New Everything
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[0:00–0:24 — FIRST PASS / COLD OPEN, QUIET SWAGGER] Revelation twenty-one, one through four. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. [Nearly bare. Dry phone-mic male tenor with grain, low cocky edge and clipped fast-folk phrasing. Muted acoustic loop, faint hiss, deep sub pulse. Half-spoken, slightly behind the pocket. Strategic silence after hard lines. No beauty yet—scarred, calm, certain.] [0:25–1:09 — SECOND PASS / PILGRIM WALK] Revelation chapter twenty-one, verses one through four. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. [Drop heavy dusty boom-bap: dry kick, cracking snare, massive warm 808, muted acoustic strum, foot stomp, detuned piano stab and guitar haze. Groove walks with swagger and huge negative space. Fast-flow folk cadence until “BEHOLD.”] [LEAD — CLIPPED, CONFIDENT] And I John saw the holy city— [ROUGH OFF-MIC VOICE] The holy city. [LEAD] New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. [BRIGHT FINGERPICK FLASH, THEN IMMEDIATE DROP BACK.] Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [808 AND SNARE DISAPPEAR.] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying— [DEAD SILENCE] Behold. [HOLD.] The tabernacle of God is with men. [ROUGH CREW] WITH MEN. [ONE HIT. NO REPEAT.] [1:10–1:44 — INTERLUDE / HOME IS REAL] Ooh. Yeah. And he will dwell with them. [BASS WALKS; ACOUSTIC KEEPS THE PILGRIM PULSE.] And they shall be his people. [LOW VOICE] His people. And God himself shall be with them— [ONE MASSIVE RAW ALT-ROCK BLOOM: DISTORTED GUITARS, LIVE DRUM CRASH, SUB. VANISH IMMEDIATELY.] And be their God. [DRY. CLOSE. UNBOTHERED.] [REVERSE GUITAR TAIL AND TAPE SMEAR DISSOLVE BEHIND THE VOICE.] [1:45–2:28 — THIRD PASS / NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE] The Revelation of Saint John the Divine, chapter twenty-one, verses one through four. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. [Lead and acoustic alone, then rebuild: stomp, bass, dusty boom-bap, monstrous 808 and widest dirty guitars. Vocal starts fast and cocky, then progressively slows as home becomes real.] [LEAD] Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. [ROUGH VOICE] Behold. And he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people. [ROUGH CREW] His people. And God himself shall be with them, and be their God. [HARD CUT.] And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. [BEGIN DISMANTLING THE BEAT.] And there shall be no more death— [LOW VOICE] No more. Neither sorrow— [SECOND VOICE] No more. Nor crying— [CREW DISAPPEARS.] Neither shall there be any more pain. [ONE FRAGILE FINGERPICK PHRASE. NOTHING ELSE.] [LEAD — COMPLETELY DRY, CLOSE, SLOWED] For the former things are passed away. [NO RESPONSE. NO CHORD. NO RESOLUTION.] [2:29–2:58 — OUTRO / HOME] [No sung words.] [Let the acoustic persist several beats]