[SONG META: Genre=Neo-soul R&B | BPM=91 | Feel=syncopated 4/4 | Key=D♭ major | Mood=direct, tender, brave] [INTRO: D♭maj9–Fm7–G♭maj9–A♭13sus | dry Rhodes, bass harmonics, finger snap] [Female Voice: low and unguarded] I came to say it plainly. [VERSE 1: D♭maj9–Fm7–G♭maj9–A♭13 | clipped Rhodes, sparse kick] I parked around the corner twice, Rehearsed a clever opening line; Then saw you waiting by the gate, And left the cleverness behind. You asked if I had changed my mind, I said, “I came to change my life.” The sentence landed between us, Clear as the morning on your eyes. [PRE-CHORUS: B♭m9–Fm/A♭–G♭maj9–A♭13sus | bass climbs, harmony enters] I can give you polished answers, Or the reason I am here; I would rather risk the whole thing Than keep one feeling unclear. [CHORUS: D♭maj9–A♭/C–B♭m9–Fm7–G♭maj9–Fm7–E♭m9–A♭13 | solid pocket, wide responses] Here is all of the truth: I want the days that come with you. The late train, the shopping list, The hard talk we cannot skip. Here is all of the truth: I have no halfway left to use. If your answer takes some time, Take it—but take this heart as mine. [VERSE 2: D♭maj9–Fm7–G♭maj9–A♭13 | bass more melodic] You looked down at your coffee cup, Then moved your bag to clear a seat; No sudden speech, no cinema, Just both your knees turned into me. You said, “Begin with what you fear.” I said, “A life that keeps you near, But never lets me call it ours.” You reached across and held me there. [PRE-CHORUS: B♭m9–Fm/A♭–G♭maj9–A♭13sus | harmony rises] No more polished answers, No convenient little view; You asked me for the centre, So I brought it here to you. [BRIDGE: E♭m9–Fm7–G♭maj9–A♭13–B♭m9–A♭/C–D♭maj9 | drums fall away, strings enter] Love can be a quiet verb: Choose, return, repair, repeat. If you want a life beside me, I will meet you in the deep. [Female Voice: climbing melisma on “deep,” then silence] [FINAL CHORUS: D♭maj9–A♭/C–B♭m9–Fm7–G♭maj9–Fm7–E♭m9–A♭13 | full drums, joined stacks] Here is all of the truth: I want the years that come with you. Every question, every win, Every place we have not been. Here is all of the truth: There is no halfway left to use. [Female Voice: high belt and one clear whistle note] You said, “Then let our life begin.” [OUTRO: G♭maj9–A♭13–D♭6/9 | Rhodes, clean stop] All of it. I choose all of it.
