[Intro | instrumental] [Verse 1 | quiet nostalgia | intimate low register | unhurried connected phrasing] Nobody needs me right now There’s nowhere else to be I used to love an hour like this Now it feels strange to me [Refrain | warm remembrance | gentle melodic rise | sustained phrase endings] Things were simpler then We never needed much A little felt like everything Things were simpler then [Instrumental Break | final phrase held into instrumental] [Verse 2 | growing warmth | slightly higher register | longer vowel holds] One plan could hold the whole week We’d count the days to Friday Half the joy was still ahead That was all it had to be [Final Refrain | bittersweet release | clear upper register | extended vowels] Things were simpler then We never needed much A little felt like everything Things were simpler then [Extended Instrumental | vocal tail dissolves] [Outro | close vocal | descending phrase | trailing final vowel] I stop checking the time And let the hour go
