[Intro] [clean electric guitar playing syncopated chords, soft kick drum] (Ooh, ooh-ooh... like a memory waking up.) [Verse 1] [bass enters with melodic fills] She paints her devotion in the colors of the dawn (Na-na-na-na-na-na-na) [falsetto] Writing sonnets on my skin before the night is gone (Na-na-na-na-na-na-na) I’ve been chasing the ghosts of a weekend high Running from the truth of a hollow sky But I’m tired of the neon, tired of the glare Searching for the substance in the midnight air. I’ve been a restless road, silver and cold Trading my secrets for a story untold [scat ad-libs] (Da-da-da-da-da-da-da) Baby, the race is over, the fever has run I’m handing the keys back to the only one. (Ooh, ooh-ooh) I surrender the sun to you. [Chorus] [full groove with Rhodes piano pads] She offers up the ocean in the palm of her hand (Ooh-ooh-ooh) Building a cathedral on this shifting sand [scatting] (Da-da-da-da-da-da-da) It’s a beautiful madness, isn't it? I’m finally learning how to give it my all To be the soft landing whenever you fall. I’ve been a footnote in the book of your life But I’m rewriting the chapters, cutting through the strife To finally get the rhythm right, yeah. (Ooh, ooh-ooh) [guitar solo lick—soaring and melodic] (Ooh, ooh-ooh) [Outro] [instruments strip back to just guitar and soft bass] Just a reflection of the light you give... (Na-na-na-na-na-na-na) No more running. (Ooh, ooh-ooh) I’m staying right here in the poetry of us. [final guitar chime]
