[DESCRIPTION : Intimate dark French pop vocal, breathy close-mic, sensual without vulgarity, low fragile register, soft consonants, precise diction, slow legato phrasing, whispered intimacy, emotion held back, desire under control. Verses as private confession, choruses more open but never belted. Whisper doubles on key words, fragile high notes, long breaths and intimate sighs. IMPORTANT: female singer performs all sung sections. The male voice appears ONLY during the spoken dialogue, clearly male, dry, intimate, restrained and conversational, with no singing. Female vocal resumes after the dialogue. Final chorus as tender ecstatic release. No duet singing, no male vocals outside dialogue, no autotune, no vocal showboating, no excessive belting.] [INTRO — sparse_bass_before_drums_x_analogue_pad_bloom_x_no_vocal_yet] (instrumental only, bass enters alone, drums held back) [VERSE 0] Tell me… When you're coming… So I can disappear first. I can't take it… You. [VERSE 1] You’re far too beautiful It’s an outrage A sacrilege Upon that face They call me the fairest A girl of steel I turn into… A nameless shadow My skin gives me away At the slightest shiver [PRE-CHORUS] I learnt to keep my distance I mastered danger’s art Then you arrive And suddenly My blood forgets its course [CHORUS] Tell me when you’re coming So I can disappear first I can’t take this feeling This endless thirst Everyone who gets near you Turns my reason into dust Tell me when you’re coming So I can slip away [BREAKDOWN] I love you… The forbidden word The word that kills me Then brings me back to life If I touch your lips I know I’ll lose myself Nowhere left to hide These private hells [PRE-DIALOGUE] Tell me when you’re coming… So I can leave before… I can’t bear To watch you Without disappearing [MALE_DIALOGUE_ONLY—MALE_SPOKEN_VOICE_x_NO_SINGING_x_DRY_CLOSE_MIC_x_TELEPHONE_BANDPASS] What…? [male] All these faces… [female] All these eyes staring at me… [male] No… [female] No, impossible… [female] Did I actually say it? … [male] I love you too. [female] I was so afraid. [male] You were always so distant… [male] So out of reach. [female] I thought [female] You didn’t want me. [male] I love you… So much. Yes… So much. [ONE_BEAT_SILENCE] [FEMALE_RETURNS—FULL_FEMALE_VOCAL] [FINAL CHORUS] Tell me when you’re coming So I can stay at last I won’t run away From the hollow of your hands Come disturb my skin Take apart the statue I surrender the queen I’ve always been Tell me when you’re coming I’ll be here Even if I tremble Even as I come undone I want to lose Everything I was To become The one You look at [OUTRO—FEMALE_WHISPER_ONLY] The one you look at… At last. Tell me when you’re coming… No. Don’t tell me anymore. I’m here
