One nerve starts low
Another answers thin
A shoulder says stay
A hand says give in
Not a voice
Not a word
Still it gathers
Still it turns
My throat keeps closed
My ribs keep score
A hundred small signals
Lean toward the door
Under the skin
We carry the sound
Under the skin
It circles around
Knee, pulse, jaw
Breath, blood, bone
Nothing is singing
But I am not alone
Every quiet part
Finds the same key
Every hidden tremor
Answers in me
Under the skin
We carry the sound
Under the skin
It circles around
Low in the chest
Soft in the hands
All of me answers
What I cannot command
If I cannot speak
Let the body confess
If I cannot cry
Let the shaking bless
Under the skin
We carry the sound
Under the skin
It circles around
Low in the chest
Soft in the hands
All of me answers
What I cannot command
All of me answers
What I cannot command
- Lyricist
Dovren Hales
- Composer
Dovren Hales
- Producer
Ronan Elster
- Vocals
Dovren Hales
Listen to Choir for a Nervous System by Dovren Hales
Streaming / Download
- 1
Bone Quiet
Dovren Hales
- 2
Mourning in Circulation
Dovren Hales
- 3
Skin Learns the Tempo
Dovren Hales
- 4
Sternum Hymn
Dovren Hales
- 5
Nerve Psalms
Dovren Hales
- 6
Your Silence in My Circulation
Dovren Hales
- 7
Lament Circuit
Dovren Hales
- 8
A Prayer With No Mouth
Dovren Hales
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Choir for a Nervous System
Dovren Hales
- 10
I Measure Grief in Tremors
Dovren Hales
- 11
The Body Counts in Minor
Dovren Hales
- 12
Pulse Learns Silence
Dovren Hales
Dovren Hales' second album, Threnody in the Pulse, is a dark pop record about the mourning that remains inside the body after escape
The pressure of notifications, expectations, watchful eyes, and the past has quieted, but a low elegy still moves through the pulse
Built on heavy sub-bass, intimate low-mid male vocals, and sparse unsettling production, the album captures emotions that never became a scream, repeating quietly beneath the skin
