Catch Me Glowing

[Intro — filtered breakbeat, soft pad bloom, distant vocal fragments] There— did you see it? Right between the rain and the glass. [Verse 1 — gentle vocal, rolling liquid bass] Streetlights smear across the window, Gold runs thin beneath the rain, Someone leaves a door half-open, Music spills into the lane. I trace circles in the fogged-up glass, Watch them disappear too fast, Then a little flash skips past— So I follow. [Pre-Chorus — drums sharpen, bass begins to climb] Down the steps, across the crossing, Past the signs that blink and stutter, Every puddle catches something, Every color finds another. [Chorus — full liquid DnB release] Catch me glowing through the rain, Little sparks along my sleeves, Running where the colors change, Chasing things nobody sees. Let the whole street rush beneath me, Let the windows streak and shine, If the night keeps dropping wonders, I’ll keep finding every one. Catch me glowing, Catch me glowing, One more flicker— there it goes. Catch me glowing, Catch me glowing, I don’t even need to know. [Post-Chorus — chopped vocal hook] Go-go-glowing, Go-go-glowing, There it goes— there it goes— [Verse 2 — playful rhythmic phrasing] Train wheels hum below the pavement, Taxi lights go red to green, Someone laughs behind a doorway, Someone dances out of scene. Paper wrappers ride the gutter, Wind sends flyers through the air, Tiny ordinary things keep turning strange when I get near. A bottle cap spins like a coin, A window throws my face in blue, A dog barks twice from somewhere high— I bark back once. Why wouldn’t you? [Pre-Chorus 2 — brighter lift] Across the bridge, beneath the wires, Raindrops race along the rail, Every second leaves a shimmer, Every shimmer leaves a trail. [Chorus 2 — wider harmonies] Catch me glowing through the rain, Little sparks along my sleeves, Running where the colors change, Chasing things nobody sees. Let the whole street rush beneath me, Let the windows streak and shine, If the night keeps dropping wonders, I’ll keep finding every one. Catch me glowing, Catch me glowing, There’s another— wait for me. Catch me glowing, Catch me glowing, Half the fun is trying to see. [Instrumental — liquid DnB break; rolling sub, chopped vocal droplets, glassy synth motif] [Verse 3 — beat strips back, intimate] Past midnight at the corner store, Blue-white buzzing overhead, I buy something sweet for later, Forget and eat it there instead. The clerk is drawing little flowers on the receipt beside my name. I fold the paper in my pocket. Somehow that belongs the same. Outside, everything keeps moving. Buses sigh and doors release. I stand still for half a heartbeat— then the breakbeat catches me. [Pre-Chorus 3 — rapid build] One reflection, two reflections, three across the passing cars, Every surface keeps a secret, every second leaves a spark. [Bridge — suspended pads, sparse percussion] Maybe I’ll miss one. That’s okay. There’ll be another somewhere else. A flash against a railing, a laugh across the street, a tiny thing worth noticing before it disappears. [Build — breakbeat fragments returning] There— again. Left side. Too slow. Wait— there! [Final Chorus — biggest liquid DnB release] Catch me glowing through the rain, Little sparks along my sleeves, Running where the colors change, Chasing things nobody sees. Let the whole city rush beneath me, Let the windows streak and shine, If the night keeps dropping wonders, I’ll keep finding every one. Catch me glowing, Catch me glowing, Every corner, every road, Catch me glowing, Catch me glowing, Anywhere the small lights go. Rain on glass, wheels below, open doors, passing glow, one more flash— I’m gone. [Outro — drums dissolve into soft liquid pads] There— did you see it? ...I did. [Outro — drums dissolve into soft liquid pads] There