I TOLD YOU Electronic Ambient Trip-Hop • Downtempo [Intro – Vinyl Crackle / Whispered Female Vocal] Mmm… Can you hear me now? Through the silence… Through the sound… I told you… I told you… [Verse 1 – Intimate, Breath-Soft Vocal] You left your shadow on my wall, A fading picture in the hall. Your cigarette still whispers blue, The room remembers me and you. I kept your secrets in my skin, A thousand ways to let you in. You played the silence like a game, But every silence said your name. [Pre-Chorus – Warm Analog Synths Rising] You thought that I would never know, You thought I’d never let you go. But underneath this quiet heart, I saw the ending from the start. [Chorus – Flowing Female Vocals / Subtle Doubles] I told you, I told you, Love can disappear like smoke. I warned you, I warned you, Hearts can break without a word being spoke. I told you, I told you, You were dancing with the flame. Now the night is all around you, And you’re calling out my name. I told you… I told you… [Post-Chorus – Chopped Vocal Samples] Told you… told you… (You never listened) Told you… told you… (Now you miss it) Oh-oh… You never listened to me… [Verse 2 – Deep Sub-Bass / Restrained Jungle Breaks] Rain keeps tapping on the glass, Like little ghosts of our past. Your photograph is turning grey, But I can still hear what you’d say. You wanted heaven on your terms, A pretty lie that never burns. You held me close, then let me fall, Now there’s no echo when you call. [Pre-Chorus – Airy Harmonies Building] You thought that I would always stay, That I would never walk away. But every promise has an end, And even broken hearts can mend. [Chorus – Fuller Vocal Layers] I told you, I told you, Love can disappear like smoke. I warned you, I warned you, Hearts can break without a word being spoke. I told you, I told you, You were dancing with the flame. Now the night is all around you, And you’re calling out my name. I told you… I told you… [Bridge – Beat Drops / Intimate Whisper] Don’t say you didn’t see it coming, Don’t say you couldn’t hear the sound. I was standing right beside you While our world was falling down. One last touch… One last lie… One last look Before goodbye. And if you hear me in your dreams, I’m not as close as I may seem… [Breakdown – Vinyl Crackle / Vocal Fragments] I… I… I told you… (You never listened) I… I… I told you… (Now you’re missing…) Me… [Final Chorus – Emotional, Hypnotic Female Vocal] I told you, I told you, Love can disappear like smoke. I warned you, I warned you, Now you’re choking on the words you never spoke. I told you, I told you, You were dancing with the flame. Now the night is all around you, But you’ll never hear me Calling back your name. [Outro – Fading Analog Chords / Soft Vocal Doubles] I told you… I told you… Can you hear me now? Through the static… Through the rain… I told you… You never listened… I told you… (Vinyl crackle fades into silence.)
