Waterfall (When the Moon Gives In)

An intimate alt-pop piano ballad that moves from dry, close-mic'd whispered verses over felted piano

[PRE-CHORUS — Lead vocal: fragile, intimate, beginning to lift; tension like a held breath | Piano opens slightly, chords widen; rain steady]
Friends say
I'm anxiously attached, yeah
Attached, yeah
And ketamine won't numb
My passion for ya
I hope you know
That what you hold
Is a diamond
With a heart of gold

[CHORUS — Lead vocal + stacked harmonies: raw, breaking open, pleading; wide-stereo reverb bloom | Strings swell in from nowhere; heartbeat-pulse percussion enters; piano underneath]
Wash over me like a waterfall
Do what you want
Just don't let me go
Until the moon finally
Gives in to the sun
Look in your eyes
And they tell me one thing
That we should be more than friends
The universe conspired for us
To meet this way--meet this way

[VERSE 2 — Lead vocal: whisper returns, quieter than verse 1; aching, resigned | Piano soft again; rain louder, storm closing in]
I do it all for you
And you just break me, dear
Throw away our history
We could start from here
(We could start from here)

[BRIDGE — Lead vocal: strained edges, trembling, cracks welcome; the most exposed singing on the track | Shimmering pads join the piano; strings begin to climb; atmosphere thickens]
Oo-oo the time is running out
Oo-oo reach out and feel me now
I'd walk on a wire
I'd set the sky on fire
Just to keep you near

[FINAL CHORUS — Lead vocal + full harmonies: trembling but powerful, total release | Strings wide, piano brighter, heartbeat percussion full]
Wash over me like a waterfall
Do what you want
Just don't let me go
Until the moon finally gives in to the sun
Look in your eyes
And they tell me one thing
That we should be more than friends
The universe conspired for us
To meet this way

[OUTRO — No lead vocal | Piano softens back to felted chords; rain becomes the dominant texture; instrumental fade, vocals drift away like a memory]
(Instrumental fade)

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[VERSE 1 — Lead vocal: whispered confession, breathy and close-mic'd, minimal reverb; soft onsets, vocal fry allowed | Felted piano, sparse chords with long silences; rain barely audible beneath] I build myself up To weather the storm I spend the days trying To make myself feel whole Round the serpentine Through empty conversations Except you -- ohh, except you [PRE-CHORUS — Lead vocal: fragile, intimate, beginning to lift; tension like a held breath | Piano opens slightly, chords widen; rain steady] Friends say I'm anxiously attached, yeah Attached, yeah And ketamine won't numb My passion for ya I hope you know That what you hold Is a diamond With a heart of gold [CHORUS — Lead vocal + stacked harmonies: raw, breaking open, pleading; wide-stereo reverb bloom | Strings swell in from nowhere; heartbeat-pulse percussion enters; piano underneath] Wash over me like a waterfall Do what you want Just don't let me go Until the moon finally Gives in to the sun Look in your eyes And they tell me one thing That we should be more than friends The universe conspired for us To meet this way--meet this way [VERSE 2 — Lead vocal: whisper returns, quieter than verse 1; aching, resigned | Piano soft again; rain louder, storm closing in] I do it all for you And you just break me, dear Throw away our history We could start from here (We could start from here) [BRIDGE — Lead vocal: strained edges, trembling, cracks welcome; the most exposed singing on the track | Shimmering pads join the piano; strings begin to climb; atmosphere thickens] Oo-oo the time is running out Oo-oo reach out and feel me now I'd walk on a wire I'd set the sky on fire Just to keep you near [FINAL CHORUS — Lead vocal + full harmonies: trembling but powerful, total release | Strings wide, piano brighter, heartbeat percussion full] Wash over me like a waterfall Do what you want Just don't let me go Until the moon finally gives in to the sun Look in your eyes And they tell me one thing That we should be more than friends The universe conspired for us To meet this way [OUTRO — No lead vocal | Piano softens back to felted chords; rain becomes the dominant texture; instrumental fade, vocals drift away like a memory] (Instrumental fade)

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