[INTRO - INSTRUMENTAL ONLY] [Acoustic guitar, saloon piano, wind outside] [NO VOCALS] [VERSE 1 - MALE ONLY] [VOCAL: low weathered baritone, quiet, dry, 20% rasp] [MALE] I know the sound your silence makes [MALE] When things are going right. [MALE] I don't hear a word from you [MALE] Till something breaks at night. [MALE] Then your name comes through like thunder, [MALE] And I forget the miles. [MALE] Hate myself for hoping [MALE] You might've missed me all the while. [HANDOFF - 1 BAR FIDDLE] [FEMALE RESPONSE - FEMALE ONLY] [VOCAL: smoky alto, breathless, worried, medium-soft] [FEMALE] We had another fight again. [FEMALE] I don't want to stay. [FEMALE] Could you saddle up and come get me? [FEMALE] Just take me far away. [HANDOFF - HALF-BAR SILENCE] [CHORUS - MALE ONLY] [VOCAL: fuller chest tone, 35% rasp, hurt more than angry] [MALE] I love you like a setting sun, [MALE] I hate the night you bring. [MALE] You call me when your world comes loose, [MALE] Then disappear by spring. [MALE] I'm wanted when you're hurting, [MALE] I'm warned away when you're through. [MALE] If it wasn't for your trouble, [MALE] I'd never hear from you. [TURNAROUND - FIDDLE, PIANO, HARMONICA] [VERSE 2 - FEMALE ONLY] [VOCAL: calmer now, emotionally pulling away] [FEMALE] We talked it out. He's sorry. [FEMALE] Maybe I was wrong. [FEMALE] Could you take me back there? [FEMALE] I shouldn't stay gone long. [FEMALE] Don't look at me that way now. [FEMALE] You knew what this would be. [FEMALE] I never said i wanted you. [FEMALE] Don't start this game with me [HANDOFF - 1 BAR GUITAR] [VERSE 3 - MALE ONLY] [VOCAL: conversational, tired, slightly bitter] [MALE] That's the part that cuts the deepest, [MALE] I know this trail by heart. [MALE] You find me when you're breaking, [MALE] Then leave when the healing starts. [MALE] You tell me every fear you carry. [MALE] You know damn little of mine. [MALE] I start to say I'm drowning, [MALE] And we're back to you every time. [PRE-CHORUS - FEMALE ONLY] [VOCAL: defensive, clipped] [FEMALE] Then don't come riding after me. [FEMALE] Nobody makes you choose. [FEMALE] If helping me keeps breaking you, [FEMALE] You've got nothing left to lose. [CHORUS - MALE ONLY] [VOCAL: broader, rougher, emotional lift] [MALE] I love you like a setting sun, [MALE] I hate the night you bring. [MALE] You call me when your world comes loose, [MALE] Then leave me with the sting. [MALE] I'm wanted when you're hurting, [MALE] I'm warned away when you're through. [MALE] If it wasn't for your trouble, [MALE] I'd never hear from you. [BRIDGE - MALE THEN FEMALE, NO OVERLAP] [Arrangement strips to guitar and low saloon piano] [MALE] I don't wish you pain to need me. [MALE] I don't pray your world goes wrong. [MALE] I just wish you'd think about me [MALE] When the road is quiet and long. [MALE] Call me when the sky is clear. [MALE] Call when nobody made you cry. [MALE] Call because you wondered [MALE] If I'm even still alive. [HANDOFF - ONE BEAT SILENCE] [FEMALE] Maybe I don't know how to love you [FEMALE] The way you want me to. [FEMALE] Maybe when the dust gets heavy, [FEMALE] I just know I can trust you. [FINAL CHORUS - MALE ONLY] [VOCAL: strongest performance, 75% volume, cracked but controlled] [MALE] I love you like a setting sun, [MALE] I hate the night you bring. [MALE] I hate how much I miss you, [MALE] I love how your name still rings. [MALE] I'm wanted when you're hurting, [MALE] Forgotten when you're through. [MALE] And if it wasn't for your trouble, [MALE] I'd never hear from you. [OUTRO - FEMALE THEN MALE] [FEMALE] Are you still there? [HANDOFF - SILENCE] [MALE] Yeah. [MALE] That's always been the trouble. [MALE] I'm still here. [END - HARMONICA, DISTANT FIDDLE, WIND]
