[VERSE 1 — SOULFUL COUNTRY-BLUES — LOW, WARM MALE VOCAL] [LAZY POCKET — INTIMATE, RESTRAINED] There's a shadow from the window lying soft across your face, And the night is getting quiet while the world keeps rolling by. Your head is on my shoulder like it always knew its place, And I feel your breathing settle with a slow and easy sigh. There's a thousand things I meant to say before tonight was through, But none of them say half as much as lying here with you. [VERSE 2 — VOCAL SLIGHTLY ROUGHER] There's a glass still on the nightstand and your dress is on the chair, There's a little line of moonlight where the curtain didn't close. I can smell your perfume hanging like a memory in the air, And you're sleeping close beside me while the last streetlight still glows. Maybe love ain't what we promise when we're trying to sound wise, Maybe love is what is left when there is nothing left to hide. [CHORUS — SOFT RAP BREAKDOWN] [BEAT STRIPS DOWN — BASS + BRUSHED SNARE — CLOSE-MIC] After the talking, after the touch, after we laughed about wanting too much, after the reasons, after the plans, after your fingers went still in my hands. No big declaration, nothing rehearsed, nothing that tells me who's loving who worse. Just you beside me, no walls at all— maybe this is what comes after we've said it all. [VERSE 3 — COUNTRY-BLUES RETURNS] Morning's gonna find us and the ordinary day, Coffee in the kitchen, sunlight crawling up the wall. You'll complain I'm in your way and I'll pretend to move away, And we'll laugh about the clothes we never bothered with at all. I don't need forever written somewhere I can see, If tomorrow when I wake up you're still reaching out for me. [CHORUS — SOFT RAP, SLIGHTLY FULLER] [SNARE BEHIND POCKET — WARM BASS — SPARSE TELE] After the talking, after the touch, after we gave what we needed so much, after the questions, after the doubt, after we finally wore all the words out. No grand conclusion, nothing profound, just your slow breathing, that beautiful sound. No need to promise forever at all— stay here beside me after we've said it all. [OUTRO — RAP BREAKDOWN] [INSTRUMENTS GRADUALLY FALL AWAY] After the wanting, after the wait, after we stayed up a little too late. After the whisper, after the kiss, after I learned it could feel like this. After the talking, after the night, after the last little sliver of light— [RAP LOSES WORDS — BECOMES MELODIC] After the... Mm-hmm... Yeah... [SOFT SCAT — WARM, BREATHY] Doo-ba, mm-ba... Da-da, mm... Doo... mm... Ba-da... [SCAT BECOMES QUIETER] Mm... Doo... [BRUSHES ONLY] Mmm... [FADE TO SILENCE]
