[Intro] [Smoky Fender Rhodes piano playing minor-9th chords] [Soft rimshots and brush cymbals] [Verse 1] [Laid-back, smooth neo-soul drum pocket drops] Caught in the pull of your sapphire gaze Where the laws of gravity dissolve in a haze I look at you under city street lights But I see a cosmos breaking through the night A million constellations burning so bright [Pre-Chorus] [Bassline grows deeper, warmer] Time and space start to bend and fold A cosmic secret that the centuries hold We step beyond the boundaries of the atmosphere [Chorus] [Rich, wide-open vocal stacks layer the harmony] You’re a modern day Helen, a timeless design! Launching a thousand ships across the space-time line! I see the whole universe spinning in your eyes A deep velvet ocean underneath the skies! (Soaring chest voice vocal run) Yeah, your beauty transcends it all [Verse 2] [Subtle live jazz guitar flourishes] Ancient empires crumble and fall to the ground But the power in your shadow makes no sound Lightyears of wonder in a single blink Losing my footing on the edge of the brink Deeper in the blue is where I want to sink [Pre-Chorus] Time and space start to bend and fold A cosmic secret that the centuries hold We step beyond the boundaries of the atmosphere [Chorus] You’re a modern day Helen, a timeless design! Launching a thousand ships across the space-time line! I see the whole universe spinning in your eyes A deep velvet ocean underneath the skies! [Bridge] [Rhodes piano solos over a sparse bass pocket] [Vocal drops to a rich, warm, conversational tenor register] Past the edge of the matrix, past the stars we can see You are the anchor of my reality (Vocal begins to climb with full lung power) No fragile whispers, no ceiling above Just the absolute weight of an infinite love! [Final Chorus] [Explosive chest-voice belt, maximum vocal dexterity] You’re a modern day Helen, a timeless design! Launching a thousand ships across the space-time line! I see the whole universe spinning in your eyes A deep velvet ocean underneath the skies! [Outro] [Vocalist unleashes a masterful, long descending jazz scale] Lost in the blue. [Rhodes piano plays a final, lush major-11th chord] [Fade to natural room reverb]
