[Intro: Sparse fingerpicked electric guitar, faint tape hiss, distant room tone, and long decaying reverb; 16 bars, no vocals] [Verse 1: Close-miked, nearly whispered female vocal over a single clean guitar] Your key is gone The mark remains A pale square on the windowsill Where the light still breaks I washed the sheets I changed the room But every night the dark comes back And takes the shape of you [Instrumental Interlude: Guitar harmonics ring into silence; a low, distant bass note slowly emerges beneath the guitar; 16 bars] [Chorus: Soft, fragile vocal with subtle doubled harmonies; a muted kick pulse enters, leaving wide gaps between beats] I don't miss the leaving I miss the before The way I was somebody When you walked through the door Now the house is quiet But it isn't peace There's a ghost of us still breathing In the space beneath me [Instrumental Passage: No vocals; slow, repeating guitar motif with reversed reverb swells, low sustained bass, and faint amplifier hum; gradual, almost imperceptible build, 16 bars] [Verse 2: Drums disappear; vocal sounds tired and emotionally distant, with slight room ambience] I found your hair Beneath the chair I held it like an answer Then left it there Your name came up I let it ring Some things hurt less If you don't touch them [Chorus: The original guitar motif returns with a second guitar playing distant harmonics; understated percussion and low harmony vocal] I don't miss the leaving I miss the before The way I was somebody When you walked through the door Now the house is quiet But it isn't peace There's a ghost of us still breathing In the space beneath me [Extended Instrumental Bridge: 24 bars; guitar repeats a slowly descending figure, bass swells beneath it, and a distant bowed-guitar texture gradually thickens; drums enter as a faint heartbeat, then fall away completely; no vocals] [Final Chorus: Lead vocal remains restrained and close; layered whispers enter behind the main melody, while guitar harmonics and low bass gradually widen the sound without a full drum climax] I don't miss the leaving I miss who I was Before every little kindness Started costing us Now the house is quiet And the walls don't speak But the room still knows your footsteps Even when I sleep (When I sleep) (When I sleep) [Outro: 20 bars; vocals stop; the opening guitar motif returns slower and more fragile, with distant harmonics and natural room reverb; bass fades first, then guitar, leaving only tape hiss before silence] [end]
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