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Bottom of the Well
Clinton Moore
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Acoustic DoomDark FolkSadIsolatedEchoing
Massive natural reverb is the key to this track's sound design, making the drums and vocals sound like they are being recorded in a deep cavern. A slow, arpeggiated acoustic guitar riff circles round and round, symbolizing the trapped feeling. Deep, bowing cello notes provide a mournful low end that vibrates the chest. The vocals are powerful but distant, shouting up towards the light. It’s a song about isolation and the unique clarity that comes when you have nowhere left to fall.
[Verse 1] Fell down the shaft on a Tuesday night Watched the disappearance of the circle of light Hit the water with a heavy splash Gone in a moment, gone in a flash The walls are mossy and the stones are slick Played a heavy and a dirty trick I screamed for help but the echo returned A hard lesson that I finally learned [Chorus] I'm living at the Bottom of the Well A wet and lonely kind of personal hell Looking up at the stars in the noon day sky Watching the world just pass me by No bucket coming down, no rope to climb Serving a sentence of the quiet time The water is rising past the knee Nobody is coming to rescue me Bottom of the Well [Verse 2] It's quiet down here, peace of the grave Nothing to lose and nothing to save I found a penny that a child threw Made a wish that didn't come true Coins in the mud, dreams in the silt House of cards that I carefully built Collapsed in the dark, collapsed in the deep Now I'm just trying to get some sleep [Chorus] I'm living at the Bottom of the Well A wet and lonely kind of personal hell Looking up at the stars in the noon day sky Watching the world just pass me by No bucket coming down, no rope to climb Serving a sentence of the quiet time The water is rising past the knee Nobody is coming to rescue me Bottom of the Well [Bridge] Hello? (Echo: Hello... hello...) Is anybody there? (Echo: There... there...) Just the dripping water. Just me. [Cello Solo - Deep and Resonant] [Outro] I'll just stay here. It's cool in the dark. Bottom of the well.
Acoustic DoomDark FolkSadIsolatedEchoingPowerful/EchoingAcoustic GuitarCelloReverb DrumsWater SamplesSunoGemini (Google)
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