[Intro — sparse glass-like tones, isolated clean guitar harmonics, distant muted piano, no drums, long spaces between notes] [Verse 1 — extremely close vulnerable female vocal, breath-soft and slightly unstable, instruments barely present] A chest full of false alarms sleep cut into quarters teeth marks along my tongue morning with its hands up [Low sustained bass enters almost unnoticed] The danger grew old the body did not a bottle hits the pavement every nerve stands up [Chorus — same quiet intensity, harmony opens slightly, no rhythmic lift, no strong beat] Stay where you are let the moment spend itself keep your voice low don't ask me anything else Stay where you are till the edges lose their teeth I'll come back slowly when the noise lets go of me [Brief space — guitar harmonics and a few glass-like notes, silence between phrases] [Verse 2 — vocal almost alone, occasional distant bowed texture, percussion nearly absent] Names written on exits cars turning too slowly a laugh on the wrong side of me the back of my neck knows first [Muted piano enters with sparse unresolved chords] Everybody says I'm lucky everybody loves that word I keep it where they left it right beside the bruise [Chorus — still restrained, subtle vocal harmony on selected words, bass held rather than moving] Stay where you are let the moment spend itself keep your voice low don't ask me anything else Stay where you are till the edges lose their teeth I'll come back slowly when the noise lets go of me [Interlude — instruments thin out further, isolated piano note, faint bowed tone, no drums] [Bridge — almost spoken vocal, very exposed, long pauses] Clear sky good news nothing wrong today [Silence] My hands missed the message every exit lit up anyway [Final Chorus — no climax, no added drums, voice even more exposed; harmony slightly wider but still fragile] Stay where you are let the moment spend itself keep your voice low don't ask me anything else Stay where you are the worst of it will leave I'll come back slowly when the noise releases me [Everything falls away] Stay where you are [End — single unresolved piano note, faint guitar harmonic, natural decay]
