**Somewhere We Begin** [Intro: Nora] Red light. One, two— Wait. [Verse 1: Nora] Coffee ring on the lyric sheet. I count to four. I miss the beat. I bite the word. I lose the thread. “Cut,” I say. The tape runs yet. [Pre-Chorus: Nora] Through the glass, a hand goes up. “Keep that one.” I almost laugh. [Chorus: Nora] Somewhere we begin. One beat late. One word slips. We let it stay. Somewhere we begin. The red light spins. I miss the line. The song gets in. [Verse 2: Elyan] My train ran slow. I missed the start. I heard your voice out in the hall. I catch the word you leave behind. You turn around. We find the time. [Pre-Chorus: Nora and Elyan] [Nora] Don't stop the tape. [Elyan] Don't move the mark. [Both] Count us in right where we are. [Chorus: Nora and Elyan] Somewhere we begin. One beat late. One word slips. We let it stay. Somewhere we begin. The red light spins. You take the line. I answer it. [Instrumental Break] [Piano motif and guitar answer] [Bridge: alternating voices] [Nora] I came with words I couldn't land. [Elyan] I came too late to know the plan. [Nora] You sang the end. [Elyan] You sang it back. [Both] The engineer forgot to clap. [Final Chorus: Nora leads, Elyan harmonizes] Somewhere we begin. One beat late. One word slips. We let it stay. Somewhere we begin. The red light spins. No second take. We leave it in. [Outro: Nora, then Elyan] [Nora] One, two— [Elyan] Right on time.
