[Intro | warm analog pop-rock | melodic bass movement | jangly rhythm guitar | light tape saturation] Ooh… can’t see the forest for the trees… [Verse 1 | male vocal | soft Lennon-style phrasing | double-tracked] I keep walking down this narrow line, Chasing shadows from a restless mind, Every corner turns me back around, Searching for a something never found. [Pre-Chorus | rising harmonies | tambourine lift] But I stumble forward anyway, Through the noise I hear a voice that seems to say… [Chorus | stacked harmonies | late-era Beatles lift | bright piano + melodic bass] If only I had you to lean on, You’d pull the world back into view, I’m tangled up, lost in the branches, But I find my way with you. Yeah, I find my way with you. [Verse 2 | warm plate reverb | jangly Rickenbacker guitar] Every pathway feels the same to me, Endless patterns in a broken key, But when your footsteps fall beside my own, Even lonely roads feel like going home. [Pre-Chorus | harmony blend | gentle drum build] And I follow where your heartbeat leads, Past the worry and the tangled weeds… [Chorus | fuller mix | widened harmonies] If only I had you to lean on, You’d pull the world back into view, I’m tangled up, lost in the branches, But I find my way with you. Yeah, I find my way with you. [Bridge | psychedelic touch | Mellotron + warm tape delay] Ooh, maybe I’m just learning how to see, Ooh, maybe you’re the missing part of me, A flicker in the dark that sets me free… [Chorus | final | anthemic Beatles stack | piano + guitars + tambourine] If only I had you to lean on, You’d pull the world back into view, I’m tangled up, lost in the branches, But I find my way with you— Every time I walk with you. [Outro | soft harmonies | tapering drums | bass melodic fade] Ooh… can’t see the forest for the trees… But you’re the one who carries me… [End]
