
STRANGER (feat. SI:REN)
[Intro – minimal pulse] [VE:NOM] We don’t call it anything. [SI:REN] We don’t need to. ⸻ [Verse 1 – VE:NOM – restrained] [VE:NOM] Met you about a week ago Said we should probably take it slow But you don’t move like you mean that [VE:NOM] Stand too close Then step away Like you’re daring me to say that [VE:NOM] We don’t touch But it’s loud Every silence in the crowd ⸻ [Verse 2 – SI:REN – cool, measured] [SI:REN] You act like this is casual Like we’re just passing through But every time you look at me I see it in you [SI:REN] We don’t cross But we lean Right into the in-between ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – alternating] [VE:NOM] Say it’s nothing [SI:REN] But it’s not [VE:NOM] Draw a line [SI:REN] Then we stop [VE:NOM] If I step closer [SI:REN] Would you walk? ⸻ [CHORUS – Euphoric Bloom / Emotional Distance] [VE:NOM – lead] You’re not just a stranger [SI:REN – soft harmony under] Not just a stranger [SI:REN – lead] But you’re not mine [VE:NOM – harmony under] Not mine [VE:NOM] We cross the line [SI:REN] Then rewind [VE:NOM & SI:REN – wide harmony] We feel it Every time [VE:NOM – calm] Say we’re careful [SI:REN – calm] Say we’re fine [VE:NOM & SI:REN – layered, restrained] But we don’t say What’s on our minds ⸻ [Verse 3 – Distance maintained] [VE:NOM] If I reach You don’t move Like you’re testing what I’ll do [SI:REN] If I stay You don’t leave Like you’re waiting to believe ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 2 – tension lift] [SI:REN] We don’t fall [VE:NOM] We don’t run [SI:REN] We don’t say [VE:NOM] What we want [VE:NOM] If I step closer [SI:REN] Would you stop? [FINAL CHORUS – Bigger Instrumental, Same Restraint] [VE:NOM – lead] You’re not just a stranger [SI:REN – harmony under] Not just a stranger [SI:REN – lead] But you’re not mine [VE:NOM – harmony under] Not mine [VE:NOM] We cross the line [SI:REN] Then rewind [VE:NOM & SI:REN – wide harmony] We feel it Every time [VE:NOM – low] One wrong move [SI:REN – low] One wrong sign [VE:NOM & SI:REN – distant harmony] And everything Comes alive ⸻ [Outro – minimal pulse fades] [SI:REN – soft] We’re not strangers. [VE:NOM – even softer] We just pretend.


