Grey Between the Lines

Electronica, wide Dolby Atmos and THX spatial mix with dry centered vocals, selective reverb and short gated snare; steady 114 BPM broken-beat drive in B minor; gated real-kit drums layered with triggered samples, pulsing analog bass, arpeggiated synths, metallic stabs, filtered saws, modulated sweeps, cimbalom motif, bowed vibraphone and prepared piano; warm mid-range female full-voice belt with doubled hooks, restrained rhythmic phrasing and whispered ad-libs

Thank you for listening! ♡😽

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Verse 1
You always start with the leaving  
Never the months before  
Make a clean beginning  
Out of me walking through the door

You leave out all the evenings  
I learned to ask for less  
Then name the distance sudden  
When I finally stopped pretending

You say I turned cold  
Maybe that’s convenient  
A tidy little cause  
For an ending that was anything but

For a while I wore your version  
Like it fitted me just fine  
Till I noticed what was missing  
In the grey between the lines

Pre-Chorus
You can tell your side  
I won’t correct it

Say I lost my mind  
If that keeps yours intact

I know what happened  
I don’t need a verdict

I can live with grey  
Between the lines

Chorus
Grey between the lines  
Call it what you like

I don’t have to be the villain  
Just because I changed my mind

Grey between the lines  
Let the whole thing lie

I don’t need another answer  
I need relief tonight

RELIEF TONIGHT

Post-Chorus
Grey grey  
Between the lines

Relief relief  
Tonight

No more verdicts  
No more sides

Relief relief  
Tonight

Verse 2
I heard the rumours  
Before they reached me  
Every new revision  
Edited a little more of me

You said I went cold  
Said I was hard to reach  
Maybe I grew tired  
Of translating what I need

Your version’s immaculate  
Mine still contradicts itself  
Maybe that’s the difference  
Maybe that’s what makes it real

I kept making allowances  
For what refused to align  
Till your omissions said more  
Than anything you put in writing

Pre-Chorus 2
I don’t need to prove it  
I don’t need a side

Some things won’t resolve  
Into wrong and right

You can keep the ending  
I can leave it there

I know what I lived through  
I don’t need you to agree

Chorus
Grey between the lines  
Call it what you like

I don’t have to be the villain  
Just because I changed my mind

Grey between the lines  
Let the whole thing lie

I don’t need another answer  
I need relief tonight

RELIEF TONIGHT

Post-Chorus
Grey grey  
Between the lines

Relief relief  
Tonight

No more verdicts  
No more sides

Relief relief  
Tonight

Bridge
Maybe I still miss you  
Maybe it’s residue  
Maybe certain evenings  
Still arrange themselves around you

Doesn’t make you right  
Doesn’t make me wrong  
Two things can stay true  
After what held us is gone

Memory isn’t evidence  
Missing you proves nothing  
Some endings stay unfinished  
Some truths resist becoming one thing

I don’t need a clean cut  
I don’t need a final sign  
I can leave the contradiction  
Where it is tonight

Final Chorus
Grey between the lines  
Call it what you like

I don’t have to be the villain  
Just because I changed my mind

Grey between the lines  
I can leave it undefined

I don’t need another answer  
I need relief tonight

Grey between the lines  
I don’t need to make it right

I don’t need your permission  
To leave the past behind

RELIEF TONIGHT

Final Post
Grey grey  
Between the lines

Relief relief  
Tonight

Grey grey  
Let it lie

Relief relief  
Tonight

Outro
Grey between the lines

Relief tonight

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© Copyright TongMick Thank you for listening! ♡😽 *************************** Verse 1 You always start with the leaving Never the months before Make a clean beginning Out of me walking through the door You leave out all the evenings I learned to ask for less Then name the distance sudden When I finally stopped pretending You say I turned cold Maybe that’s convenient A tidy little cause For an ending that was anything but For a while I wore your version Like it fitted me just fine Till I noticed what was missing In the grey between the lines Pre-Chorus You can tell your side I won’t correct it Say I lost my mind If that keeps yours intact I know what happened I don’t need a verdict I can live with grey Between the lines Chorus Grey between the lines Call it what you like I don’t have to be the villain Just because I changed my mind Grey between the lines Let the whole thing lie I don’t need another answer I need relief tonight RELIEF TONIGHT Post-Chorus Grey grey Between the lines Relief relief Tonight No more verdicts No more sides Relief relief Tonight Verse 2 I heard the rumours Before they reached me Every new revision Edited a little more of me You said I went cold Said I was hard to reach Maybe I grew tired Of translating what I need Your version’s immaculate Mine still contradicts itself Maybe that’s the difference Maybe that’s what makes it real I kept making allowances For what refused to align Till your omissions said more Than anything you put in writing Pre-Chorus 2 I don’t need to prove it I don’t need a side Some things won’t resolve Into wrong and right You can keep the ending I can leave it there I know what I lived through I don’t need you to agree Chorus Grey between the lines Call it what you like I don’t have to be the villain Just because I changed my mind Grey between the lines Let the whole thing lie I don’t need another answer I need relief tonight RELIEF TONIGHT Post-Chorus Grey grey Between the lines Relief relief Tonight No more verdicts No more sides Relief relief Tonight Bridge Maybe I still miss you Maybe it’s residue Maybe certain evenings Still arrange themselves around you Doesn’t make you right Doesn’t make me wrong Two things can stay true After what held us is gone Memory isn’t evidence Missing you proves nothing Some endings stay unfinished Some truths resist becoming one thing I don’t need a clean cut I don’t need a final sign I can leave the contradiction Where it is tonight Final Chorus Grey between the lines Call it what you like I don’t have to be the villain Just because I changed my mind Grey between the lines I can leave it undefined I don’t need another answer I need relief tonight Grey between the lines I don’t need to make it right I don’t need your permission To leave the past behind RELIEF TONIGHT Final Post Grey grey Between the lines Relief relief Tonight Grey grey Let it lie Relief relief Tonight Outro Grey between the lines Relief tonight /\_/\ = ( • . • ) = / \

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