track 7 of 10 from Theotria

the story of ocean pollution from the perspective of the fishies and other marine life.

shoutout to my friend, who goes by Nounbrain, who helped me greatly with writing the lyrics for this one! (they're not on NG)

written by Nounbrain and Teradex

performed by Teradex

lyrics:

plagued the oceans

with cigarette butts,

eternal choking risks and slaughter nets

exacerbating

infinite wastebin

hell to forgiving things we can’t forget

hunt and gather

mind not our matters

a brand new scale fitting we’d survive

our brightest daughters

across the waters

erecting towers that could reach the sky

(towers that could reach the sky)

riverbanks like miniature seas

hold our breath, like humans do

they are blithe to how they disease

they are blind and they are new

it grew up like it’s a child

then it spelled like wizardry

till the whole planet was garbage

poor fish, in the sea.

heat is rising

white towers falling

heavy tsunami’s devastating blow

pyro-water

dorsals on fire

a carcass of a Cetus lies below

(Cetus carcass lies below)

schoolyards, wrapped up in saran

shallow folk, all begin to pop

once a home, and now a jail cell

ring a round, as we all drop

belly up but we’re still smiling

bleeding out, like marker art

make the best of how we perish

do we swim, in your heart?

as tectonic plates are shattered

obsidian shoots through the seams

it grew legs and killed your mother

just like you we cannot breathe

wise enough, to see it coming

not cute enough, to get mercy

we built up, styrofoam towers

that no one will see

music nerd stuff:

the idea for this song was born when i was playing around with these little styrofoam pieces that were making a bunch of cool noises, so i recorded all of that and sampled it heavily. all of the percussion (except of the claps after the first chorus) and the bassline have been made using exclusively styrofoam sounds.

quite proud of the vocal production on this one too, this was the first time i actually focused on ear candy in vocals. mostly because this song has one of the simplest instrumentals on the album

the song felt quite bland in a 4/4 time signature so i went with 7/8 instead.

and here's a fun fact, this was the last song from the album to be finished because the lyrics took just so long to write lol