[Technical: 48kHz, Clean Vocal Separation, No Artifacts] [voice: deep male vocals, warm emotive delivery, melismatic R&B riffs, silky smooth finish, boost 5kHz presence] [range: B2–C5] [exclude styles: aggressive-shouting, heavy-autotune, monotone-delivery, harsh-transients] verse 1 [gesprochen · sehr nah am Mic · piano] I keep the lights off when I come home now I've learned to live inside the dark somehow [hauchig} Your name still sits on the tip of my tongue [leicht brechen lassen] Like a word I swore I'd never say again — but [hauchig} Your name still sits on the tip of my tongue [leicht brechen lassen] Like a word I swore I'd never say again — but [crescendo} God, it's there (mm) [hold] pre-chorus [Spannung aufbauen · poco a poco cresc.] I thought by now I'd have found a way through [vorwärtsdrängen] But every quiet room just leads back to you [hold] chorus [Voller Klang · forte · Vibrato auf langen Noten] It's a sad day — Lord, it's a sad day [hold] The kind of grief that doesn't make a sound [hold] [breathing] It's a sad day, and I won't pretend That I'm not drowning — while I try not to drown [ff] [peak note] It's a sad, sad day But I'm still here (yeah) [ad-lib leise] verse 2 [Warmer Mittellage · etwas voller als V1] I drove past places we used to belong to [mp] [erzählend] The restaurant, the park, the road that goes on through [ritardando] I didn't stop — I just let myself feel it Let the whole sky have it, since you couldn't (oh) [ad-lib, gebrochen] pre-chorus I never wanted to get this good at letting go [mp→mf] [hold] But you leave — and leave — and still the seasons show chorus × 2 [leichte Variation in den Ad-libs] It's a sad day — Lord, it's a sad day [f] [ad-lib: "mm-hmm"] The kind of grief that doesn't make a sound It's a sad day, and I won't pretend [f] That I'm not drowning — while I try not to drown [ff] [peak note] It's a sad, sad day [dim.] But I'm still here (I'm here, I'm here) bridge [Roh · reduziertes Arrangement · Stimme vorn] [fast gesprochen] Tell me — how long does it take For a heart to stop aching over one mistake? [hold] Tell me — how many more sad days Until the light decides to finally stay? [f] [hold] [kurze Pause] Because I've been holding on to the edge of this [f, Druck aufbauen] And I am tired (so tired) — but I still exist [größtes Arrangement · ff durchgehend] It's a sad day — yes, it's a sad day [hold + run auf "day"] But the grief has not become my ground It's a sad day, and I won't pretend [breit, ausladend] That I'm not changed — I am changed all the way down [ff] [peak] It's a sad, sad day [ad-lib: "oh Lord"] But not my last — (no, no, no) [hold] [ad-lib fade] · · · outro [Nur Stimme · pianissimo · kein Vibrato · wie Atem] [hauchig, ruhig] I turn the lights on Just the one above the door That's enough For tonight That's enough (mm)
