With or Without Lute

slow hypnotic folk ballad, renaissance lute as the central instrument, minor key, repeating lyute ostinato creating tension, gradual emotional build, warm but strained male vocal, intimate close-mic recording, minimal arrangement, no percussion, meditative and obsessive mood, longing and devotion, spacious dynamics, timeless and serious

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[Verse 1] See the grain carved in the wood See the string worn thin and used I’ll play for you [Verse 2] Sleight of hand and twist of fate On aching strings you make me wait And I’ll play without you [Chorus] With or without lyute With or without lyute [Verse 3] Through the storm I reach the sound I give it all, still want one round And I’m playing for you [Chorus] With or without lyute With or without lyute, ah-hah I can’t play With or without lyute [Pre-Chorus] And you give yourself away And you give yourself away And you give, and you give And you give yourself away [Verse 4] My hands are tied My fingers bruised This wooden frame Got nothing left and nothing to lose [Pre-Chorus] And you give yourself away And you give yourself away And you give, and you give And you give yourself away [Chorus] With or without lyute With or without lyute, oh-oh I can’t play With or without lyute [Bridge] Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh [Final Chorus] With or without lyute With or without lyute, oh-oh I can’t live With or without lyute With or without lyute [Outro] Hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh Hoo-ooh-hoo-ooh

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