[Intro — 76 BPM, key of D minor, single sustained violin line with no vibrato over a bare piano note, intimate and fragile, almost spoken vocal delivery mixed close and upfront] [solo violin sustaining a single fragile note over a soft piano rhythm] [Verse 1 — male vocals, near-whispered, breath audible in the mix, minimal instrumentation] I don't need the grand parade Just the way your breathing slows when I'm afraid Two notes, that's all it ever takes One for you and one for my mistakes Nobody's watching, nobody's here Just a second that keeps getting clear I can feel it building underneath my skin Something soft and slow is letting me in [Pre-Chorus — vocals lift slightly in intensity, second violin layer enters, tempo pulls forward a touch] Can you feel it building, tell me can you tell Something in the silence breaking like a spell Getting closer, closer, closer still [Chorus — strings swell, drums enter softly, vocals opening up fuller] Can you feel it building, building, building now Each second faster than the second somehow Two souls learning rhythm, learning how to keep Falling into something far too big to keep it neat Can you feel it building, building into more This is bigger than the second before [Verse 2 — male vocals, fuller and more confident, strings thickening underneath] I used to hide behind a steady tone Kept my feelings buried, kept them on my own But something in your voice cracked the silence wide Now I can't unhear it, can't put it back inside No vibrato, nothing dressed up or refined Just the truth of what's been living in my mind I can feel it building, faster than before Each time you say my name it wants some more [Bridge — stripped almost bare, just voice and a single piano note, near silence before the final surge] Maybe love is just an old motif Coming back around beneath the grief One phrase repeating till it finally lands Steady as a pair of shaking hands [Final Chorus — full orchestral wall of sound, tempo noticeably faster, strings, drums, choir-like harmonies stacked, triumphant swell] Can you feel it building, building, building now Faster than the last one, faster than I know how Two souls learning rhythm, learning how to keep Falling into something far too big to keep it neat Can you feel it building, building into more This is bigger, this is louder than before Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it now [instrumental break] [Outro — orchestra fades slowly back to the solo violin from the intro, full circle, fragile again] [solo violin returning to the single fragile note, fading into silence] Can you feel it... can you feel it still... [fade out]
