Why did I wait 🎵 **SONGWRITING CHALLENGE** 🎵
🎵 **SONGWRITING CHALLENGE** 🎵 My entry for Undying Tarantella ´s Songwriting Challenge - turning a fleeting encounter into a late-night deep house story. WHY DID I WAIT? 🌙🌊🎶 [Intro — close, intimate vocal] One last look... One small smile... I still remember... Why did I wait? [Verse 1] Golden light across the water, you were standing next to me. For a moment time was slower, like the world had disappeared. You were talking about your dreams, I was listening to your voice. Something in that little moment made me wish I'd made a choice. [Soft delayed whisper] Made a choice... [Pre-Chorus] I thought there would be another night, another chance to say your name. I thought the moment would come back, I thought the feeling would remain. But the sun went down so quickly, and the morning took you away. You were there... You were there... And I let you fade... [Chorus — wide melodic vocal] Why did I wait? *(Why did I wait?)* Why did I wait? *(Why did I wait?)* You were right there, right there with me, and I let the moment slip away. Why that night? *(Why that night?)* Why that smile? *(Why that smile?)* Why does something so beautiful have to disappear? I should have stayed... I should have asked... Why did I wait? [Instrumental hook mirrors: why did I wait / slip away] [Post-Chorus — call and response] Why did I wait? *(Why did you wait?)* Why did I wait? *(Too late...)* One more word... *(One more word...)* One more night... *(One more night...)* Why did I... *(Why did I...)* wait? [DROP — instrumental hook] Why did I wait? Too late... Why did I wait? Too late... [Verse 2] Now the ocean keeps your secret, and the evening feels the same. Every wave becomes a memory, every sunset says your name. I don't know where you went to, I don't know if you remember. But a voice can cross a lifetime when a moment stays forever. [Whisper] Stays forever... [Pre-Chorus] Maybe somewhere you remember that quiet evening by the sea. Maybe for a single second you were wondering about me. I don't need another answer, I don't need to know the why. I just wish... I had one more... one more try. [Chorus] Why did I wait? *(Why did I wait?)* Why did I wait? *(Why did I wait?)* You were right there, right there with me, and I let the moment slip away. Why that night? *(Why that night?)* Why that smile? *(Why that smile?)* Why does something so beautiful have to disappear? I should have stayed... I should have asked... Why did I wait? [Breakdown — almost whispered] One more second... One more word... One more chance... [breath] Would you have stayed? ... I will never know. Why did I wait? *(why did I wait...)* [SECOND DROP] WHY DID I WAIT? *(why did I wait?)* WHY DID I WAIT? *(too late...)* One more night... One more chance... WHY DID I WAIT? [Outro] Maybe somewhere... you remember... that little smile... by the sea... Why did I wait? ... Too late... But not forgotten.
