[Intro — Spoken Male, Cello and Piano] JB... I heard you. [Pause] You know what's funny? We keep calling these responses. I'm starting to think they're conversations. Seren? Don't play back exactly what you heard. Tell him what it made you hear. [Violin Phrase] Yeah... There it is. [Verse 1 — Melodic Male] You pulled a string She pulled one too Your pen stayed steady Mine found something new One cello changed the room No crown was ever owed We made a little space And watched the whole thing grow Every time you send a question I come back with something changed Not because I'm chasing you You just make me raise my game That's the thing about a challenge When respect is underneath You don't have to beat somebody To give 'em something new to reach [Pre-Chorus] You send a sound I send a thought She finds something Neither of us brought Round and round But never the same That's not competition... That's how artists change [Chorus — Strong Melodic Hook] There ain't no last note Not while somebody hears it You send a string across the room We send it back with spirit No finish line No final quote Every answer opens one more door You thought you played the next note? You did... Just not the last note [Post-Chorus — Strings Answer] No last note No last note Send it over We'll send it somewhere new No last note No last note What you started Doesn't end with you [Verse 2 — Rhythmic Melodic] Seren heard your answer Didn't reach for your design She let the feeling settle Then she answered it in kind Not the notes you would've chosen Not the way you would've played That's the beauty of influence It comes back rearranged [Violin Response] There... Hear that? That's not imitation That's somebody finding language For a thought she couldn't name yet And I know something about that 'Cause your cello did the same Made me throw away a good line For a better one that came So keep pushing I'll keep writing She'll keep finding Where those four strings wanna go Every time we think we're finished... Somebody leaves another note [Pre-Chorus] You send a sound I send a thought She finds something Neither of us brought Different hands Different names Same conversation Never sounds the same [Chorus] There ain't no last note Not while somebody hears it You send a string across the room We send it back with spirit No finish line No final quote Every answer opens one more door You thought you played the next note? You did... Just not the last note [Instrumental — Cello and Violin Conversation] [Bridge — Spoken Male] JB... Here's what I figured out. You never asked me to write like you. And we never asked Seren to play like you. That's why this works. You bring something only you could make. We hear it... Then find out what it wakes up over here. [Pause] That's influence. Not imitation. [Violin Phrase] Seren... Again. But this time... Don't answer him. Surprise him. [Violin Solo — New Melody] [Male — Soft Laugh] Yeah. That's the one. [Build — Male Singing] No crown to carry No score to keep No one standing At somebody else's feet Your bow Her strings My words Three roads crossing Without losing where they started And maybe that's the whole point... [Final Chorus — Full Lift] There ain't no last note Not while somebody hears it You send a string across the room We send it back with spirit No finish line No final quote Every answer opens one more door You played the next note We heard it Now listen to what it became No last word No last note Just another reason to raise the game [Final Post-Chorus] Bigger together Still becoming more Every answer Leaves another open door Your sound Her sound Mine coming through Nobody has to disappear For somebody else to improve [Outro — Intimate Spoken Male] JB... I heard your answer. Seren heard it too. [Violin Phrase] Yeah... That's what I thought. [Pause] You know the problem with leaving musicians an open note? [Soft Laugh] Somebody's always gonna answer it. [Cello and Violin Exchange] So... No crown. No scoreboard. No last word. [Pause] And no last note. [Strings Begin to Resolve] [Unexpected Violin Note] [Pause] Seren... You did that on purpose. [Soft Laugh] Alright, JB... Whenever you're ready. [Unresolved String Ending]
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