[Emaj7] [Vinyl crackle • Sparse nylon-string arpeggio • Close-mic vocal • Gentle tape flutter] I always thought I was a strong singer [Cmaj7] [Palm-muted electric enters • Soft dembow rim clicks] Turns out I sang strong songs [Gmaj7] [Wide harmonics bloom • Half-time pulse] They knew where to hold me [D/F#] [808 enters quietly] Long before I did [Em9] [Arrangement opens • Breath left in] When they fell away [B/D#] [Kick drops out] I heard something smaller [Cmaj9] [Single guitar harmonic answers the vocal] Not broken [Aadd9] [Warm pad blooms beneath] Just uncovered [Emaj7] [Fingerpicked nylon returns] I almost missed it [Cmaj7] Trying to make it louder [Gmaj7] Trying to make it stronger [D/F#] Trying to make it shine [Em9] But a voice like that [B/D#] Doesn’t answer force [Cmaj9] It answers patience [Aadd9] It answers time [Emaj7] [Explosive chorus • Full dembow groove • Distorted lead guitar • Wide stereo guitars • Stacked harmonies • Deep 808] Strong songs [Cmaj7] Raised me up [Gmaj7] Till I found [D/F#] What was mine [Em9] Small enough [B/D#] To overlook [Cmaj9] Strong enough [Aadd9] To keep [Emaj7] [Verse strips back • Nylon exposed • Vinyl crackle forward] Day by day [Cmaj7] Less pretending [Gmaj7] Less reaching [D/F#] More listening [Em9] Every song [B/D#] Made a little room [Cmaj9] Every silence [Aadd9] Let it grow [Emaj7] [Bridge • Drums disappear • Nylon only • Tape saturation • Reverse swells] I stopped asking [Cmaj7] For another voice [Gmaj7] Started learning [D/F#] The one I had [Em9] Fragile things [B/D#] Need tending [Cmaj9] Not fixing [Aadd9] Not hiding [Emaj7] [Final chorus • Full arrangement • Singing distorted lead • Expansive stereo imaging • Gated reverb blooms • Wide gang harmonies] Strong songs [Cmaj7] Led me here [Gmaj7] Now this voice [D/F#] Can finally hear [Em9] I don’t need [B/D#] To sing bigger [Cmaj9] Just sing truer [Aadd9] [Outro • Instruments fall away until only nylon, vocal and vinyl remain] And keep growing
