[Intro | instrumental, Am(add9) pedal, detuned dream-pop guitar, sub bass on A, clipped garage hats, sudden dropout] [Minimal vocal | ghost chop only] her [Verse 1 | close-mic, half-time, sparse, chords Am Fmaj7 C G] Lying still beneath the ceiling Shadows crawl across the plaster I do not chase them Breath is slow and shallow The night is holding quiet Phone is face down somewhere I am not asleep yet [Hook | stacked whispers, layered harmonies, ghost chops, wide chorus haze, chords Am F C E7 Am] Still see her Still see her On the ceiling, in the quiet Eyes that make the hard smile I keep seeing, I keep seeing Still see her Still see her [Verse 2 | close-mic, jazz-rasp, chords Am Fmaj7 C G] She has a look there Eyes that make hard people Smile before they mean to Armor slips without a sound I have watched it happen Strangers soften at the edges I was never any different [Hook | stacked whispers, layered harmonies, fuller, chords Am F C E7 Am] Still see her Still see her On the ceiling, in the quiet Eyes that make the hard smile I keep seeing, I keep seeing Still see her Still see her [Verse 3 | slightly glitched, dropouts under the vocal, chords Am Fmaj7 C G] Work can wait another hour Family sleeps in other rooms Friends have plans without me I rehearse a normal morning Coffee, keys, and small talk None of it will stick She keeps cutting through it [Hook | hyperpop glitch chops between lines, then wide haze, chords Am F C E7 Am] Still see her Still see her On the ceiling, in the quiet Eyes that make the hard smile I keep seeing, I keep seeing Still see her Still see her [Verse 4 | spectral, almost spoken then sung, chords Am Fmaj7 C G] Not the whole of her Just the turn of light On the corner of her Mouth before she almost smiles A shoulder in a doorway Then the ceiling takes her Blinking brings her right back [Bridge | drums drop out, sub bass and detuned guitar, crying lead, chords Fmaj7 C Dm7 Em] If I name the ordinary Work and blood and old friends She arrives between the words Like a lamp behind the curtain I am smiling at nothing And the dark is smiling back [Hook | biggest stack, whispered underlead, lead on top, chords Am F C E7 Am] Still see her Still see her On the ceiling, in the quiet Eyes that make the hard smile I keep seeing, I keep seeing Still see her Still see her [Pre-Outro | energy falls, hats thin, voice closer, chords Am Fmaj7 Am] The shadows settle slower Her look softens into plaster I stop counting what I owe The room forgets my name [Outro | music box only, lone A, no drums, no guitars] [Whispered] Still see her [Music box fade] [Gradual silence]
