The Lowest Bitter - Deified

NUR EIN

The Lowest Bitter

DeifiedNur Ein XVII

almost 4 years agopassed

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The Lowest Bitter

Entry from Deified in Nur Ein XVII.

Use a palindromic musical phrase of at least 6 notes total (melody must be a palindrome but rhythm can change)

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LINER AND PALINDROMES: SpoilerThere are FIVE palindromic musical phrases in this song. Go big or go home. Listed by time of first appearance, I've also highlighted the midpoint of each palindrome as bold and underlined. Additionally the song structure is palindromic - verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, verse. No judge is gonna be able to say I didn't do the challenge this week 😉

Palindrome 1: 00:00 Synth loop - this runs throughout the song
E A D G C A C G D A E
Palindrome 2: 00:23 Chorus lead synth/vocal - the lead synth and the vocal line that follows it is one long palindrome that runs for 16 bars, comprised of smaller 2 bar palindromes -
E C E G A G E C E | E C E G A G E C E | C C E C B C E C C | E C E G B G E C E | E C E G B G E C E | C C E C B C E C C | E C E G A G E C E | E C E G A G E C E
Palindrome 3: 00:42 Bitcrushed chorus guitar -
A C E G E C A C A C E G E C A
Palindrome 4: 01:38 Extra plucky synth line - this one is quite low in the mix but can be heard repeating under the second chorus -
C E G C E A C E G C E G G E C G E C A E C G E C
Palindrome 5: 01:57 lead chorus guitar - a nice bit of palindromic riffage at the end -
C G A G F D F C C F D F G A G C

Lyrically I like how close the word deified is to defiled and had the idea of writing a song about having some sort of divine (in it's literal meaning) sexual experience, and I was partially inspired by the gay sex scene in the TV show American Gods in which a human character has amazing god-sex with a Jinn ("shape-shifting spirits made of fire and air with origins in pre-Islamic Arabia", thanks google) and at the scene's climax the Jinn ejaculates fire into the man. So yknow, a normal TLB song about what it would be like to be fucked by an actual god.

unravelled unbeliever, brought down to my knees
adjuration, oh I need you, you don't have to tease

and at the apex of my desire
it feels like I'm touching something higher
the mundane and the supramundane
a god filling me up with his flame
a god filling me up with his flame
the mundane and the supramundane
it feels like I'm touching something higher
I'm at the apex of my desire

for the love of all that is holy,
oh heavens above
go to a man flowing with milk and honey
and I will lap it up
and I will lap it up
and I will lap it up

adjuration, oh I need you, you don't have to tease
unravelled unbeliever, brought down to my knees,
brought down to my knees

Reviews

2 posted notes

vowlvom

May 31, 2022Forum post

your palindromes are catchy hooks which is consistently my favourite approach to the challenge across this round, and it makes for a ton of ear candy when they're layered over each other. Love the rattly snare drums too, and the lyrical theme is Very You. One of the best.

furrypedro

Jun 2, 2022Forum post

Banger! You know I'm a sucker for a funky drum beat and this is a refreshing rhythmic switch-up from you. The synths are majestic as always, and this is absolutely laden with huge hooks. I like the "mundane and the supra-mundane" line, though I thought you were gonna rhyme the next line using desire/fire, instead of mundane/flame, but both work. Nothing that I dislike here - you fucked up there, didn't you?

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