From Nowhere to Nowhere

[Intro | reverb-drenched clean guitar arpeggios | no percussion | analog tape warmth | long silence between phrases] [Verse 1 | warm baritone vocal | near-whisper delivery | single guitar only | intimate] I whisper a ribbon against your ear I write on skin no one has named the love of bodies drowns what's dear the mind bleeds outward, uncontained [Verse 2 | male vocal | slightly more open | warm upright bass enters | brushed snare softly underneath] A jug of wine upon the table your warmth was just a trembling drop and I your ocean, dark and able from angel-grace to sudden stop [Pre-Chorus | emotional build-up | orchestral strings rising | vocal intensity increasing | cinematic swell] A builder of bridges into your country we sailed the straits between your hips into the wine the night ran hungry and passion's footsteps lost their grip [Chorus | anthemic but restrained | stacked harmonies | reverb swell | emotionally aching peak] Standing still — beauty without breath the lethal trap has snapped in place I hear of it now only by hearsay the wind of chimeras — desire's nameless face [Bridge | instrumental | guitar solo | melancholic | orchestral strings | emotional release | no vocals] [Breakdown | sparse guitar only | single brushed snare | silence between notes | intimate decay] From letters now only ashes linger the melody that once was our bridge is memory of a summer stranger welcomed by no one, left at the ridge [Outro | male vocal | whisper slowly opening to full tone | solo guitar arpeggios | warm orchestral string pad entering | amber warmth replacing cold blue] In the cheap images of this world I sometimes hear one voice cut through — through sleeping Roses, ash and cold love learning slowly how to find its way to you [Fade to End | solo guitar | single sustained string note held long | silence]