[ATMOSPHERIC INTRO — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, SHIMMERING SYNTHS, ATMOSPHERIC GUITAR, NO LEAD VOCALS] --- [VERSE 1 — INTIMATE FEMALE CHEST VOICE, AIRY AND RESTRAINED, SYNCOPATED PHRASES] You left the corner as I crossed the street Your reflection disappeared behind the bus Two different nights inside the same city Two sets of footsteps missing by a touch I stopped beneath the station's flickering sign You were already somewhere up the line --- [PRE-CHORUS — AIRY LIFT, ANTICIPATORY DELIVERY, LIGHT FALSETTO RESPONSE] Every crossing feels like déjà vu (Not yet) Like the city keeps rearranging me and you (So close) --- [CHORUS — EMOTIONALLY CHARGED, MELODIC AND OPEN, AGILE FEMALE LEAD] We keep arriving where the other was A second early, a minute lost Your life moves through the spaces next to mine Perfect timing, never on the same side I feel you in the rush between the lights (Right there) Almost yours, almost mine (Almost) --- [GARAGE BREAK — CRISP TWO-STEP DRUMS, WARM SUB BASS, CHOPPED VOCAL ECHOES, NO LEAD VOCAL] --- [VERSE 2 — WARMER FEMALE CHEST VOICE, RHYTHMICALLY MORE ACTIVE, RESTLESS DELIVERY] I saw your shadow stretch across the train Then watched the doors erase it from my frame A coffee cooled beside the window glass Your hand had left a second before I turned The elevator closed between our floors And somehow I was always one beat late --- [CHORUS — FULLER EMOTIONAL DELIVERY, AIRY HARMONIES IN SECOND HALF] We keep arriving where the other was A second early, a minute lost Your life moves through the spaces next to mine Perfect timing, never on the same side I feel you in the rush between the lights (Right there) Almost yours, almost mine (Not yet) --- [BRIDGE — BREATHY FALSETTO, INTIMATE AND SUSPENDED, CHOPPED ECHOES] Maybe the city knows the distance best How it keeps two names inside one moving breath (Stay close) Two unfinished lines beneath the same street Always disappearing just before they meet (Almost) --- [FINAL CHORUS — SOARING FEMALE LEAD, EMOTIONALLY RELEASED, LAYERED AIRY HARMONIES] We keep arriving where the other was A second early, a minute lost Your life moves through the spaces next to mine Perfect timing, never on the same side I feel you in the rush between the lights (Right there) Almost yours, almost mine (Almost) Maybe one day the timing will give in (Not yet) Until then, we keep crossing again --- [AMBIENT OUTRO — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, GUITAR ECHOES, WASHED SYNTHS, SUB BASS DECAY, NO LEAD VOCALS]
