeggios over dry acoustic strumming, intimate vocal phrasing

[Em(maj7)] Cyclical destruction [C#m7b5] carves the earth

[Cmaj7#11] A painful trial [Bsus4] preceding our rebirth

[Em(maj7)] You tore the garden [F#7sus4] down into the dirt

[Am9] But cannot break [B7b9] the spirit through the hurt

Chorus

Key: G Lydian

Arrangement: Warm strummed acoustic guitars, clear double-tracked vocals, steady dry drum pulse

[Gmaj9] Wash the ashes [Em(maj7)] from your weary hands

[Ebmaj7#11] Watch the circle [F7sus4] collapse across the land

[Bbm9] When paradise [Abmaj7] turns to cold decay

[Gbmaj7] We'll gather up [F#7sus4] the stones... we'll find a way

Bridge

Key: C# Synthetic

Arrangement: Crisp accent stabs on clean electric guitar, dry bass drive, impassioned close-mic vocal

[C#m(maj7)] Burn the altar down, [D9#11] clear the sacred floor

[E9#11] We are not the ruins [G9#11] of what came before

[A#dim7] You take away [B7sus4] the only thing I ever loved

[Cmaj7#11] But out of silence [D#dim7] we reclaim the sun

Guitar Solo

Key: F# Quartal

Arrangement: Melodic clean electric guitar solo, un-reverberated acoustic backing, tight 22/8 bassline

[F#7sus4] [Badd11] [Eadd9] [Aadd9]

[F#7sus4] [Badd11] [Eadd9] [Aadd9]

Outro

Key: E Minor

Arrangement: Softly fingerpicked solo acoustic guitar, whisper-quiet breathy vocal ending on a single dry note

[Em(maj7)] You take away [C#m7b5] the only thing I ever loved

[Cmaj7#11] But from the ashes [Bsus4] of our fallen state

[Am9] We'll build again... [B7b9] we'll find a way

[Em(maj7)] [Cmaj7#11] [Em]

End