[Intro] [Solo female vocal. Celesta and her own voice softly singing "Hush now, hush now", repeated as a delayed echo one beat later. A tap running faintly. Two bars only.] [Verse 1] [Female vocal only, close and near a whisper, conversational. Felt piano and celesta, tap underneath.] The tap is running in the bathroom You think the water hides your voice I'm standing in the hall in my socks Listening to you practice [pause] [Chorus] [Female vocal only, sung softly, a gentle bloom: soft bowed bass and pizzicato cello enter. Her own voice echoes each line one beat behind.] Hush now, hush now We've been trading faces Hush now, hush now Yours was mine first [pause] [Verse 2] [Female vocal only, same near-whisper, a little warmer. Celesta lifts a third higher.] You say it twice, then once again Your shoulders back, your eyebrows up The little smile that never reaches The place it's meant to go [pause] [Chorus] [Female vocal only, slightly fuller, the echo clearer and a hair louder. Same words.] Hush now, hush now We've been trading faces Hush now, hush now Yours was mine first [pause] [Bridge] [Female vocal only, near-spoken and hushed. The harmony stops moving, only voice and tap. One bar drops a beat so the waltz stumbles on "how was your day".] I could open the door I could say it's all right to be tired The true thing is already in my mouth And what comes out is how was your day [pause] [Final Chorus] [Female vocal only, lifted a half step, still near a whisper. Only voice, celesta, and the tap. Her echo follows, then lands on a different note on "here".] Hush now, hush now We could stop trading faces Hush now, hush now You don't have to practice here [pause] [Outro] [Female vocal only, spoken, plain, no music. The tap stops. Two soft knocks on wood and a click of a light switch, then one held note, unresolved, fading.] I don't open the door I knock twice, soft, and say goodnight And leave the hall light on [End]
