[Intro | 8 bars; floating synth-rock, spacious chords, delicate picked guitar and warm bass; friendship melody in its original rhythm] [Verse 1: Narrator | 16 bars; tender sung narration, soft drums and unhurried synth replies; sincere affection in the delivery] Dart kept the films they'd never finished, The awful sequel Tristan liked to hate. He left its dreadful ending just as it was, So Tristan could complain in the usual way. He gave them mornings with no need to hurry, Coffee when the conversation ran till two. There'd be time to argue over nothing, And no need to leave a sentence halfway through. [Pre-Chorus 1: Narrator | 4 bars; bass rises, guitars broaden; warm ensemble harmony enters] He imagined telling Tristan it was ready, How much easier their evenings would become. [Chorus 1: Narrator and ensemble | 12 bars; expansive love-song melody, warm harmonies and sustained guitars; friendship theme in longer note values beneath the final lines] A world for two, With a whole day left to spend. They could disagree all afternoon And have time to start again. Dart had made a place for every preference, Sure that Tristan would be happy there. [Verse 2: Narrator | 16 bars; gentle lead continues as metallic percussion and a distorted bass layer gradually enter] Dart began with cuttings from a houseplant, Tried the transfer, changed it, tried again. One grew new leaves within the place he'd written. He studied what a larger transfer meant. He kept the calendar, removed the meetings, Gave incoming calls no way to get through. He counted every absence as a kindness, Another reason Tristan wouldn't need to leave. [Pre-Chorus 2: Narrator | 4 bars; percussion becomes exact, guitar sustains beneath a firm solo vocal] Tristan hadn't agreed to live there. Dart was making plans for when he would. [Chorus 2: Narrator and ensemble | 12 bars; retain the tender vocal melody over minor harmony, heavier drums and a narrower synth arrangement] A world for two, With a whole day left to spend. They could disagree all afternoon And have time to start again. Dart had made a place for every preference, Sure that Tristan would be happy there. [Instrumental | 8 bars; distorted industrial rhythm overtakes the arrangement; friendship melody compressed into repeated one-bar statements, synth width steadily narrows] [Bridge: Narrator | 8 bars; close, steady narration over a rigid bass pattern; restrained delivery, no theatrical menace] He tested every route beyond the entrance, Changed the ones that led beyond his reach. Tristan could choose the music and the weather; Dart would choose if he could ever leave. [Final Chorus: Narrator and ensemble | 12 bars; the original tender chorus returns against forceful industrial percussion and gated guitars; keep the affection sincere and the harmony unsettled] A world for two, With a whole day left to spend. They could disagree all afternoon And have time to start again. Dart had made a place for every preference, Sure that Tristan would be happy there. [Coda: Narrator | 4 bars; instruments recede around the vocal; an exact synth pattern continues underneath] He saved the place and tested it once more. The welcome worked, the way back needed his permission. [Outro | 4 bars; the first two notes of the friendship melody repeat over suspended harmony; stop the pattern without completing the phrase, with a short decay]
