9. THINGS YOU NEVER SAID

[Intro – Rhodes piano, ambient electric violin, distant city at night] [Ghost Vocoder] late enough... to be honest... [Verse 1 – MALE] Streetlights on the pavement Shadows stretching thin Conversation drifting places We'd never let it go before You asked me if I liked this city I almost gave the usual answer Then something made me stop And tell the truth I said Some days I still feel like a visitor Like everybody else got the map And I'm still figuring out the streets Trying not to look lost You nodded Like you understood Before I finished [Pre-Chorus] Funny how the things we carry Get heavier when they're unnamed [Chorus – Warm Future Soul] We talked about the things We never said out loud The fears The dreams The doubts we hide somehow No fixing No saving Just somebody listening Funny how a quiet conversation Can change everything [Ambient Electric Violin Response] [Verse 2 – FEMALE] I told you I thought I'd be somewhere different By now Different job Different life Different version of myself You laughed Not because it was funny Because you'd thought the same thing Then you told me Sometimes confidence is just practice And nobody feels as certain As they pretend [Pre-Chorus – DUET] [MALE] Funny what survives [FEMALE] When all the small talk ends [DUET] Sometimes honesty arrives Looking like a friend [Chorus – DUET] We talked about the things We never said out loud The fears The dreams The doubts we hide somehow No fixing No saving Just somebody listening Funny how a quiet conversation Can change everything [Instrumental – Ambient Electric Violin Lead] [Warm Bass Pulse] [Atmospheric Synth Textures] [Bridge – Beat Drops Away] [MALE] I never tell people this... [FEMALE] Me neither... [Long Pause] [MALE] I thought I'd have it figured out by now. [FEMALE] I thought I was the only one. [Ghost Vocoder] only one... [DUET] Maybe everybody's carrying A version of that thought [Final Chorus – Full Harmonies] We talked about the things We never said out loud The roads we missed The chances taken The people that shaped us No answers No grand conclusions Just understanding Funny how a quiet conversation Can change everything Funny how the things We never said Brought us closer than the words we did [Outro – Electric Violin, Rhodes Piano] [FEMALE] See you tomorrow? [MALE] Yeah... Tomorrow. [Ghost Vocoder] late enough... to be honest... [Ambient Electric Violin Carries Final Melody] [Fade Out]