[Intro – isolated tenor; one dry kora note repeats slightly out of time] Leave it there I like it like that [Verse 1 – close high tenor; deep sub holds slightly past chord changes, sparse kick] You came in a little too close I stayed exactly where I was Your hand stopped short of my waist Like both of us knew enough Nothing about this sits straight Nothing about it needs to You look at me like there's a problem I don't see one [Pre-Chorus – percussion thins; kora plucks begin leaving faint granular echoes] Don't clean it up Don't make it fit If it holds Let it hold like this [Chorus – memorable melody; layered male harmonies drift slightly sharp and flat before resolving] Leave it wrong Leave the edge in it Don't make it Easier to name Leave it wrong I can live with it If it holds Let it hold this way [Post-Chorus – beat drops; one processed kora phrase reverses into itself] Leave it Leave it [Verse 2 – lower chest register at first; sub bends harmonically, muted organic percussion enters off-center] Your jacket's still on my chair You haven't asked for it back We keep missing the clean ending Then meeting somewhere after that You say we should be more careful Then stay another hour I don't need this made perfect I like what it does [Pre-Chorus – falsetto starts appearing; expected snare hit disappears] Don't clean it up Don't make it fit If it holds Let it hold like this [Chorus – wider harmony bloom; kora and processed vocal fragments answer each other] Leave it wrong Leave the edge in it Don't make it Easier to name Leave it wrong I can live with it If it holds Let it hold this way [Bridge – drums vanish; lead vocal stays perfectly centered while harmony, kora and synths gradually detune around him] If you fix every angle What happens to this? If you straighten the line Do we still exist? Keep one thing Out of place Keep one thing I can't explain [Brief silence – single kora harmonic] [Final Chorus – everything suddenly locks into pristine tuning; bass becomes warm and stable, fullest harmonies] Leave it wrong Leave the edge in it Don't make it Easier to name Leave it wrong I can live with it If it holds Let it hold this way [Outro – pristine harmony begins drifting apart again; final kora note bends after release] Leave it wrong I like it like that
