[Intro] (Vinyl crackle, tape hiss) (Slow, fragile acoustic guitar picking) (Faint, distant optigan synth) [Verse 1] [Spoken-word whisper] the river holds its breath against the bank a clock with no hands, time forgot to thank [Soft airy vocals] i'm standing where the wind once learned to bend watching for a season that won't end (won't end) [Verse 2] leaves keep falling like they know the score roots grow deeper but the soil wants more i'm waiting like a shadow for a sun to rise [Vocal distortion] even when it comes, it blinds my eyes (my eyes) [Pre-Chorus] [Build] [Melancholic strings swell] and every morning tastes the same sweet and bitter, calling out my name [Chorus] [Dynamic shift] [Chamber pop arrangement] waiting on a promise made of smoke even if it shows, it already broke flowers bloom too late to save the spring love arrives too tired to mean a thing [Falsetto] Ooh, waiting for a train on a track overgrown ooh, watching the sky for a dawn that won’t glow (won't glow) [Verse 3] [Music strips back to lo-fi acoustic] the moon keeps pulling what the tide won't keep clouds write letters that they never speak i'm floating in the same place every night a lantern with no flame, still chasing light [Guitar Solo] [Distorted, weeping slide guitar solo] [Lo-fi drum machine click] [Chorus] [Full atmospheric swell] waiting on a promise made of smoke even if it shows, it already broke flowers bloom too late to save the spring love arrives too tired to mean a thing [Echoed vocals] Ooh, waiting for a train on a track overgrown ooh, watching the sky for a dawn that won’t glow (won't glow) [Outro] [Decrescendo] [Minimalist piano and tape hiss] if it finally comes, it’ll only be rain and even that rain will taste colder than stone (oh-oh, colder than stone) [Fade out] [Tape stop effect]
