In Verse 1, the song starts with sounds from a door key opening and jangling, a distant saxophone playing, and a bicycle pedalling that I recorded myself instead of using the original sound effects directly from “drivers license”. All of this represents changes from my previous phase of life, such as the surroundings, the boarding house itself, etc.
The bicycle pedalling sound itself has been added in every song’s section transition (and a key jangling at Verse 3) to give the nostalgic feeling within the silent part (no yapping) of the song.
Also, the faint chattering layered beneath the intro, alongside the aforementioned SFXs before, may symbolize the ambient gossip or emotional noise that contributed to the rupture Abu reflects on. It’s subtle, but adds a haunting realism to the memoryscape.
Also, the faint chattering layered beneath the intro, alongside the aforementioned SFXs before, may symbolize the ambient gossip or emotional noise that contributed to the rupture Abu reflects on. It’s subtle, but adds a haunting realism to the memoryscape.
In Verse 1, the song starts with sounds from a door key opening and jangling, a distant saxophone playing, and a bicycle pedalling that I recorded myself instead of using the original sound effects directly from “drivers license”. All of this represents changes from my previous phase of life, such as the surroundings, the boarding house itself, etc.
The bicycle pedalling sound itself has been added in every song’s section transition (and a key jangling at Verse 3) to give the nostalgic feeling within the silent part (no yapping) of the song.
Also, the faint chattering layered beneath the intro, alongside the aforementioned SFXs before, may symbolize the ambient gossip or emotional noise that contributed to the rupture Abu reflects on. It’s subtle, but adds a haunting realism to the memoryscape.
Also, the faint chattering layered beneath the intro, alongside the aforementioned SFXs before, may symbolize the ambient gossip or emotional noise that contributed to the rupture Abu reflects on. It’s subtle, but adds a haunting realism to the memoryscape.