“Pictured as Perfect” is an IDM piece by Frums composed for the BMS event Go Back 2 Your Roots 2018.
The track features twisting time signatures, advanced harmony, and encoded lyrics which have been transcribed here in decoded form for annotation purposes.
The lyrics form a violent account of som...
[Verse]
"A maze with edges like their knives"
[Buildup]
Someday I'll be the shape they want me to be
But I don't know how much more they'll take away before they're satisfied
[Buildup - Encoded]
"They have sliced away my flesh"
"Shorn of unsightly limbs and organs"
"More stitch and scar than human"
"If only marble grew back so easily"
"They have stolen away my spirit"
"Memories scattered into the slipstream"
"I have no idea who I used to be"
"I can only guеss what they will make me"
[Climax - Encoded]
"Thеy found me in my lowest days"
"Breathed life back into my frozen body"
"Promising a more beautiful future"
"Then I discovered what they really wanted"
"They pulled me into their vortex"
"And I saw my future reflected in their eyes;"
"A shimmering halo of impossible dreams"
"Void of my self"
"It was... perfect."
Frums released Pictured as Perfect on Sun Nov 04 2018.