[Intro] [Delicate, slow acoustic guitar plucking] [Soft reverb-heavy hum] [Verse 1] [Very airy, breathy vocals] I’m tracing shadows on the white-washed wall Watching the evening light begin to fall Can you hear the static in my chest? A hollow rhythm that won’t let me rest [Small vocal squeak] [Pre-Chorus] [Build reverb] [Vocal fry] It’s getting colder in this empty room The garden’s dying, but the lilies bloom [Melisma] Ooh~oh~ooh~ah... [Chorus] [Intense falsetto, fragile delivery] Will you hold the ghost of what I used to be? When the water rises up and swallows me? [Strong melisma] Will you lo~o~ove... me... When the air is gone and I can’t breathe? [Squeaky high note] Will you stay... or will you leave? [Bridge] [Strumming slows down, almost silent] [Whispered vocals] Don’t let the dirt settle on my name Keep the candle burning... hide the flame [Falsetto swell] I’m drifting... I’m fading... [Melisma] Ah~ha~aa~ah... [Chorus] [High-pitched, emotive, breaking voice] Will you hold the ghost of what I used to be? When the water rises up and swallows me? [Vocal run] Will you lo~o~o~ve... me... When the light is out and I’m just tea~ea~ears? Will you love me through the years? [Outro] [Solo acoustic guitar fades slowly] [Breath sounds] Will you love me... When I’m dead? [Long, airy exhale] [End]
