[Intro — close mic, flat, almost offhand | dry vocal, no reverb] you said it - early so it stuck held a shape that wasn’t us [Instrumental — low sub pulse fades in, faint metallic tick] — [Verse 1 — measured cadence | light grit, mid-range presence] line drawn before I moved not for me— for the room said it once it carried out past the act past the rout heard a shape filled it in called it same called it this [Pre-Chorus — slight lift, tighter phrasing | subtle delay tail] a door is one thing a sign’s another once it’s up it can't it won't recover [Chorus — main hook | doubled vocal, slight distortion | call/response layered] who was that for [low layer: who was that for] who was that for [sharp layer: say it more] say it once then say it more who was that for [low layer: who was that for] who was that for [sharp layer: just before] not me now— just before [Instrumental — beat strips back, sub + glass tone only] —still carries— [Verse 2 — slightly quicker cadence | tighter delivery, less space] recognition runs behind mirror holding older times see me through what you knew not what’s here in the view same said twice locks it in old versions wearing thin [Pre-Chorus 2 — clipped, almost percussive | minimal tone] not the same not the same not the same! just close enough... heh [Chorus — fuller, more pressure | wider stereo, stronger response layers] who the fuck was that for [low: who was that for] who the fuck was that for [sharp: say it more] say it once then say it more who was this for [low: who was this for] who was this for [sharp: just before] not me now— before before [Break — near silence | faint breath + metallic ring] … [Bridge — tone shift, closer + more human | less distortion, more presence] you don’t know me —not like that— you held a version kept intact I didn’t break I didn’t split you missed the point where we slipped [Instrumental — kick drops, sub swells, slight static texture] — [Verse 3 — slower, heavier emphasis | more space between lines] some pass through some just stay some get red some get weighed one moves on one holds fast same word said different lasts [Chant — low, looped, almost subconscious | stacked voices, slightly out of sync] before it needed [low: before it needed] before it needed [sharp: still carries] still carries [low: still carries] still carries not evenly [whisper: not evenly] not evenly C'MON! [Final Chorus — stripped + colder | less music, more vocal weight] who was all that for [low: who was all that for] who was all that for [sharp: say it! say it more] say it clean then say it more who was all that for [low: who was all that for] who was all that for [sharp: not before] don’t confuse all with some before with now the sky with ceiling the ground with the floor [Outro — very close, intimate | dry vocal, no beat] you say “same” so it stays — long enough to sound close... yet... far away [Outro Instrumental — faint sub decay + distant tone] —fade—
