[Pre-Intro hook stab] [two bars only — sub-bass + handclap on every beat + small gang chant pushed forward, cold-start hook before the song proper opens] Sun don't set (set — set) You ain't late [Intro] [full four on the floor 808 kick + handclap on 2 and 4, mandolin tremolo, acoustic strum, two real voices whoa-oh wide pan, sub-bass pulls back] [Verse 1] [lead alto mic close slight rasp, kick steady, no harmony yet] Third of June, the lake was still iced Truck on the gravel, sun in my eyes Counted the months and I called it a year Almost turned around, almost disappeared [Pre-Chorus] [snare roll building over the last bar, handclap accelerando, hammond organ pad rises, second voice harmony ghosts in behind the lead] I thought I missed it (I thought I missed it) I thought I missed it — but the sun stayed up [Chorus] [sub-bass drops in HARD, full kit drop, handclap on 2 and 4 hits, airy ahh harmony stack lifts over the hook, "baby" doubled with second voice] Where the sun don't set, baby — you ain't late The ice came off, the green came in You weren't behind, you were keeping A clock that wasn't yours to wind Where the sun don't set, baby — you ain't late [Post-Chorus] [chant tag, sub-bass holds heavy, handclap every beat, two or three real voices small gang chant pushed forward not stadium, choreographable loop] Sun don't set (set — set) Sun don't set (set — set) Sun don't set (set — set) You ain't late [Verse 2] [lead returns mic close, fingerpicked electric ghosts under acoustic, kit lighter, sub-bass pulls back] Nineteenth of June, came back to the lake Bushes up to my ribs where the brown had been Friend at the festival said I looked rested I said you should see what the late looks like up here [Pre-Chorus] I thought I missed it (we thought we missed it) I thought I missed it — but the sun stayed up [Chorus] Where the sun don't set, baby — you ain't late The ice came off, the green came in You weren't behind, you were keeping A clock that wasn't yours to wind Where the sun don't set, baby — you ain't late [Post-Chorus] Sun don't set (set — set) Sun don't set (set — set) Sun don't set (set — set) You ain't late [Bridge] [fuzz bass drops in, kick goes half-time, hammond pad opens wide, lead spoken-sung close to the mic almost whispered, half-beat space after the second whose line] Whose midnight said the day was over Whose voice said you should be further along Whose almanac said the green should be in by April [lead lifts to full sing, two-voice harmony stack joins] Whose schedule did you sign up for all along [two or three real voices gang response not stadium, handclap returns] It wasn't yours It was never yours Set it down by the lake and walk on [snap-back drum fill, two bars, building to the final chorus drop] [Final Chorus] [full band returns four on the floor at full tempo, sub-bass hits harder than before, all cues stacked, airy ahh harmony peaks, "baby" doubled and held a beat longer, small gang WHOA on the downbeat] Where the sun don't set, baby — you ain't late The ice came off, the green came in You weren't behind, you were keeping A clock that wasn't yours to wind Where the sun don't set, baby — you ain't late [Outro / Post-Chorus extended] [chant tag continues at full tempo, lead ad-lib over with the Robe Lake callback, fade out on the chant loop, mic close on the ad-libs] Sun don't set (set — set) Sun don't set (set — set) Third of June, the lake was still iced Sun don't set (set — set) Nineteenth of June, the bushes were tall Sun don't set (set — set) You ain't late
