[STYLE: Post-rock, slacker rock, minimal post-rock, atmospheric dub] [INTRO – sparse clean guitar melody, deep dub bass, long echoes, distant atmospheric textures] [VERSE 1 – intimate, restrained male vocal] The paint is peeling from the doorway Where the children marked their height There's a photograph beside it Of a summer out of sight Someone said they'd come around Someone said they'd make the call The years kept moving through the house Like sunlight on the wall [VERSE 2 – subtle drums enter, bass deepens] There's a coat still on the hook From a winter long ago There's a letter in a drawer With a name we used to know We kept thinking there'd be time When the dust had settled down But the seasons never asked us If we were ready to move on [PRE-CHORUS – guitar delays widen, distant synth slowly rises] And the clock doesn't make a promise And the road won't turn around Every moment leaves us quietly Without making any sound [CHORUS – full drums, wide guitars, deep bass, emotional vocal] Nothing waits for us Nothing holds the day The river keeps on running While we look the other way We can wait for better weather We can wait until we're sure But the life we're waiting for Is the life we're living through Nothing waits for us Nothing waits for us [INSTRUMENTAL – repeating clean guitar phrase, dub delays, atmospheric synths, gradual distorted guitar swell] [VERSE 3 – groove drops back, vocal close and reflective] There's a man who saves his stories For a time when he can rest There's a woman full of questions She's been carrying in her chest They keep saying there's a moment When the world will leave them free But the years become the answer To the question they don't speak [PRE-CHORUS – restrained percussion, bass pulse, guitar slowly building] And the faces in the pictures Keep becoming hard to place You can recognise the people But not the years upon their faces [CHORUS – bigger drums, layered backing vocals, guitars widening] Nothing waits for us Nothing holds the day The river keeps on running While we look the other way We can wait for better weather We can wait until we're sure But the life we're waiting for Is the life we're living through Nothing waits for us Nothing waits for us [BRIDGE – drums disappear, deep bass and one clean guitar remain] This isn't a race There's no prize for the end No perfect beginning Around the next bend Grief needs its seasons And wounds need their time Some doors must stay closed Some truths take a while But somewhere between The letting go and the hold The days keep unfolding Whether we're ready or not [BUILD – drums return slowly, distorted guitars rise, bass grows more powerful] Look at the light Moving across the floor Look at the face You won't see this way anymore Listen to the rain Running down the street This isn't life approaching This is life beneath your feet [FINAL CHORUS – expansive post-rock climax, raw vocal, layered guitars and backing shouts] Nothing waits for us Nothing holds the day The river keeps on running And the years keep flowing away We don't need the perfect moment We don't need to know what's next There's a life beyond the waiting There's a world beyond regret Nothing waits for us And nothing needs to stay The world keeps turning The light keeps changing Life is happening Life is happening [OUTRO – drums fade, bass and clean guitar remain, long dub echoes] The light moves on Across the floor The day arrives The day is gone And life goes on... [FADE OUT]
