[INTRO — piano only then weave in flute, no vocal] [Opening - sensual, longing] My gaze… lingers… on your beauty. A place…[soft rasp] I want to stay. [VERSE 1-] My gaze lingers on your beauty [rasp] a place I want to stay. You don’t see me in the shadows, but my heart… it knows your name. Every moment that you’re near me, my breath starts losing pace. I act like nothing ever moves me… but longing shows on my face. [PRE-CHORUS-Build faster] Every step you take feels closer… even when you’re far away. I pretend you never move me… but my heart… still finds a way. [CHORUS —increased energy, backup harmonies + soft echo] It races every time I’m near you [backup harmony: near you] [echo soft: near] It wants you more than I can hide [backup harmony: wants you] [echo soft: wants] You are where my heart stays [backup harmony: heart stays] [echo soft: stays] Even if you’re not mine [backup whisper] I fall into your shadow [backup harmony: shadow] [echo soft: shadow] Deeper than you’ll ever know [backup harmony swell] [VERSE 2- soaring intensity, ] In the quiet after midnight, you’re the thought that fills the room. I reach out to touch the feeling… but the moment fades too soon. Every heartbeat draws your outline, soft and warm against the glow. There’s a world where you could feel me… but it’s one you’ll never know. [PRE-CHORUS 2- Build energy] Every breath I take grows heavier [rasp] as your memory pulls me in. I keep pretending I am steady… but I know where I’ve always been. [CHORUS 2 — expanded harmonies + echo, lift the melody] It races every time I’m near you [backup harmony: near you] [echo soft: near, near] It wants you more than I can hide [backup harmony: wants you] [echo soft: wants] You are where my heart stays [backup harmony expanded] [echo soft: stays, stays] Even if you’re not mine [backup hush] I fall into your shadow [backup harmony: shadow, shadow] [echo soft: shadow] Holding onto fading hope [backup whisper] [BRIDGE — close-mic, intimate rasp] If you ever felt my heartbeat [rasp] maybe you would understand. Love can bloom without a promise— even if it never lands. [FINAL CHORUS — full harmony, soft echo behind lead, lift the register higher than any before] It races every time I’m near you [backup harmony: near you] [echo soft: near] It wants you even as I break [backup harmony thicker] [echo soft: break] You are where my heart keeps running [backup harmony lift] [echo soft: running] Even when it’s my mistake [backup soft] I fall inside your shadow [backup harmony: shadow] [echo soft: shadow] Just to feel your light again [backup harmony sustain] You don’t see me but still I’m falling [backup whisper] Loving you without an end [echo soft: end, end] [OUTRO — piano, close-mic sensual, impactful] My gaze… lingers on your beauty… A place…[soft rasp] where my heart… stays. [Fade Out]
