[Verse 1 - Weary baritone, gravelly raw tone, close mic whisper] Walk with me past the stone railing Watch how the wattage is failing Talk of the books you have read Leave all the monsters dead [Verse 2 - Strangled sultry, tightened glottis, teeth clenched] Grit on the pavement is pressing No need for curse or for blessing Smoke from a chimney is bent Think where the money was spent [Verse 3 - Intimate ASMR, close mic, mouth sounds audible] Cold is the bench where we settle Hard as a teapot of metal Who are you? Why are we here? Wait for the sky to grow clear [Instrumental Bridge] [Verse 4 - Dominant raw gravelly, fragile on key words] Speak of the city of childhood Paths in the dark of the wild wood Tell me the names of your kin Before the traffic starts in [Verse 5 - Rhythmic chanting, ironic ascending intervals] Tie up your shoelaces tightly Walk through the mess almost lightly Strangers we were at the start Keeping our bodies apart [Verse 6 - Nihilistic jazz croon, extreme compression] Gloves in your pocket are hidden Like a defeat that is bidden None of this matters by five Proof that we both are alive [Verse 7 - Strangled sultry, spoken-word over broken beat] Turn at the sign of the station End of the long conversation Look at the slush on the street Move on your achingly feet [Verse 8 - Intimate ASMR with dual voice (gravel + falsetto)] Hand me a matchbox and linger] Soot on my thumb and your finger Sunlight will whiten the brick Feel how the air is thick [Outro - Sudden emotional outburst, white voice, dissolution] [WHITE VOICE OPEN THROAT FALSETTO G4:] FORGET that we ever were walking [Immediate drop to whispered gravel - close mic] forget that I ever was talking Step on the train and be gone Into the sharpness of dawn
