Governing Dynamics - Two Different Worlds

from SpinTunes 19 Round 4 by Spintunes

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An interdimensional love story about two planewalkers with an inexplicable link and/or an allegory about gender fluidity and the search for/acceptance of self.

Pedal point and drone notes:

The main motif played by the right channel guitar that kicks off the song and winds through the verses/outro is a pedal point centered around a B.

Similarly there is a B octave drone played by the left channel guitar during the intro and first verse. Left channel also plays a B drone with an A# unison bend/release after the first chorus and during the lead up to the outro guitar solo

During the first chorus and bridge the right channel also plays an two note open string drone (B and E) over G#m F# E B C#m and D chords.

Arguably not quite a pedal point or drone by traditional definitions, the right channel also repeatedly arpeggiates/lets ring a B-D#-E shape of an A-B-E-F# progression during the first verse and outro guitar solo.

Left channel also plays a B-centered pedal point figure between the vocal lines in the chorus.

lyrics

scattered artifacts all over the floor
nameless police gathering shadows at your door
in case of fire, escape; in case of monsters, run
a subtly shifted landscape underneath an amber sun

you touch the light behind the mirror
time and space will unfurtl
why would I want to keep you here
when you walk in two different worlds?

wasted years dreaming through the alarms
while you were content to kiss a stranger goodbye

with that kind of power who knows who I'd do harm?
looking everywhere except into your eyes...
when I know they're just like mine

it's all under your command
you've got your hand on the door
pretend you don't understand
we walk in two different worls

let's say I'm thinking of diving in

you keep on playing when you know the move that wins

I slice the mirror, open my eyes and leap forward

once we touch the ground you'll wonder
what you waited for

we touch the light behind the mirror
shine where it's never touched before
why did I shy away from here
where we walk in two different worlds

we walk in two different worlds

credits

from SpinTunes 19 Round 4, released May 2, 2022
Additional vocals - Beka Gurney

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