[Intro – Sparse Appalachian Folk] [Mountain Dulcimer Solo – Female Motif] [Slow Fingerpicked Melody] [No Fiddle] [Female – Intimate Contralto] Under all this noise… [Fiddle Enters – Male Motif] [Fiddle Answers Mountain Dulcimer] [Male – Warm Baritone] I’m still here. [Mountain Dulcimer – Short Response] [Female] I found you. [Instrumental Exchange] [Mountain Dulcimer Call] [Fiddle Response] [Alternating 4-Bar Phrases] [No Overlapping Leads] [Verse 1 – Female with Mountain Dulcimer] Every voice becomes a wire Every room becomes a storm Then a flicker cuts the static And I know which one is mine [Mountain Dulcimer – Melodic Turnaround] [Verse 2 – Male with Fiddle] I was calling for you in the distance Till the words wore thin and frayed Then I heard you through the chaos Saying the name I couldn't say [Fiddle – Melodic Turnaround] [Build – Alternating Voices and Instruments] [Female + Mountain Dulcimer] Let the whole world fade [Male + Fiddle] Leave a little room [Female + Mountain Dulcimer] In the space between [Male + Fiddle] I’m reaching back for you [Chorus – Call and Response] [Mountain Dulcimer and Fiddle Interweave] [Female] I hear you [Male] Come through [Both] One clear spark And the dark turns blue [Male] I hear you [Female] Come through [Both] In the space between I reach for you [Hook] I hear you (Repeat 3 times) [Instrumental Duel – Round One] [Mountain Dulcimer Solo – 8 Bars] [Fiddle Solo – 8 Bars] [Mountain Dulcimer Solo – 4 Bars] [Fiddle Solo – 4 Bars] [Increasing Complexity] [No Vocals] [No Overlapping Leads] [Instrumental Duel – Round Two] [Mountain Dulcimer Call – 2 Bars] [Fiddle Response – 2 Bars] [Mountain Dulcimer Call – 2 Bars] [Fiddle Response – 2 Bars] [Tempo Intensifies] [Increasing Virtuosity] [No Vocals] [Instrumental Duel – Rapid Exchange] [Mountain Dulcimer – 1 Bar] [Fiddle – 1 Bar] [Mountain Dulcimer – 1 Bar] [Fiddle – 1 Bar] [Rapid Call and Response] [Accelerating Folk Duel] [Hard Stop] [Breakdown – Exposed Voices] [Exposed Female] No grand revelation [Exposed Male] No thunder in the room [Exposed Female] Just the way you say my name [Exposed Male] And everything comes through [Exposed Female] Were you waiting in the silence? [Exposed Male] Were you listening all along? [Both – Soft Harmony] Somewhere underneath the static We were singing the same song [Final Build – Instruments Reverse Roles] [Fiddle Call] [Mountain Dulcimer Response] [Female] Let the whole world fade [Male] Let it fade [Female] Leave a little room [Male] Room for you [Both] In the space between… [Exposed Vocal – Female] I hear you [Exposed Vocal – Male, softly] I hear you too [Hook] I hear you (Repeat 3 times) [One Bar Silence] [Final Instrumental Duel – Both Motifs] [Mountain Dulcimer and Fiddle] [Rapid Call and Response] [Motifs Begin to Merge] [Increasing Virtuosity] [Both Instruments Finally Play Together] [Unison Folk Melody] [Huge Acoustic Climax] [Final Chorus – Both Voices, Wide Harmonies] [Female Lead / Male Harmony] I hear you Come through [Both] One clear spark And the dark turns blue [Male Lead / Female Harmony] I hear you Come through [Both] In the space between I reach for you [Outro – Mountain Dulcimer and Fiddle Together] [Female – Whispered] Under all this noise… [Male – Whispered] I’m still here. [Both] There you are. [Final Dulcimer Note] [Fiddle Harmonic Fades]
