老模子

[Meta: Language=Mandarin] [Meta: Genre=Mandarin slow soul folk] [Meta: Mood=warm nostalgia, quiet passing-down] [Meta: Vocal=warm natural male tenor, close-mic, breath kept in] [Meta: Arrangement=fingerpicked acoustic guitar, guzheng, upright bass, brushed snare] [Verse 1: close dry mic, gentle pp, breathy, low register chest voice, fingerpicked acoustic guitar single notes, guzheng answers at phrase ends, room tone, descending stepwise, unforced] 院里的供桌 擦了三遍 (breath) 刚收的花生 摆上一盘 外婆放上柚子和月饼 她说从前当皇帝的 也要拜它 拜了几千年 [Verse 2: broken breaths, soft mp, warmer, steps back, guzheng tails closer, descending stepwise, storytelling] 她压月饼 用那副老模子 核桃纹磨浅了 讲月亮里那棵砍不倒的树 我信了好多年 [Pre-Chorus: soft mp, hesitant rising, closer breaths, upright bass enters, suspended unresolved tension] 香点起来 烟往月亮那边去 她说月亮看着呢 (suspended) [Chorus: steady mf, opens wider, warm intimate, arch-shaped, lets it out without belting, guitar and guzheng, upright bass] 月亮圆了 模子还在手里 压出花纹 一个一个排好 第一块给桌上最小的那个 剩下的留给还没回来的人 满桌的人都朝天上望 [Chorus 2: same hook, slightly firmer mf, arch-shaped, same width, one voice changes, no belting] 月亮圆了 模子换了手 花纹没变 只是深了一点 第一块给桌上最小的那个 孩子举着说 咬到桂花啦 笑得比谁都大声 [Bridge: sparse, gentle p, intimate dry, lower register chest voice, bare fingerpicked guitar and one held guzheng note, descending stepwise, from the storyteller] 外婆的故事 讲到最后一段 如今我来接 孩子问 树砍倒了没有 我说 你自己抬头看 (suspended) [Final Chorus: fuller, f, wide but clear, brushed snare joins, arch-shaped, lets it go, holds the last note] 月亮圆了 模子在我手里 压出花纹 一个一个排好 第一块给桌上最小的那个 烟往月亮那边去了 人齐了 就算圆了 [Outro: decrescendo, dry tail, near mic, falling, single guzheng note, settling] 模子擦干净 收进柜子 明年还用它