Delia Derbyshire - Falling (1964)

Delia Derbyshire - "Falling"

suddenly i’m falling
i’m falling upright

i was falling and twisting

i’m falling upright

slow twist head over feet
stretching out
increasing in speed
mouth open wide but no sound

it’s in space
a complete feeling of space and nothingness
nothingness

started off by floating
held up by my (…) which had already held me back
somehow i started to accelerate
gathered speed
and i’ve accelerated more and more and more
my head was down
i was speeding downwards
into some great pit
accelerating all the time and increasing in speed
tumbling and falling, no more floating at all
just tumbling and falling and accelerating all the time, faster and
faster
i felt as if i was falling forever

not quickly
but i am definitely going down down down i know that nothing
nothing can stop me
i try sometimes to think (in) myself “oh this is lovely, you should be enjoying this” but i’m so panic stricken
i know this is the end and i’ve finished
i’m just sinking and sinking into this great black void
i see no clouds at all
i was falling through this water
it was all around me this water i didn’t like it
i was falling i've got my legs in and my hands out
it was all around me this water i didn’t like it
i've got my legs in and my hands out and my arms out stretched
and suddenly all this water became full of other people and other things
all falling, full of other people and other things, all falling and
chairs and tables and things like this
and all this people all floating downwards through this water
all going downwards the same as i was
people (...) with their arms out stretched and their legs
all going downwards the same as i was
and chairs and tables and things like this
and all this people all floating downwards through this water
people (...) with their arms out stretched and their legs
and i put my arms up and tried to catch hold of them
and i try to catch hold of them
and i try to catch hold of them

All i can remember is falling into the water
it was very dark and very deep

all floating downwards through this water
all going downwards the same as i was

accelerating all the time, faster and faster
accelerating all the time and increasing in speed
i was speeding downwards

sinking sinking into this great black void

reeling down into sort of (...)
reeling down into into a sort of big hole

it was a long way down
it was a long way down
and i felt myself falling
it was a long way down
and i couldn’t do anything about it
fell off the edge of the mountain and it was very dark
seemed to go down and down and down
seemed to go down and down and down
it was a long way down and i couldn’t do anything about it
it was very dark and very deep
it was very dark and very deep
seemed to go down and down and down
seemed to go down and down and down

i’m falling upright
and i’ve finished
i’m just sinking and sinking into this great black void
i see no clouds at all
it’s in space
the complete feeling of space and nothingness
everything is black and i fall and fall and fall
and i know that if i don’t pull myself up
if i don’t force (...) to stop myself i’ll die if i reach the bottom
i make a tremendous effort to stop myself, i’ll stop myself doing this
i jump in the air and that’s a great big jump
and then i stop dying
the complete feeling of space and nothingness
i see no clouds at all

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Delia Ann Derbyshire (5 de maio de 1937 - 3 de julho de 2001), foi uma musicista inglesa e compositora de música eletrônica. Ela realizou um trabalho pioneiro com o BBC Radiophonic Workshop durante os anos 1960, incluindo seu arranjo eletrônico da música-tema para a série de televisão de ficção científica britânica Doctor Who .

Ela tem sido referida como "a heroína anônima da música eletrônica britânica", tendo influenciado músicos como Aphex Twin , Chemical Brothers e Paul Hartnoll do Orbital.

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