[Tape Hiss Intro] [Acoustic Guitar, slow and dusty] [Intro] [Spoken Word, filtered through a toy microphone] Light is falling... falling over the sad town. Something bites my ankles, lets me down. [Verse 1] [Fragile Vocals] Morning slipped like dishwater through my hands Left me standing quiet, where the rusted engine stands By noon the sky had folded into horse-hair gray And every step felt heavier than yesterday (yesterday...) [Pre-Chorus] [Distorted Wurlitzer Tremolo enters] I tried to sing the song I used to love But it sounded like a dying choir, In the deep basement of my chest... [Chorus] [Melancholic chamber pop swell, rusty violin] Sudden feeling, like the tide that pulls too fast Like a violin with only one string left... It comes without warning, it has no name It moves like the weather, it cracks the frame It crawls through the branches, it bleeds through the rain It comes without reason, it stays all the same (all the same...) [Verse 2] [Acoustic guitar and static] The trees stood still as if they knew the score Leaves turned over, rotten on the floor I watched the river pull its skin away And wondered if the current felt this way (this way...) [Pre-Chorus] [Muted Delivery] [Quivering Voice] I tried to sing the song I used to love But it sounded like a dying choir, [Whispered] In the deep basement of my chest… (so heavy…) [Chorus] [Full arrangement, fragile but heavy] Sudden feeling, like the tide that pulls too fast Like a violin with only one string left... It comes without warning, it has no name It moves like the weather, it cracks the frame It crawls through the branches, it bleeds through the rain It comes without reason, it stays all the same Bridge] [Radio Filter Vocals] [Breathy Vocals] Leaves fall when they’re ready Rivers turn when they’re full [Voice breaks] This weight doesn’t ask me [Spoken Word] It just pulls… (it just pulls…) [Break] [Glitch Accordion and Mellotron Solo, beautifully broken] [Chorus] [Fading, lo-fi radio filter] Sudden feeling, like the tide that pulls too fast Like a violin with only one string left... It comes without warning, it has no name It moves like the weather, it cracks the frame It stays all the same... [Outro] [Acoustic guitar slows down, tape machine slowing effect] Light is falling, falling over the sad town... Something bothers me, lets me down... (lets me down...) [Radio Static] [End]
