[Intro – Felt piano and ambient pad, soft tom reverb accents; no vocals – opens with silence and slow rhythmic droplets] [Verse 1 – Male vocal, close and steady; solo felt piano in rubato, low ambient pad; soft kick appears like a heartbeat, with occasional rim hits falling like drops] If you can find what keeps you high Above the flood that pulls below Your head will say: take, don’t try Before your heart begins to know [Verse 2 – Male vocal gains subtle intensity; piano more chordal, pad deepens; soft toms pulse with dripping rhythm, forming an emotional undercurrent] No one returns what’s given free No praise for work you tried to give No soul that loves goes out to see Who dares to simply love and live [Bridge – Instrumental only; piano and pad hold long notes, sparse rim taps evoke falling tears, water echo, slow decay] [Chorus – Male vocal forward and full; ambient strings swell subtly, percussion expands with layered low toms and delayed rim taps – evokes wave-like rainfall beneath soaring melody] Into the heart of barren stone The tears of stars, the eyes I’ve lost I wept them all, I wept alone To find the path that leads across [Verse 3 – Male vocal returns closer; piano more melodic, soft percussion recedes to subtle texture – like inner dripping in a cave] I love you for the way you seem A desert king inside my sleep And tears are what you use to stream Me down into the roots so deep [Bridge 2 – Instrumental only; rhythmic ambient pad and slow toms deepen, everything drenched in echo – prepares emotional finale] [Final Chorus – Full male vocal; strings, piano and percussion in balance; rim hits more deliberate, toms swell like thunder inside water; final line held with weight] Into the heart of barren stone The tears of stars, the eyes I’ve lost I wept them all, I wept alone To find the path that leads across [Outro – Only piano and ambient pad remain; percussion fades into silence like drying tears; ends with final suspended chord]