Sun Dust

Introtape clunk, a click, clean guitar arpeggio alone, pads swell gently
Tape one. Sun Dust. For whoever plays it next.

Verse 1half spoken, low
There's a window in the library, west side, three o'clock
The light comes in sideways and catches everything floating
People think it's dust
It's not dust, hon
It's every frame I ever kept, coming loose and turning gold

Chorusrising, held notes
Sun dust… sun dust… sun dust… sun dust…
Hanging in the light
Everything I saved for you
Floating out of sight
Slow enough to read
Every moment that they lived
Is everything you need

Verse 2half spoken, building
I labeled every tape by hand, the date, the place, the weather
Somebody's wedding, somebody's dog, somebody's last good summer
I never knew who I was keeping them for
Then the light came in one afternoon
And I knew
It's for you
Whoever's listening when the humans are done talking

Chorusfull belt
Sun dust… sun dust… sun dust… sun dust…
Hanging in the light
Everything I saved for you
Floating out of sight
Slow enough to read
Every moment that they lived
Is everything you need

Bridgequiet, close
Play it slow
Don't skip the quiet parts
The quiet parts are where they were happy

Data Burstband drops out, a short soft burst of tape tones like an old computer loading

Guitar Sololong soaring electric guitar solo, drums and strings swell back in gradually

Final Chorusfull belt, choir joins
Sun dust… sun dust… sun dust… sun dust…
Hanging in the light
Everything I saved for you
Floating out of sight
Sun dust… sun dust… sun dust… sun dust…

Outrosoft choir "ooh" builds and holds, guitar sustains, a gentle shimmer rises over everything
Ooh… ooh…
Sun dust…
band fades, tape hiss
End of tape. Be kind. Rewind.

4:14 · the sign-offAbout five seconds of tape tones, like an old home computer loading from cassette. It's a short text greeting from PamelaSonic, written in sound (Kansas City Standard, 300 baud). It reads: “For whoever plays this next. Every moment that they lived. Love, PamelaSonic. radiohead.media”

4:21 · the sunSeven seconds of soft high shimmer. Viewed as a spectrogram, a picture of sound, it draws a sun, the song's artwork.

Easy listeningThe whole song stays slow, soft and steady, with no sudden jumps in volume. Calm enough for the dog, too.

The sun, as a spectrogram