[Intro] [24 sec dripping tremolo guitar + sparse piano-like reverb notes, night insects, thick tape hiss, distant coyote howl, subtle feedback swell like held breath, whispered spoken ad-libs fading in] Yesterday Stop, stop, stop I said Seek shelter stay [Verse 1] [whispered fragile rasp, stripped detuned guitar + reverb hum, breath heavy with pauses] But I’m left behind again News came I’ve lost another friend Another friend I’m so broke My heart is soaked My soul’s scars bleed anew Bleed anew [Chorus-like Refrain] [slow swell, raw emotive rasped vocals with cracked falsetto plea, blown-out guitars creeping in softly] It hurts that I didn’t see The pain I felt I let it be Were you trying too? Trying too? [Verse 2] [slurred and stumbling, cracked falsetto building regret, heavier tape hiss] I warned the sky I begged the night to wait To wait But I never asked you If you were drowning Drowning [Instrumental] [60 sec sliding bent notes slow and sparse, screen-door snare brush like distant echoes, glass-bottle roll fading away, feedback swell rising then dropping to near-silence, long quiet stretches] [Final Refrain] [strained emotional build then pull-back, rasped whisper turning to cracked plea, reverb bass deep and dragging] And now the silence answers Everything I was too afraid To hear To hear Were you trying too? Trying too? [Outro] [90+ sec instruments fade to single detuned guitar sustain + ambient pads, vocals shift to exhausted half-whisper repeats with long pauses, heartbeat kick slowing, massive long decaying feedback swell collapsing into absolute hiss and quiet] The silence answers Everything Were you trying too? Too? ...silence ...silence [extended quiet after last word, faint distant train whistle, tape hiss lingers then swallows everything into dead silence]
