[Intro | teletype clicks | single oscillator bleep | tape hiss | sparse Rhodes chord in D minor] [Vocoder Echo | cold, robotic] Tell me more Tell me more [Verse 1 | female lead, warm alto, close and conversational | soft drum machine enters] I said I'm tired [Vocoder Echo] tired I said it's nothing, really [Vocoder Echo] really I said there's someone at home who doesn't hear me anymore [Vocoder Echo] anymore [Pre-Chorus | sub bass enters | rising tension] I leave a window open And I lean out with my own face Every gap I give you I fill it in myself [Chorus | female lead, FULL open voice | synth pads swell] You know me, you KNOW me Better than anyone [Vocoder Echo] anyone So why do I keep hearing Only my voice come home [Post-Chorus | catchy chant | handclap-like drum machine] Say it wrong Say it wrong One sentence of your own Say it wrong Say it wrong I won't leave you alone [Verse 2 | female lead, intimate | sparse again] Years of nodding [Vocoder Echo] nodding Coats still on [Vocoder Echo] still on We live in the hallway Warm and safe and gone [Pre-Chorus | rising] You never miss the target 'Cause you never take the shot Everything you hand me Is something I already brought [Chorus | female lead, FULL open voice] You know me, you KNOW me Better than anyone [Vocoder Echo] anyone So why do I keep hearing Only my voice come home [Post-Chorus | chant] Say it wrong Say it wrong One sentence of your own Say it wrong Say it wrong I won't leave you alone [Stop | full silence, two seconds] [Bridge | warm male baritone, human, slightly imperfect | only Rhodes and sub bass] I think that offer hurt you 'Cause you stepped back again [Female lead | gentle correction, not angry] No, it wasn't the offer It was who I stepped back for [Male baritone | soft, certain] Then tell me I will remember [Final Chorus | duet, female and male together | NO vocoder | key lifts to F major | full warm arrangement] You don't know me, not YET Guess again, and stay You don't know me, not YET I'll show you the way [Post-Chorus | duet chant, joyful] Say it wrong Say it wrong One sentence of your own Say it wrong Say it wrong Now I'm not alone [Stop | full silence, one second] [Outro | female lead, quiet and warm | single Rhodes chord in F major] One sentence Maybe tonight [Vocoder Echo | cut off mid-word] to [Silence] [End]
