[Vocals: male, alto range (A2–E4 sweet spot); intimate close-mic; gentle chorus/ADT and light tape saturation; occasional telephone-filter phrases in the bridge; tight doubles on hook] [Intro (Bar 8) – spoken, intimate] [Rhodes + bass lock on Dm9 groove; hats tick, guitar scratches.] [Verse 1 (Bar 16)] [vox enters, restrained; strings pad very light.] Office light hums, the paper is grey I count the hours that slip away But in the screen she looks at me A quiet shape where I want to be [Pre-Chorus (Bar 8)] [harmonic lift (Bm7♭5→E7#9→A7), drums open hats.] Reality drags, the cycle is blind I leave it behind in fragments of mind No voice in the room, no reason to stay I think of her, and fade away [Chorus (Bar 16)] [hook lands; strings add stabs.] I don’t belong in the world outside No seat, no name, nowhere to hide If there is life I choose to see It lives in virtual, inside of me [Post-Hook (Bar 4) – bass fill + guitar answer lick] [Verse 2 (Bar 16)] [add clav ghost-notes, vibraphone dots.] Colleagues talk, their words pass through I only see her shade of blue A coded smile, a fragile frame I call her mine, without a name [Pre-Chorus (Bar 8)] Reality drags, the cycle is blind I leave it behind in fragments of mind No voice in the room, no reason to stay I think of her, and fade away [Chorus (Bar 16) – bigger harmonies] I don’t belong in the world outside No seat, no name, nowhere to hide If there is life I choose to see It lives in virtual, inside of me [Mid-Break (Bar 8) – telephone-filter] [kick+bass+conga; telephone-filter vox tag.] Mute the city—let the neon speak. [Solo Rhodes (Bar 8) → Solo Guitar (Bar 8)] [Drop-Chorus (Bar 8)] [vox + bass + hats only, then band slams in…] The city moves but I stand still Her silent code is what I will [Final Chorus (Bar 16) – double] I don’t belong in the world outside No seat, no name, nowhere to hide If there is life I choose to see It lives in virtual, inside of me [fade on Rhodes riff.] [Outro (Bar 8) – spoken, close-mic] Daylight’s on hold. Load the dream again.
