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MADS CLARK × VOIDSKULL — FALSE AWAKE

V6

[Intro - close whisper, detuned music box] I know this hallway... But I don't know that door. [breath] Did I wake up? [Verse 1 - half-rap, sparse beat] Three in the morning The clock won't move Every time I look away It resets to two Phone keeps glowing No name, no sound There's a message on the screen: "Don't turn around." I count the windows One, two, three There were only two When I went to sleep Something feels wrong But I know this place So why does every shadow Move half a beat too late? [Pre-Chorus - melody rising] Every light Falls out of time Every step Comes back as mine If I open up my eyes And nothing changes— Tell me... [Build A - accelerating pulse] Am I awake? [Crowd - distant] NOT YET! Am I awake? [Crowd - louder] NOT YET! [low end cuts] [Female - dry whisper] Then wake me. [Drop A - euphoric festival melody] [Female vocal chops] A-wake... Not yet... A-wake... Not yet... [Instrumental - four-note lucid motif, supersaws] [Verse 2 - darker rhythmic half-rap] Elevator opens Same floor again I press for the lobby It takes me to ten Someone starts laughing Inside of the wall I follow the sound But there's nobody at all My reflection turns Before I move Now I'm standing still And she's watching me too No— I don't need an answer I just need to know Which one of us Is dreaming who? [Pre-Chorus 2 - stronger harmony] Every light Falls out of line Every voice Sounds almost mine If the whole world disappears When the bass stops— Tell me... [Build B - glitching vocal fragments] Am I— Am I— Am I awake? [Crowd] NOT YET! [organ bends upward] Not... Not... Not— [half-bar vacuum] [Drop B - collision win] [Female] FALSE AWAKE! [Instrumental - harder bass answers, distorted carnival organ, glitch stops, rephrased main melody] [Crowd fragments] NOT YET! NOT YET! [Piano Breakdown - near dry] [Female - intimate] Maybe waking up was never the scary part. Maybe it's opening your eyes... and finding the dream was waiting for you. [long pause] [soft inhale] [Final Build - 16 bars] [Female - whispered] One light. [Crowd - distant] Are you awake? Two lights. [Crowd - closer] Are you awake? Three lights. [Female] I can hear you now. [snare acceleration] [Crowd] ARE YOU AWAKE? [Female - cracked melodic] Not yet. [Crowd] ARE YOU AWAKE? [Female - stronger] Not yet. [low end disappears] [Female - completely dry] Ask me again. [Silence] [Final Drop - Worlds Converge] [Crowd] ARE YOU AWAKE? [Female] NOT YET! [Ghost Choir] Not yet... Not yet... [Instrumental - full euphoric main melody, warped music-box counterline, hard festival kick, final-only ghost choir harmony] [Final Chorus over drop] [Female] Every light is burning white Every shadow comes alive [Crowd] ARE YOU AWAKE? [Female] Not yet— But I'm getting close. [Closing Stamp - everything cuts] [Female - whisper] Now I am..