Sea Level

There are no lyrics for this song And actually that's why I thought I would take the chance To write a little something directly to You Dear listener It's actually not a song Sea level At least not in the way that I understand song For me Song has to have lyrics Song without lyrics Just doesn't exist This is just a piece A piece of music It is a pretty simple piece With a simple idea I wanted to make something That got as loud as it could As loud as I was able to make it With my limited knowledge of How that could be possible technically So this loop of drums and chords Were on two separate tracks And I used a few different things To see how they could be Made to get louder One starts off winning And then the other catches up And so the proportion Of who is louder Changes over the course of the track Over all of this The general level of the music is Much much louder as it progresses And as it gets there You almost don't notice But it's suddenly much louder You might want to turn down your headphones Turn down your speakers Don't do that To do so would defeat The purpose of the piece Then again You can do what you like I called it sea level Because as this sound level Increases and raises The digital limitations of the recording Are breached The sound warps And distorts It begins to have the Feeling of something powerful Something out of control Or at least containing new Unpredictable qualities I hope that sounds familiar & I hope the metaphor is not lost