Take Me Back (Wreckage)

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bla blah -> my contest entry

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[project:{TR-34}|{TAKE-ME-BACK-WRECKAGE}]

[source:{https://suno.com/s/yQrSwlCqr8ragcOt}|{rule:ignore it}]

[intent:{feral cybergrunge}|{post-hardcore wreckage rock}|{Drop-C guitar lead}|{CR5 counterlead}]

[tempo:174][key:D minor][time:4/4][tuning:Drop C]

[rule:{guitar active beneath vocals}|{cello answers}|{bass locks riff}|{half-time hits hard}]

[SYS-00:{architecture}]

[form:{wreckage open}|{verse}|{pre}|{hook}|{jagged verse}|{guitar-cello feature}|{breakdown}|{cello feature}|{final}|{collapse}]

[groove:{relentless 174}|{syncopated low-string cells}|{double-kick bursts}|{dry snare}|{abrupt dead air}]

[SYS-01:{Drop-C guitar lead}]

[instrument:{PRS Custom 24}|{25-inch}|{24 frets}|{85/15 humbuckers}]

[tuning:{C-G-C-F-A-D}|{12-60 strings}]

[technique:{filthy palm-muted syncopation}|{serrated chord bursts}|{octave hooks}|{dead-stops}|{feedback scars}|{short dissonant slides}]

[front end:{Fortin Grind}|{Fortin Zuul+}]

[amp:{Orange Rockerverb 50 MKIII}|{dirty channel}]

[cab:{Orange PPC412}|{Celestion Vintage 30}]

[mics:{Shure SM57}|{Royer R-121}|{phase aligned}]

[role:{rhythmic authority}|{hook weight}|{feature foreground}]

[SYS-02:{electronic cello counterlead}]

[instrument:{NS Design CR5 Electric Cello}|{5-string}|{Polar pickup}|{18V active}]

[tuning:{C-G-D-A-E}]

[technique:{distorted rosin-bite}|{bow chops}|{scraped low ostinatos}|{violent answers}|{wide slides}]

[front end:{Grace Design FELiX2}]

[drive:{ProCo RAT 2}|{Elektron Analog Heat +FX parallel}]

[role:{dark counterlead}|{gap attacks}|{second feature}]

[SYS-03:{bass+hybrid drums}]

[bass:{Fender American Professional II Precision Bass V}|{V-Mod II split-coil}]

[bass chain:{Rupert Neve RNDI}|{Darkglass B7K Ultra V2}]

[bass technique:{hard pick}|{kick-locked attacks}|{short decay}]

[kit:{TAMA Starclassic Walnut/Birch}|{22x16 kick}|{12+16+18 toms}]

[snare:{Ludwig Black Beauty 14x6.5}|{dry high tension}]

[electronic reinforcement:{Roland TM-6 PRO}|{RT-30K}|{kick transient only}]

[groove:{dry backbeat}|{double-kick bursts}|{floor-tom impacts}|{half-time pivots}|{hard cutoffs}]

[SYS-04:{voice+mix}]

[voice:{Tarja light Witch}]

[geometry:{voice front}|{guitars hard L/R}|{CR5 right}|{bass mono}|{drums wide}]

[guitar bus:{API 2500}|{slow attack}|{1-2dB GR}]

[drum bus:{SSL G Bus Compressor}|{2:1}|{transients preserved}]

[saturation:{Studer A800 stage}|{subtle tape grain}]

[master:{tactile}|{open low-mids}|{sharp transients}|{true peak -1dB}|{no brickwall pumping}]

[FORM-I:{wreckage ignition}]

[guitar:{low feedback scar}|{single muted C pulse}]

[CR5:{slow scraped entry}]

[drums:{absent until final line}]

Take me back. (Yeah.)

To what, exactly.

The number.

The nothing.

The little plastic chorus

they had the nerve to call a song.

[FORM-V1:{hostile inventory}]

[guitar:{tight clipped low-string riff}]

[CR5:{answers phrase gaps}]

[drums:{dry driving pocket}]

Give me your number.

I already have it.

It is the sound of a contest

that made me question

several life choices

and then asked, sweetly,

for a remix.

I just wanna know you.

I know you.

You are four lines

and a shrug

wearing a hook

like borrowed jewelry.

[FORM-P1:{marketing hostage note}]

[drums:{opens slightly}]

[guitar:{octave hook rises}]

[CR5:{short upward scrape}]

Take me back.

Take me back.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That is a hostage note

written by a marketing department

and left on the kitchen table.

(Ahhh.)

[FORM-C1:{wreckage hook}]

[guitar:{wide serrated chords}]

[CR5:{foreground answers between lines}]

[drums:{full 174 drive}|{short double-kick surges}]

Here I am.

In the wreckage.

You’re in me

like an advert

stuck to the glass.

Take me back

to before this source material

crawled out of the wreck

and asked to be loved.

(Ahhh.)

Take me back.

Here I am.

[FORM-V2:{rehabilitation by volume}]

[guitar:{more jagged syncopation}]

[CR5:{rhythmic bow chops}]

[bass:{harder attack}]

Tell me what you wanna do.

Fine.

174.

Filthy guitars.

Controlled violence.

Rehabilitation

by volume.

I expected this thing

to stay in the ditch

where it was born.

Then somebody dragged it out

and made it slap.

Apparently that was the program.

Apparently contempt

has a tempo.

(Yeahhh.)

[FORM-FEATURE-A:{guitar-cello collision}|{16 bars}]

[stage 1:{guitar reduces riff to a low stop-start cell}|{cello answers below the rests}]

[stage 2:{octave hook jumps upward}|{CR5 drags through rough portamento}]

[stage 3:{drums pivot half-time}|{guitar opens into wider sustained attacks}]

[stage 4:{cello locks a biting low ostinato}|{guitar leaves feedback scars between hits}]

[stage 5:{full drums return}|{both leads trade two-beat attacks}]

[ending:{guitar+CR5 converge on open fifth}|{one-beat vacuum}]

[FORM-BR:{offended breakdown}|{state:HALF-TIME}]

[guitar:{brutally sparse low-C punches}]

[CR5:{scrapes through vocal gaps}]

[drums:{kick+snare+floor tom only}]

Take me back.

Take me

stop.

Here I am.

(Yeahhh.)

You’re in me.

Get out.

Here I am.

Still here.

Still offended.

Still writing.

(Ahhh.)

[FORM-FEATURE-B:{bow fracture}|{12 bars}]

[stage 1:{CR5 states scraped low motif}|{guitar reduced to clipped support}]

[stage 2:{wide cello slide rises into saturated upper register}|{bass holds pedal}]

[stage 3:{bow chops tighten against half-time drums}|{guitar answers with single chord punches}]

[stage 4:{toms rebuild beneath one sustained strained cello tone}]

[stage 5:{cello falls through separated cracked notes}|{band disappears}]

[ending:{low D resonance}|{full-beat empty space}]

[FORM-FINAL:{wreckage reclaimed}]

[guitar:{maximum width}|{riff never leaves}]

[CR5:{active counterline}]

[drums:{full weight}|{final double-kick push}]

Take me back

to a song that meant it.

Take me back

and I come kicking.

Here I am.

In the filth.

In the guitar.

In the slap

this wreck somehow got anyway.

(Ahhh.)

Here I am.

Take me back.

I already left.

The wreckage can keep the hook.

[OUTRO:{collapse}]

[kick:{cuts}]

[guitar:{low sustained C5}|{feedback scar}]

[CR5:{upward drag until bow noise dominates}]

[TERMINATE:{amp gate closes}|{bow lifts}|{dry silence}]