ONE MORE MILE NORVELLE — ALBUM 3 [Intro – 35 Seconds, Distant Atmospheric Electric Guitar, Gentle Piano Notes, Warm Analogue Tape Texture] [Slow Melodic Bassline Enters] [Verse 1 – Jack, Intimate Natural British Indie Vocal] There’s a crack in the windscreen And a coat on the back seat I’ve been driving through the places That I used to know There’s a light above the petrol station Flickering against the rain And a song I haven’t heard in years Comes round again [Instrumental – Soft Guitar Motif, Bass Becomes More Melodic] [Verse 2 – Restrained Live Drums Enter] I remember being seventeen Thinking everything was waiting Just beyond the edge of town If we could get away Now the roads are getting narrower And the years are going faster But there’s something in the distance That still makes me want to stay [Pre-Chorus – Gradual Guitar Build, Warm Organ Texture] And I’ve been wrong a thousand times Taken turns I can’t explain But every road I’ve travelled Brought me somewhere all the same [Chorus – Wide Melodic Guitars, Emotional Natural Lead Vocal, Subtle Male Harmonies] Just one more mile Before we call it a day One more turn Before the light fades away And if there’s nothing waiting At the end of this road We’ll have something worth remembering From the places that we’ve known [Instrumental – Expansive Guitar Melody, Rolling Bass, Steady Drums] [Verse 3 – More Rhythmic Energy, Expressive British Vocal] I saw your name on an old photograph From a summer we forgot Four of us outside the station Thinking we were something we’re not We had nowhere worth arriving And a hundred things to say Funny how the things that mattered Were the things we threw away [Pre-Chorus – Bass and Drums Build Together] And there’s no way of knowing What we’ll find around the bend But I never really wanted Every good thing to end [Chorus – Powerful Full Band, Rich Guitar Layers, Natural Band Harmonies] Just one more mile Before we call it a day One more turn Before the light fades away And if there’s nothing waiting At the end of this road We’ll have something worth remembering From the places that we’ve known [Extended Instrumental – Tom’s Expressive Lead Guitar Takes Centre Stage, Sustained Notes, Tape Delay, Driving Bass, Powerful Live Drum Fills] [Bridge – Sudden Drop to Clean Guitar and Jack’s Exposed Voice] And maybe we were never Supposed to figure it out Maybe all the best things Were the ones we didn’t plan [Brief Silence] [Jack – Quietly] I’d do it all again… [Slow Drum Build, Bass Rises, Layered Electric Guitars] Every single mile. [Final Chorus – Emotional Peak, Full Band, Soaring Lead Guitar Countermelody] Just one more mile Before we call it a day One more turn Before the light fades away And if there’s nothing waiting At the end of this road We’ll have something worth remembering From the places that we’ve known [Extended Instrumental Finale – 90 Seconds, Tom’s Soaring Melodic Guitar Solo, Elliot’s Driving Bass, Ben’s Explosive Acoustic Drums, Layered Guitar Harmonies, Gradually Increasing Intensity] [Instrumental Climaxes – Powerful Sustained Guitar Notes, Rolling Drum Fills] [Band Drops to One Clean Guitar] [Jack – Soft, Almost Spoken] Go on then… One more mile. [Final Full Band Chord – Long Natural Guitar Sustain] [End]
