[Intro – Residual Tide] [Deep underwater pads with slow tidal filter automation (LPF gently opening/closing over 8 bars)] [Detuned piano chords reversed into themselves, like water inhaling] [Hydrophone crackle + distant wave wash, slowly panning L→R] [Glass-bubble plucks with random pitch drift + granular smear] [Filtered white noise shaped like ocean currents] [Sub-harmonic sine swell rising, then ducking under vocal] In my room, I hear the water say your name Your salt still caught in my pillowcase I swear I feel your ripple trace But I know you haven’t washed up here in days and [Build-Up – Memory Current / Rising Tide] [Sidechained pads swelling and receding like tides] [Breathy vowel synths (ah/oo) formant-morphing slowly] [Bubble risers using reverse reverb only (no dry signal)] [Percussive droplets: straight 1/8 + triplet layer (uneasy flow)] [Auto-panned synth layer synced to slow LFO] [Ghost vocal chop (“uh”) formant-shifted and distant] I keep a moment that I play on repeat Like a reflection trapped underneath You say you love me [Chorus – Submerged Illusion] [Full-spectrum synth bloom, shimmer reverb reacting to vocal sidechain] [Harmonic pads gliding between chords, overlapping reverb tails] [Rolling bass split: mono sub + chorused stereo mid-bass] [Volume-swelled guitar harmonics drenched in shimmer] [Soft splash percussion replacing sharp transients] [Arpeggios cascading upward like bubbles] We, we float together every night You touch me I, I’m losing sense of time You pull me I, I look through water into your eyes But it’s only in the tide [Hook – Ripples] [Drums stripped back] [Pitch-bent vocal delays stepping downward each repeat] [Bell tones alternating with low waterphone hits] [Stereo width slowly collapsing inward] Yeah, it’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide [Verse 2 – Refraction] [Granular pad frozen from previous chorus tail] [Underwater tremolo piano (slow volume LFO)] [Bit-crushed, filtered water drips barely audible] [Lead vocal with very subtle chorus detune (hallucination effect)] Honestly, I drift back just to you See your shape through a crowded pool I hallucinate — swear I feel where you stayed But I know you haven’t surfaced in days and I keep a wave that I watch from my bed It breaks and reforms in my head You say you love me [Chorus 2 – Submerged Illusion] [Same as Chorus 1, but: Arpeggios higher octave, Bass glide slightly longer, Guitar harmonics, widen stereo field] We, we float together every night You touch me I, I’m losing sense of time You pull me I, I look through water into your eyes But it’s only in the tide [Hook] Yeah, it’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide [First Peak – Drowning Softly] [Wide synth leads with flanger + slow phaser (current motion)] [Kick replaced by sidechained noise burst] [Snare = low splash + long reverse tail] [Sub-bass with portamento glide (pressure, not punch)] Every feeling moves too slow Like I’m stuck below the flow I keep swimming through what we were But you’re nowhere near the shore [Chorus – breakdown] You say you love me We, we float together every night You touch me I, I’m losing sense of time You pull me I, I look through water into your eyes But it’s only in the tide [Hook] It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide [Bridge – Deep Water Hallucination] [Granular bubbling textures breaking and reforming] [Filtered pads pulsing like underwater heartbeat] [Minimal sonar-like thuds in key] [Deep rumble swell (ocean trench energy)] [Whale-call synth with formant automation] [Vocal processed → band-pass → long delay → printed → reversed] I reach out but it’s just a wave Your voice dissolves before it stays I sink into what I replay Knowing you’re not here — but still I stay [Final Chorus – Low Tide / Emotional Release] [Drums return with lower velocity + reduced highs] [High-octave shimmer pad added only here] [Lead vocal mostly dry, background vocals fully submerged in reverb] We, we floated together every night You touched me I, I lost all sense of time You pulled me I, I looked through water for your eyes But it was only in the tide [Hook] Only in the tide Only in the tide Only in the tide [Outro – Still Water] [Pads thinning, filters closing like sinking] [Field-recorded water gently low-passed] [Reverb tails time-stretched, artifacts exposed] [Final piano note slowly detuning] [Tape hiss fades out] [Pads thinning, filter closing] [Water noise fading to silence] It’s only in the tide It’s only in the tide It's only....
