Loving, Leaving, Getting Left (weeper)

gospel-influenced soul, minimalist R&B, folk ballad

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[[INTRO: Sparse guitar/organ sets a reflective, intimate tone]]

[[VERSE 1: Lead vocal enters quietly, establishing the theme]]

So many things can happen in the dark
Like the exploration of each other’s terrain.
No need for light to find the landmarks
When love is this torrential, it feels profane.

[[VERSE 2: Slight expansion in texture, maintaining restraint, calmness, reflection, smallness, contemplation; understated]]

So many things might be happening in the dark
One of us dreams, the other one stares at the ceiling
Every single thought ending in a question mark
Who's digging dirt, setting trenches, burying feelings?

[[CHORUS: Emphasizes the central message with subtle lift; keep vocal subtle, reflective, small, calm, contemplative, mournful, understated]]

Every single life: a tricky configuration
Of loving, and leaving, and getting left.
Some people master the hard equation
While others haven’t even started yet.

Sometimes love is a long division
Solver and solution growing farther apart. 
Or love can be one good decision (after another)
Till your lover is a formula you know by heart.

[[VERSE 3: Vocal delivery remains engaged, calm, reflective, subtle, toned down, small, restrained, understated]]

Things happen in the dark that take someone under
Like that October night when you thought I was sleeping
Your silent exit broke me apart, it tore me asunder 
It's hard to keep on going after such a grim reaping

[[BRIDGE: Understated transition]]

Action
Satisfaction
Dereliction
Contradiction
Attraction
Interaction
Constriction
Affliction
Connection
Deflection
Flirtation 
Creation
Liberation

It all adds up to something
It all adds up to something
Could be good, could be bad
Could be bad, could be good
It all adds up to something

[[FINAL CHORUS: Full-band with fuller harmonic support; vocal returns to quiet, small, reflective, subdued, mournful restraint and subtle, sparse, understated reflection]]

Every single life: a tricky configuration
Of loving, and leaving, and getting left.
Some people master the hard equation
While others haven’t even started yet.

Sometimes love is a long division
Solver and solution growing farther apart. 
Or love can be one good decision (after another)
Till your lover is a formula you know by heart.

[[OUTRO: gentle fade, returning to minimal instrumentation]]

Loving and leaving and getting left
That's what life seems to be all about
Loving and leaving and getting left
It’s a hard equation to figure out.

Loving and leaving and getting left
You strive, you thrive, or you survive
Loving and leaving and getting left
All three factors keep us alive

Loving
Leaving
Getting left 
Getting left 
Leaving
Loving (loving)
Loving

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[[INTRO: Sparse guitar/organ sets a reflective, intimate tone]] [[VERSE 1: Lead vocal enters quietly, establishing the theme]] So many things can happen in the dark Like the exploration of each other’s terrain. No need for light to find the landmarks When love is this torrential, it feels profane. [[VERSE 2: Slight expansion in texture, maintaining restraint, calmness, reflection, smallness, contemplation; understated]] So many things might be happening in the dark One of us dreams, the other one stares at the ceiling Every single thought ending in a question mark Who's digging dirt, setting trenches, burying feelings? [[CHORUS: Emphasizes the central message with subtle lift; keep vocal subtle, reflective, small, calm, contemplative, mournful, understated]] Every single life: a tricky configuration Of loving, and leaving, and getting left. Some people master the hard equation While others haven’t even started yet. Sometimes love is a long division Solver and solution growing farther apart. Or love can be one good decision (after another) Till your lover is a formula you know by heart. [[VERSE 3: Vocal delivery remains engaged, calm, reflective, subtle, toned down, small, restrained, understated]] Things happen in the dark that take someone under Like that October night when you thought I was sleeping Your silent exit broke me apart, it tore me asunder It's hard to keep on going after such a grim reaping [[BRIDGE: Understated transition]] Action Satisfaction Dereliction Contradiction Attraction Interaction Constriction Affliction Connection Deflection Flirtation Creation Liberation It all adds up to something It all adds up to something Could be good, could be bad Could be bad, could be good It all adds up to something [[FINAL CHORUS: Full-band with fuller harmonic support; vocal returns to quiet, small, reflective, subdued, mournful restraint and subtle, sparse, understated reflection]] Every single life: a tricky configuration Of loving, and leaving, and getting left. Some people master the hard equation While others haven’t even started yet. Sometimes love is a long division Solver and solution growing farther apart. Or love can be one good decision (after another) Till your lover is a formula you know by heart. [[OUTRO: gentle fade, returning to minimal instrumentation]] Loving and leaving and getting left That's what life seems to be all about Loving and leaving and getting left It’s a hard equation to figure out. Loving and leaving and getting left You strive, you thrive, or you survive Loving and leaving and getting left All three factors keep us alive Loving Leaving Getting left Getting left Leaving Loving (loving) Loving

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