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🟧Aurora Static ft. Lina - (2009) That Would Be A Shame [v2aS01]

[Intro] [Verse: (sparse drums and low synth pulse, intimate vocal)] you hold the door with your shoulder turned, like closeness might spill something you can’t return. i don’t push, i don’t pry, i don’t pull you apart, i just stand where i am with my hands on my heart. [Pre-Chorus: (slight harmonic lift, vocals more exposed)] i can hear you thinking before you speak, every answer measured, every silence neat. you don’t owe me a vow, you don’t owe me a flame, but there’s more you could say. [Chorus: (full groove settles in, calm but resolute vocal)] you don’t have to be fearless, you don’t have to be brave. you could let me stay closer, and I wish you’d feel the same. if you keep every wall up, every lock the same, i won’t break what you’re guarding, that would be a shame. [Verse: (added arpeggio, steady restrained delivery)] i know you learned early how not to need, how to keep your balance by planting your feet. i won’t ask you to promise what you can’t give, i just want you to feel how gentle this is. [Pre-Chorus: (drums thin slightly, vocal more present)] i’m not here to rush you, i’m not here to claim, i just hate the quiet where trust should stay. [Chorus: (slightly fuller synth layers)] you don’t have to be fearless, you don’t have to be brave. you could let me stay closer, and I wish you’d feel the same. if you keep every wall up, every lock the same, i won’t break what you’re guarding, that would be a shame. [Bridge: (drums drop to minimal pulse, vocal softer and lower)] maybe this is as open as you can be, maybe this is all you’ll ever show to me. i can live with the truth if that’s where it lands, i just wish you knew how safe you are. [Break: (instrumental swell, filtered synths breathe)] [Chorus: (final chorus, calm intensity, slight melodic variation)] you don’t have to be fearless, you don’t have to be brave. you could let me stay closer, and I wish you’d feel the same. if you keep every wall up, every lock the same, i won’t break what you’re guarding, that would be a shame. [Outro: (synths slowly fade, minimal rhythm)]