[INTRO | 6 bars | bass pulse fades in from silence | reverse guitar swells bloom and decay | distant vocal hum panned wide, moving behind listener | single piano note rings, drenched in shimmer verb] [GUITAR WASH A | 2 bars | tremolo-picked high strings over sustained low chord | sound orbits left to right across spatial field | fades to breath] [VERSE 1 | bass pulse continues beneath | drums enter with brushed ghost hits | vocals intimate, breathy, almost whispered | spatial position: close center, slightly above] You’re standing right beside me Your hand is reaching out I feel you like the weather Something I can’t shut out You say my name so gently It almost sounds like his I close my eyes when you kiss me And I’m somewhere else again [GUITAR WASH A | answer phrase | panned behind listener | decays into shimmer] [PRE-CHORUS | bass drops to single sustained note | guitar harmonics bloom in spatial ring around listener | vocals shift from whisper to supported head voice] And I want to want you The way that you want me But my heart’s a locked room And you don’t have the key [1 BAR HELD SILENCE → KICK AND SNARE HIT TOGETHER → REVERB TAIL FILLS 2 BARS] [CHORUS | full shoegaze wall activates | bass riff rises to prominence | guitar wash B: chiming melodic riff doubled at octave, panned in slow orbit | drums shift to powerful half-time | vocals layer: lead in chest-mix center, harmonies in thirds spiral outward in spatial field] I’m a phantom heart Haunting someone else’s arms I’m here but I’m not I’m yours but I’m not I’m a phantom heart Still beating where you are You’ll never know the dark Behind this phantom heart [GUITAR WASH B | 4 bars | layered tremolo riff repeats | second guitar enters from above in spatial mix | builds then pulls back] [VERSE 2 | drums thin to ride cymbal and kick | bass riff shifts final note down each cycle | vocals return to breathy intimacy | occasional vocal fry on phrase endings] You deserve the kind of love That doesn’t leave the room Not someone tracing patterns On your skin and thinking of the moon I practice saying “I love you” The mirror gets it first I almost mean it sometimes That’s the part that makes it worse [GUITAR WASH A | altered ending: bends into dissonance then resolves | panned from right to behind] [PRE-CHORUS | bass alone first 2 bars | vocal harmonies enter before instruments | building tension] And I want to want you The way that you want me But my heart’s a locked room And you don’t have the key [GUITAR HARMONIC RINGS → FULL BAND CRASHES IN → REVERB BLOOM FILLS SPATIAL FIELD FROM ALL DIRECTIONS] [CHORUS | louder | all layers active | bass riff and guitar wash B interlock | vocal runs added at end of lines | harmonies stack wider] I’m a phantom heart Haunting someone else’s arms I’m here but I’m not I’m yours but I’m not I’m a phantom heart Still beating where you are You’ll never know the dark Behind this phantom heart [BRIDGE | HALF-TIME | all guitars cut except one clean tremolo line repeating every 2 bars, orbiting slowly in full 360 | bass disappears | vocals exposed, vulnerable, dropping from head voice to fragile chest voice | spatial position pulls listener closer] He never even asked me to stay He never even said my name that way But I kept every word he didn’t say And gave you all the silence I know that isn’t fair I know you feel it there The distance in my stare When I’m pretending to be somewhere [2 BEATS EMPTY → BASS PULSE RETURNS ALONE → SINGLE GUITAR NOTE RINGS FROM DIRECTLY ABOVE IN SPATIAL MIX] [FINAL CHORUS | full band at peak intensity | bass riff at maximum | guitar wash B doubled by distant pitch-shifted octave guitar entering from behind listener | drums full power half-time | vocal layers multiply: whispered doubles underneath, harmonies in fifths above, ad-libs scattered across spatial field like ghosts] I’m a phantom heart Haunting someone else’s arms I’m here but I’m not I’m yours but I’m not I’m a phantom heart Still beating where you are You’ll never know the dark Behind this phantom heart [final repeat, stripped to vocal and bass only, decelerating] I’m a phantom heart I’m yours but I’m not [OUTRO | 4 bars | bass pulse alone → guitar wash A fades in from all directions → granular vocal fragments of “phantom” scatter across spatial field → everything collapses to center → single piano note → shimmer tail → silence] [Fade out]
