[Soft finger-picked acoustic guitar. Sparse, intimate room sound. No drums at first.] [VERSE 1 — Tyler soft, low, weathered; third-person perspective] He [Soft finger-picked acoustic guitar. Sparse, intimate room sound. No drums at first.] [VERSE 1 — Tyler soft, low, weathered; third-person perspective] He still still hears hears her hein r in the the hallhallway way before before the the house house remembers remembers sheshe’’s s gone gone Morning Morning voice voice coming coming through through the the doordoorway way telling telling him him what what he he forgot forgot again again Keys Keys on on the the counter counter coffee coffee getting getting cold cold some some little little lelecture cture he he swore swore he he wasnwasn’’t t listening listening to to Funny Funny what what the the silence silence keeps keeps [brief instrumental breath] She [brief instrumental breath] She could could make make his his smallsmallest est win win sound sound like like something something the the whole whole world world should should know know Tell Tell a a stranger stranger about about him him with with that that kind kind of of pride pride that that made made him him look look down down and and laugh laugh He He never never knew knew those those words words were were leaving leaving echoes echoes Now Now the the hallhallway way holds holds them them better better than than he he does does [light piano begins appearing between phrases] [VERSE 2 — slightly fuller emotion, still restrained] There [light piano begins appearing between phrases] [VERSE 2 — slightly fuller emotion, still restrained] There are are nightnights s he he walks walks past past an an empty empty room room too too slow slow Not Not because because therethere’’s s something something inside inside Because Because for for half half a a second second there there still still could could be be A A voice voice A A question question His His name name coming coming from from somewhere somewhere down down the the hall hall Grief doesn’t always scream Grief Sometimes idoesnt ’t always scream Sometimes it leaves leaves everything everything exactly exactly where where it it was was A A picture picture straight straight a a chair chair ppushed ushed in in a a coat coat no no one one reareaches ches for for ChChristristmas mas decdecororations ations waiting waiting in in a a box box And And nobody nobody there there to to ask ask him him if if he he finally finally brought brought them them out out [short instrumental pause] [BUILD — Tyler’s voice gains weight but never belts] He [short instrumental pause] [BUILD — Tyler’s voice gains weight but never belts] He knows knows hhousouses es dondon’’t t remremember ember people people But explBut aexplain in that that to to the the hhallallway way ExplExplain ain the the footsteps footsteps that that arenaren’’t t footsteps footsteps anymore anymore ExplExplain ain why why silence silence can can sound sound so so much much like like somebody somebody he he loves loves Why Why every every room room ggetets s louder louder when when nobody nobody says says a a word word Why Why the the smallsmallest est things things are are the the ones ones that that hurt hurt the the worst worst [acoustic and faint low strings build gently] [FINAL SECTION — voice softens again, almost spoken] May[acoustic and faint low strings build gently] [FINAL SECTION — voice softens again, almost spoken] Maybe be thatthat’’s s what what stays stays Not Not ghosts ghosts Not Not signs signs Just Just a a life life repeated repeated so so many many times times the the walls walls learned learned it it too too A A laugh laugh from from the the kitchen kitchen A A voice voice before before work work A A little little bit bit of of pride pride wrapped wrapped around around his his name name And And some some nights nights when when the the whole whole house house goes goes quiet quiet he he stands stands there there long long enough enough to to hear hear it it all all again [Tyler stops singing] [OUTRO — instrumental only] [Finger-picked acoustic continues. Sparse piano. Very faint room ambience.] [ATTACHED AUDIO SAMPLE ENTERS AT THE VERY END] [Allow the attached voicemail/sample to play naturally over the instrumental] [Do not sing over the sample] [Do not chop, repeat, pitch-shift, distort, reverse, or time-stretch the sample] [Keep the instrumental low enough that every word in the sample remains clear] [Let the sample reach its natural ending] [TRACK CUTS IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE SAMPLE ENDS] [No instrumental tail] [No fade-out] [No additional vocals] [End]again [Tyler stops singing] [OUTRO — instrumental only] [Finger-picked acoustic continues. Sparse piano. Very faint room ambience.] [ATTACHED AUDIO SAMPLE ENTERS AT THE VERY END] [Allow the attached voicemail/sample to play naturally over the instrumental] [Do not sing over the sample] [Do not chop, repeat, pitch-shift, distort, reverse, or time-stretch the sample] [Keep the instrumental low enough that every word in the sample remains clear] [Let the sample reach its natural ending] [TRACK CUTS IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE SAMPLE ENDS] [No instrumental tail] [No fade-out] [No additional vocals] [End]Dios te me bendiga. I love you[Outro] [electronic beep continues] [ambient noise fades]
