the vocals on this are amazing!!! Maynard never stop making music!!! your music makes life so much better!!!

★ based on the 1965 song "You Just Gotta Know My Mind" by US artist KAREN VERROS ★ more shred here : soundcloud.com/le-slapon/sets/gazed-diffused ★

𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄𝐀 : 𝓚𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓜𝔂 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓭 (𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚅𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚜 ᶜᵒᵛᵉʳ)

[Verse 1] 
In the labyrinth of midnight, we wander through sorrow’s hall,
Rou, your spectral touch ignites a fragile, haunted call.
Within these silent chambers where lost hearts dare to roam,
I whisper your name in echoes, never quite the same.

[Pre-Chorus]
Whisper, whisper, whisper of Rou,
In the depths of despair, I’m drawn back to you.

[Chorus] 
Whispers haunt my sleepless nights,
Your memories—ghosts within my mind.
Whispers of Rou, whispers of Rou,
In the silence, I cannot leave you behind.
Through you, Rou, perhaps I dare to love you, Rou.

[Verse 2] 
Under a pallid moon and skies that weep with time,
Your eyes, like fading lanterns, flicker in my mind.
Every tear that carves the page reveals a love grown rue,
Rou, oh Rou, my soul is marked by the grief of you.

[Pre-Chorus]
Whisper, whisper, whisper of Rou,
In the gloom of night, I’m forever drawn to you.

[Chorus] 
Whispers haunt my sleepless nights,
Your memories—ghosts within my mind.
Whispers of Rou, whispers of Rou,
In the silence, I cannot leave you behind.
Through you, Rou, perhaps I dare to love you, Rou.

[Bridge]
In every fractured moment, every tear that stains the dark,
I trace the remnants of our love—a solitary, dying spark.
Among the ruins of our dreams, where lost promises lie undone,
I murmur, “Through you, Rou, and maybe I love you, Rou,”
A final light beneath the mourning sun.

[Final Chorus/Outro] 
Whispers haunt my sleepless nights,
Your memories—a shadow in my mind.
Whispers of Rou, whispers of Rou,
I’m adrift in endless darkness, eternally confined.
Through you, Rou—through you, Rou,
Maybe I love you, Rou.




In "Whispers of Rou," alternative rock meets the spectral depths of a midnight dreamscape. The song unfolds in D minor at 85 BPM, establishing a deliberately slow and measured pulse that mirrors the descent into introspection. Gritty, reverb-drenched electric guitars carve out a maze-like soundscape, while a steady, heart-beat drum pattern punctuates the melancholic journey. Each note resonates with raw honesty, evoking the pain and beauty of memories that haunt the quiet corridors of the soul.

The lyrics are a poetic invocation—a call to a lost, enigmatic lover named Rou. Verses draped in images of labyrinths, pallid moons, and flickering lanterns create a rich tapestry of emotions. The repeated mantra, “Whisper, whisper, whisper Rou,” is not merely a refrain; it becomes a hypnotic incantation that lures the listener into the depths of longing and despair. This recurring motif instills a sense of ritual—a cathartic release embraced by alternative rock’s inherent duality of vulnerability and defiance.

As the track evolves, subtle layers of atmospheric synths and ambient echoes mingle with the organic textures of electric guitars, blurring the boundaries between the tangible and the ephemeral. This merging of elements encapsulates the essence of alternative rock: a genre that finds beauty in darkness and strength in fragility. "Whispers of Rou" invites you to wander its soundscape—a reflective voyage where every chord, every whispered lyric, transforms sorrow into a moment of raw, stirring transcendence. 


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