[NO VOCAL INTRO — FIRST LYRIC ON BEAT ONE] [WRITTEN LYRIC LAYERS ONLY] [LOW / SULTRY / MYSTERIOUS — CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT] [VERSE 1 — CLOSE / PROWLING] [LEAD] Something shifted in the quiet, [LOW] You felt it first. [LEAD] Barely enough to change the room, but enough to make me notice. [DEEP] Notice what? [LEAD] I couldn't tell you. [LOW] You could. [LEAD] Maybe I don't want to. [DEEP] Even better. [LEAD] There's a calm beneath the tension, moving closer with each beat. [LOW] Don't go looking. [LEAD] I'm not. [DEEP] Then stay. [PRE-CHORUS — TIGHT / SULTRY] [LEAD] Ease the grip. [LOW] A little more. [LEAD] Unclench your teeth. [DEEP] There. [LEAD] Let the air slip underneath. [LOW] Feel that? [LEAD] Maybe. [DEEP] Just breathe. [CHORUS — WIDER / HYPNOTIC] [LEAD] Let it find you without asking. [LOW] Let it come. [LEAD] Let it linger for a minute. [DEEP] Don't rush. [LEAD] Something changes when you quit trying to name what you've become. [LOW] Getting closer. [LEAD] To what? [DEEP] You know. [LEAD] Every breath unwinds another little knot I couldn't see. [LOW] Leave it there. [LEAD] Nothing left to answer. [DEEP] Good. [LEAD + LOW] Just breathe. [VERSE 2 — DEEPER / RHYTHMIC] [LEAD] There's a rhythm under reason, [LOW] Follow it. [LEAD] Something subtle in the pull. [DEEP] Closer. [LEAD] I can feel the space between us— [LOW] Between what? [LEAD] What I carry. What I lose. [DEEP] Interesting. [LEAD] I've been fluent in resistance. [LOW] I noticed. [LEAD] You notice everything. [DEEP] Almost. [LEAD] Now the pressure has a weakness. [LOW] Found it. [LEAD] Where? [DEEP] Just breathe. [BRIDGE — STRIPPED / INTIMATE CALL-RESPONSE] [LEAD] No explanation. [LOW] Better that way. [LEAD] No calculation. [DEEP] For once. [LEAD] In. [LOW] Slowly. [LEAD] Out. [DEEP] Again. [LEAD] And somewhere in between— [HALF-BEAT STOP] [LOW] There. [LEAD] What? [DEEP] Exactly. [FINAL CHORUS — DARK / WIDER] [LEAD] Let it find me without asking. [LOW] It already did. [LEAD] Let it stay without a reason. [DEEP] Maybe it will. [LEAD] I don't need to chase the answer. [LOW] Finally. [LEAD] I don't need to know the end. [DEEP] Come closer. [LEAD] Every breath releases something I was never meant to keep. [LOW] There you are. [LEAD] I think I understand it. [DEEP] Don't. [HALF-BEAT STOP] [LEAD + DEEP] Just breathe.
