Underneath

Lyrics

ASCEND — Standalone Single
Intro — 12 Seconds
[Clean Electric Guitar — Heavy Chorus / Slow Phaser]
Warm Rounded Bass
Muted Kick — Heartbeat Feel
Everything Feels Submerged
[Verse 1 — Soft Baritone / Subtle Wavy Vocal Modulation]
Morning comes
Through moving glass
Light above me
Bends and cracks
Every sound
Is somewhere far
Every step
A little hard
Nothing happened
Nothing broke
No heavy words
Were ever spoke
It's just one of those days
When gravity...
Feels stronger...
Than me
Clean Guitar Warbles Between Lines
Verse 2 — Submerged / Slightly Stronger
People move
Above the blue
Going where
They always do
I can see them
Passing by
Shadows underneath
The light
And I'm moving
Just as well
Only slower
For a spell
Like every little thing
I carry...
Weighs a little more...
Down here
[Pre-Chorus — Vocal Effect Gradually Reduces]
But I can see...
The sunlight
Moving on...
The surface
I know exactly...
Where I am
Drums Begin Opening
I don't need saving...
Effect Almost Gone
I just need...
A LITTLE TIME
Full Band Opens / Vocal Completely Clear
Chorus — Huge / Clean ASCEND Vocal
UNDERNEEEEEEEATH!
EVERYTHING WEIGHS
A LITTLE MORE ON ME!
UNDERNEEEEEEEATH!
EVERY ROAD FEELS
FURTHER THAN IT SEEMS!
But I still see the sunlight!
I still know which way is up!
I'm not lost!
I'm not broken!
Band Pulls Back
I'm not drowning...
Pause
I'M JUST UNDERNEATH
Lead Guitar Rings
Production “Submerges” Again
Drums Muffle / Chorus Effect Returns
Verse 3 — Wavy Vocal / More Rhythmic
Time moves strange
Beneath the waves
Minutes stretch
And lose their shape
Words arrive
A second late
Thoughts get caught
Behind their weight
So I don't fight
The current now
Don't need to prove
I'm getting out
Some days aren't made
For climbing mountains...
Some are made...
For getting through
Pre-Chorus — Slowly Surfacing
And through the blue...
The daylight
Still moves across...
The surface
It never left...
Because I sank
Voice Becoming Clear
Maybe I don't have
To chase it...
Maybe today...
Full Vocal Clarity
I JUST LET IT WAIT
Chorus — Bigger
UNDERNEEEEEEEATH!
EVERYTHING WEIGHS
A LITTLE MORE ON ME!
UNDERNEEEEEEEATH!
EVERY ROAD FEELS
FURTHER THAN IT SEEMS!
But I still see the sunlight!
I still know which way is up!
I'm not lost!
I'm not broken!
I'm not drowning...
I'M JUST UNDERNEATH
Short Guitar Solo — 25 Seconds
Lead Guitar Heavily Chorus-Modulated
Notes Bend and “Float”
Rhythm Section Remains Clear
Solo Gradually Loses Modulation
Final Note Emerges Clean
Band Drops
Bridge — Voice Very Close / Almost Dry
Maybe we're too quick
To call it darkness
Every time
The light feels far
Too quick to think
We need an answer
Every time
The days get hard
Clean Guitar
Maybe sometimes...
Heavy...
Is only heavy
Maybe tired...
Is only tired
Maybe being underneath...
Doesn't mean...
Voice Opens Slightly
You've forgotten...
HOW TO RISE
Drums Build
So let the water
Move around me
Let the world
Keep moving too
I don't have to
Race the surface...
Distortion Builds
Just because...
Voice Growing
I KNOW IT'S THERE
[Final Chorus — Massive / Completely Dry Vocal]
UNDERNEEEEEEEEEATH!
EVERYTHING WEIGHS
A LITTLE MORE ON ME!
UNDERNEEEEEEEEEATH!
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
IT'S WHERE I'LL ALWAYS BE!
I can see the sunlight!
I can feel it reaching down!
I'm still here!
I'm still moving!
And that's enough...
FOR RIGHT NOW!
Band Drops to Bass + Clean Guitar
Final Vocal — Wavy Effect Slowly Returns
I'm not lost...
(not lost...)
I'm not drowning...
(not drowning...)
I'm just...
Long Pause
Underneath...
Echo / Modulated
(underneath...)
Quieter
(...underneath...)
Clean Guitar Wobbles
Single Bass Note
Fade — END