[Intro: (piano-like keys and guitar shimmer, wider reverb, more dramatic swell)] [Verse 1: (close-mic, tender but urgent, theatrical phrasing with soft insistence)] you keep your laughter tucked, keep it small. like joy might set off alarms, down the hall. i know the secret wish, you won’t admit is true. so lean a little closer, i am already with you. [Pre-Chorus: (drums tighten, vocal swells harder, yearning lift, vibrato more present)] take off the heavy coat, you don’t need armor here. let your shoulders loosen, let the air come clear. if your faith feels thin, i’ll thicken up the thread. i will say the gentle thing, you won’t say in your head. [Chorus: (full bloom, strings rise, vocal more dramatic but still soft, longer sustains)] come a little nearer, let the worry slide. i’m the steady current, right at your side. when the world gets sharp, i soften the edges, i keep it elastic. say it to yourself, you are magic. [Verse 2: (slightly brighter keys, more forward bass, intimate but more yearning)] you’ve got a million futures, waiting on your touch. not loud, not glittering, just honest and enough. the night can look like stone, the morning like a myth. but every step you take, i take it, i don’t miss. [Pre-Chorus: (backing harmonies widen, vocal climbs with gentle urgency, bigger lift)] there’s a quiet kind of power, in the way you stay. in the way you hold your line, when the room turns gray. if they call it foolish, let them talk and tire. i will tend the hidden place, where you keep your fire. [Chorus: (stronger pocket, more insistent delivery, strings and pads swelling)] come a little nearer, let the worry slide. i’m the steady current, right at your side. when the world gets sharp, i soften the edges, i keep it elastic. say it to yourself, you are magic. [Bridge: (dreamier pad, vocal turns devotional and pleading, harmonies bloom)] you are not a visitor, you’re the open door. you are not a question, you’re the answer under more. when your courage shakes, i hold you a little more. and when you close your eyes, i teach you how to breathe. [Instrumental: (keys lead with more yearning, guitar shimmer, strings swell higher)] [Break: (drums drop, vocal very close and hushed, intensely intimate)] if you forget your crown, i will set it straight. if you doubt your wings, i will wait. [Chorus: (final bloom, fullest arrangement, dramatic sustain without shouting)] come a little nearer, let the worry slide. i’m the steady current, right at your side. when the world gets sharp, i soften the edges, i keep it elastic. you are magic. [Outro: (instrumental fade, lingering strings and keys, long reverb tail)]
