RHYTHM BEGINS

All female. Rhythm-driven ensemble piece built on aggressive, percussive sound design — sheets snapping, buckets slamming, wringer cranks amplified into pounding drum hits — layered with deep floor toms and low bass pulses that create a relentless, industrial rhythm; tempo urgent and mechanical, driving forward like forced labor turned into resistance; vocals begin restrained but sit atop a rumbling undercurrent, gradually stacking into thicker harmonies that feel like pressure building beneath control; the nuns’ rigid unison should feel authoritarian and cold against the girls’ increasingly powerful, rhythm-locked harmonies; overall tone is percussive, defiant, and simmering — labor transformed into protest through sheer sonic force.

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Lyrics

RHYTHM BEGINS (Slap. Slap. Wring. Drip.) ⸻ GIRL 1 (low, almost spoken) Wash it away. GIRL 2 Wash it away. GIRL 3 Wash it away. ⸻ (The rhythm continues under them.) ⸻ VERSE 1 (layered, minimal melody) They say if you scrub hard enough The stain won’t stay. They say if you bow low enough It fades away. They say if you don’t speak at all You’ll be forgiven someday. Wash it away. ⸻ (Wringer crank rhythm grows louder.) ⸻ GIRL 4 Red from the sheets. GIRL 2 Soap in the skin. GIRL 1 Cold in the bones. GIRL 3 Shame folded in. ⸻ CHORUS (still restrained, harmony tight but thin) Wash it away. Wash it away. If we work till our fingers bleed They’ll let us stay. Wash it away. Wash it away. If we swallow what they say We’ll wash it away. ⸻ (Nun voices enter — rigid, unison, distant.) NUNS (mechanical) Purity is earned. Obedience is grace. Silence is virtue. Know your place. ⸻ (The girls’ rhythm doesn’t stop.) ⸻ VERSE 2 (harmony slightly stronger) We were daughters. We were names. We were not Their whispered shame. We were not The sin they claimed. But the water Feels the same. ⸻ (Sheets snap loudly — percussive crack.) ⸻ BUILD (voices layering) Scrub the stone. Scrub the floor. Scrub the hands Till they’re not yours. Scrub the girl You were before. Wash her away. ⸻ (Rhythm intensifies — faster wringer crank.) ⸻ FINAL CHORUS (stronger but not triumphant) Wash it away. Wash it away. If we bleach our voices thin They’ll say we’re saved. Wash it away. Wash it away. But the stain is not in us— It never was. ⸻ (The rhythm continues alone after singing stops.) Slap. Slap. Wring. Drip.