[Intro – isolated vocal, lots of space] Half a second Don't move yet [Verse 1 – close, restrained tenor] Kitchen light across your shoulder Cold glass sweating in your hand You step closer, then you stop there Like you know I like the wait Your hand lifts up toward my collar Close enough, but not quite there Don't do anything just yet Leave that second in the air [Pre-Chorus – percussion begins disappearing] Don't rush it Leave it there I like that second Hanging in the air [Chorus – melody opens, vocal layers bloom] Half a second Don't move yet I like the part Before it happens Half a second Stay right there You haven't touched me I can feel it anyway [Post-Chorus – processed vocal fragments] Not yet Not yet Half a second [Verse 2 – lower register, intimate] Your thumb catches on my necklace Then you let it fall again I could close the space between us But I like it where it is You say my name a little lower Like you're checking what I'll do I know exactly where this is going I just don't want it there too soon [Pre-Chorus] Don't rush it Leave it there I like that second Hanging in the air [Chorus] Half a second Don't move yet I like the part Before it happens Half a second Stay right there You haven't touched me I can feel it anyway [Bridge – drums vanish, fractured vocal layers surround the clean lead] Not yet Stay there Let me want it One more second Not yet Right there You don't have to Do anything [Final Chorus – fullest harmonies, production shifting around a stable melody] Half a second Don't move yet I like the part Before it happens Half a second Stay right there You haven't touched me I can feel it anyway [Outro – vocal fragments fall away] Half a second Don't move yet
