[intro - 7/8 arpeggiated acoustic, strummed bass ostinato high up the neck, soft string pad] [verse 1 - Dorian, sparse piano motif; vocal breathy, slightly behind beat] Hello, I love you Feels like so long ago Rainbow used to shine in your eyes Used to break the ice Melting our pride Hello there, I love you Does it sound different now? Are you still there? I love you Has the world won you over somehow? [pre-chorus - metric shift to 5/4, gentle drum fill, guitar counterpoint] [pre-chorus tag] (let bass repeat; guitars weave clusters) [chorus - sweeping Lydian lift, strings bloom, chorus evolves slightly each repeat] Hello, is there anybody out there? Hello, I love you Whoever you are that’s gonna set me free Set my heart beating again [interlude - 6/8 feel layered over 7/8 ostinato; textural guitar tremolo, subtle noise] [instrumental tag] (bass ostinato continues; synth like an ondes, thin chorus) [verse 2 - return to Dorian; percussion adds tabla-like subdivisions] I’ve seen the strings from the moon That keep me down and away From the bright things in my life Looking for someone to cut me loose today I’ve known for years the pace of this world How it’s running too fast Crushing everyone who can’t keep up with it I hope someone’s willing to run with me at last [chorus - chorus returns, add a harmony line and a small lyric tweak in the final bar] Hello, is there anybody out there? Hello, I love you Whoever you are that’s gonna pull me out Help me out of this wreck [bridge - sparse strings, glitchy synth fragments, drum polyrhythm (3 over 4), vocal slides like a sigh] The lunar threads that bind us down To shadows of what we used to be While the machine keeps spinning round And the bright things we can barely see Guide me through this endless race Where falling behind means you disappear I’m calling out through time and space For someone to say they hear me here [build - swell, odd subdivision, guitars create cluster counterpoint, bass doubles melody higher] [brief instrumental release - band breathes] [final chorus - full arrangement, chorus evolves: added descant, strings answering bass motif; parenthetical ad-libs woven as countermelody] Hello, is there anybody out there? (Rainbow used to shine) Hello, I love you (In your eyes, in your eyes) Whoever you are that’s gonna set me free (Cut me loose from these strings) Set my heart beating again (Hello, I love you) Hello, I love you (Is anybody there?) Hello, I love you [outro - dissolve to acoustic and single bowed string, tempo rubato; bass ostinato fades with a chorus pedal shimmer] [post-outro tag] (let the last vocal note slide and hang in reverb)
