[Start] [Intro | audible inhale, close microphone] Breathe in… [soft exhale] Souf kont souf… [Verse 1 | English | warm intimate tone] Your lips don’t have to touch me For my balance to give in Every breath across my shoulder Pulls me deeper from within I follow your cadence You answer with a sway Now the air belongs to both of us And neither turns away [Pre-Chorus | breath-led melody] Breathe in… Let it go I can feel your answer Before you make a sound [Chorus | fixed bilingual pattern, close harmonies] Souf kont souf, breathe with me Kite kò nou swiv melodi Souf kont souf, follow my lead Inhale, exhale, menm enèji [Post-Chorus | soft falsetto] Ooh… Menm enèji… Breathe with me… [Verse 2 | Haitian Creole | gentle rhythmic delivery] Souf ou pase bò kou m Kè m chanje vitès Ou fè mouvman san bri Men mwen santi tout efè Mwen suiv jan ou respire Ou suiv jan m ap deplase De souf nan menm kadans De kò byen balanse [Pre-Chorus | restrained gospel lift] Pran souf… Lage l dous Mwen santi repons ou Anvan ou fè yon son [Chorus | fixed bilingual pattern, close harmonies] Souf kont souf, breathe with me Kite kò nou swiv melodi Souf kont souf, follow my lead Inhale, exhale, menm enèji [Gouyad Bridge | bass forward, gospel call-and-response] [Lead] Breathe in… [Harmonies] Mwen santi w… [Lead] Breathe out… [Harmonies] Pa chanje… [Lead] Same air… [Harmonies] Menm enèji… [Lead] Souf kont souf… [Harmonies] Pa sispann… [Final Chorus | rich male harmonies, controlled run] Souf kont souf, breathe with me Kite kò nou swiv melodi Souf kont souf, follow my lead Inhale, exhale, menm enèji [Outro | whispered, unaccompanied] Inhale… Exhale… Souf kont souf. [End]
