[singer A] I called out your name in the dark (dark) Threw it off the ridge like a spark (spark) Somewhere in the black it came back (back) Softer than the moment I let go (go) [transition] [instrumental, deep dub bass and wide echoing drums] [singer A] Hello (hello, hello) Anybody there in the low (low) I'm shoutin' at the walls of my soul (soul) And they answer me slow, slow, slow [instrumental] [clean electric guitar playing jazz chords, light reverb] [soft hi-hat eighth notes] [singer A] I whispered that I'm sorry, I swear (swear) It went ringin' up the empty stair (stair) Bounced off a wall that ain't there (there) Comin' back to me thin as the air (air) [transition] [electric bass enters with syncopated melodic line] [full drum kit enters, steady backbeat with ghost notes on snare] [Rhodes electric piano enters with sustained chordal pads] [singer A] Hello (hello, hello) Anybody there in the low (low) I'm shoutin' at the walls of my soul (soul) And they answer me slow, slow, slow [instrumental] [guitar plays staccato rhythmic stabs] [bass becomes more active with melodic fills] [hi-hat opens on the off-beats] [singer A] Left of me, right of me (me) Under me, over me, all that I used to be (be) Every little sound that I ever set free (free) Circlin' back like a bird to a tree [singer A] Hello (hello, hello) Anybody there in the low (low) I'm shoutin' at the walls of my soul (soul) And they answer me slow, slow, slow [transition] [instruments gradually fade out] [final sustained Rhodes chord] [drum fill ending on a crash cymbal] [singer A] So I stop and I listen to it fade, Every word I ever gave away, Comin' home to me at the end of the day. [transition] [instrumental, deep dub bass and wide echoing drums] [outro] [clean saxo playing jazz chords, light reverb] [soft hi-hat eighth notes]
