Music Details

The Hanged Man
Dark pop indie electronica. Slow intimate beginning that progressively builds into an epic emotional peak at three quarters of the song, followed by a final quarter instrumental outro that becomes experimental and deconstructed. Male falsetto vocals, fragile and wavering at first, with increasing layers of harmony as the song progresses. Moody synths, subtle guitars, electronic beats, atmospheric textures. Dynamic rise from minimal arrangement to powerful euphoric climax. Influences: Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, Modest Mouse. Emotional arc: fear, surrender, transformation, euphoria.
tempo: medium-slow
mood: melancholic, introspective, cinematic
vocals: male falsetto
structure: gradual build, layered harmonies, experimental outro
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[Verse 1]
I woke up hanging upside down
My pockets full of empty sound
A silver thread around my wrist
A list of things I never fixed
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold still
Don’t run
The turning has already begun
[Chorus]
I’m learning how to fall without a fight
Learning how to open up my eyes
Turning fear into a different shape
Giving up the ghost I used to make
I’m hanging by a fragile little thread
Every thought unravels in my head
In the dark I feel the fever grow
Maybe I don’t need to let it go
[Verse 2]
I felt the teeth beneath my skin
A second heartbeat settling in
A foreign moon inside my chest
Saying child you need to rest
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold still
Let go
There are things you’re meant to know
Let go
Let go
[Chorus]
I’m learning how to fall without a fight
Learning how to open up my eyes
Turning fear into a different shape
Giving up the ghost I used to make
[Bridge]
All my life I ran from change
Kept my heart inside a cage
Counted days and counted cost
Terrified of getting lost
[Build]
I am not breaking
I am becoming
I am not breaking
I am becoming
[Final Chorus]
I’m hanging in a brilliant burst of light
Every shadow turning into sight
In the dark I felt the fever grow
Now I finally don’t need to let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
[Outro – Instrumental Only]