I Know That Voice

[Intro] [Finger snaps, warm Rhodes, faint strings, 2 bars] [Verse 1] [Solo Lead Vocal] [Low register, conversational, short notes] Everybody talkin', everybody had a hot take Kitchen gone quiet and the mug gone cold Heard so many voices, couldn't tell the real one But one of 'em been sayin' my name low [Pre-Chorus] [Double Tracked Vocal] [Building, rising intention] World been shoutin', I been tryin' not to drift One voice cut through — and I stayed — [Chorus] [Double Tracked Vocal] [Held notes, soaring but intimate, cinematic strings enter] I know that voice I know that voice anywhere When the world get loud and the lines all blur I know that voice, and I stay right there [Verse 2] [Solo Lead Vocal] [Low register, storytelling tone] Road was closin' down, two of 'em on the walk Talkin' 'bout the Man they thought the grave had won Stranger fell in step, read 'em through the pages Heart was burnin' — and they knew that voice [Pre-Chorus] [Double Tracked Vocal] [Building, rising intention] Day got quiet, they was searchin' for the way Then He spoke — so they stayed — [Chorus] [Double Tracked Vocal] [Held notes, soaring but intimate, cinematic strings swell] I know that voice I know that voice anywhere When the world get loud and the lines all blur I know that voice, and I stay right there [Bridge] [Solo Lead Vocal] [Slower, sermon register, strings sustain, beat pulls back] A branch that don't abide can't tell the voice from the noise A sheep that don't belong don't come when the shepherd call But I been learnin' how to listen, I been stayin' on the line I'ma hear Him when He call me, even when the voice is small [Final Chorus] [Double Tracked Vocal] [Soft octave harmony on hook only] [Full cinematic string swell, drums back in] I know that voice I know that voice anywhere When the world get loud and the lines all blur I know that voice, and I stay right there [Outro] [Solo Lead Vocal] [Breathy, fading, finger snaps only] I know that voice... I stay right there...