[Vocal direction: Keep the verses close-mic and almost spoken, letting the kick and bass carry the weight. Make the chorus open up into a raw, aching country-soul melody, with the violin answering the vocal. On “I'll come back to you,” leave a brief pocket of silence before the bass returns] Lyrics — “Through Every Lifetime” Tempo: 90 BPM · Deep male lead vocal · Raw country-soul emotion · Rhythmic hip-hop phrasing [Intro — 4-String Uke, Viola Cry, Deep Sub-Bass] If there's a road beyond the stars, If there's a place beyond the dark, If time forgets the world we knew, I'll find my way back home to you. [Verse 1 — Intimate Male Vocal, Laid-Back Hip-Hop Pocket] I knew your eyes before we met, Like an old song I can't forget. A thousand miles, a thousand years, I'd know your voice through any fear. I've walked through worlds I couldn't name, Worn different faces, felt the same. And every road that pulled me through Kept bending back to lead to you. [Pre-Chorus — Viola Chops, Cello Growls, Beat Building] If the sky falls out of place, If I can't remember my own face, There's one truth time can't undo— Somehow, I'll remember you. [Chorus — Massive Bass Drop, Soaring Violin, Full Country-Soul Vocal] Through every lifetime, every door, I'll find you like I've done before. Across the heavens, through the blue, I'll cross the unknown just for you. When the stars burn out of sight, I'll follow your heart through endless night. If this world ends and time falls through, I'll spend forever finding you. Through every lifetime— I'll come back to you. [Instrumental Cypher — 8 Bars] [Uke scratch and body taps trade with the snare] [Viola: gritty riff, scrape, fast run] [Cello: low bowed punches lock to the kick] [Violin: soaring country-soul cry] [Spoons: dry metallic syncopation] [Sub-bass slides beneath the entire exchange] [Two-bar silence in the upper instruments] [HUGE BASS RETURN] [Verse 2 — Rhythmic, Conversational Vocal; Bass and Uke Drive] Maybe next time I'm born too soon, You'll be the sun, I'll chase the moon. Maybe you'll know me by a scar, Or feel me calling from afar. Maybe the ocean takes my name, And nothing here will look the same. But even if the world turns new, My soul will know the way to you. [Pre-Chorus 2 — Tighter Rhythm, Strings Answer Each Line] If there's no map, no guiding light, I'll read the stars and walk the night. No final breath, no last goodbye Can tell this love to close its eyes. [Chorus 2 — Heavier Drums, Wider Vocal, Bass and Cello in Unison] Through every lifetime, every door, I'll find you like I've done before. Across the heavens, through the blue, I'll cross the unknown just for you. When the stars burn out of sight, I'll follow your heart through endless night. If this world ends and time falls through, I'll spend forever finding you. Through every lifetime— I'll come back to you. [Bridge — Drums Drop; Uke Scratches, Spoons, Raw Viola] And if there's nothing past the end, No second chance, no world again, Then every breath I had with you Was every heaven I ever knew. But if one spark survives the flame, If one soul still recalls a name, Let mine be the one that breaks on through— I'll find eternity with you. [Final Chorus — Full Instrumental Impact, Emotional Vocal Peak] Through every lifetime, every door, I'll find you like I've done before. Past every boundary, every sky, I'll chase your echo until I die. And if death is just another road, I'll walk it carrying what we know. No end of time could make it untrue— Every life leads me back to you. Through every lifetime! Through the great unknown! No matter where forever goes, You'll never walk alone. Through every lifetime— I'll come back home. [Outro — Beat Strips Back to Uke, Bass, and One Violin Cry] If I forget the world I knew, I'll still remember loving you. [Softly, almost spoken] Every life... Every time... I'll find you. [Final four-note uke motif. One deep kick. Dry snare. Bass answers. Hard stop.]
