[Tempo: 100 BPM]
[Style: Modern A Cappella with a driving rhythmic pocket]
(Intro: Beatbox rhythm starts)
[B] – [tk] – [pf] – [tk]
(Kick – Hi-hat – Snare – Hi-hat)
[B] – [tk] – [pf] – [tk]
(Bass Voice enters: Low E, steady quarter notes)
The rhythmic pulse...
The rhythmic pulse...
(Lead Vocal: Mid-range, legato melody)
The rhythmic pulse of the city tonight
(Harmony: Add a Perfect 5th above)
The rhythmic pulse of the city tonight
(Staccato Echo: High voices, bright tone)
City tonight
City tonight
(Bridge: Transition to mouth percussion)
[ts-ts-ts-ts] (Shaker sound)
Drip drop
Drip drop
[pf!] (Sharp rimshot sound)
The rain on the glass
Drip drop
Drip drop
The moments they pass
(Build: All voices crescendo in a 3-part chord: E - G# - B)
Harmonies rising up through the floor
Harmonies rising up through the floor
(Glissando upward)
Higher
Higher
Searching for more
(Texture Shift: Airy and breathy)
(Ooh) [Breath]
(Aah) [Breath]
(Rhythmic Breakdown: Snap on beats 2 and 4)
Snap of the finger [Snap]
Click of the tongue [Click]
Songs of the old
Songs of the young
(Outro: Fading intensity)
Voices alone
Voices as one
(Lower volume)
Voices alone
Until we are done
(Individual voices drop out one by one)
One voice
One voice
(Heavily aspirated)
One voice
(Whispered)
Echo
(Whispered)
Echo
(Whispered)
Echo
(Final sound: A single, soft chest hit)
[DUM]
Silence