[Intro – bare contralto; the final syllable becomes the first instrumental tone] Say it once I can keep the rest [Verse 1 – intimate, poised; fragments of each phrase quietly reappear elsewhere] Your mouth makes the room go strange One word and the walls rearrange I hear the note after it leaves you Come back wearing another name You barely move Something shifts You say my name The bass remembers it [Pre-Chorus – previous vocal notes begin forming the harmony] Don't repeat it I heard enough Leave me something I can turn into us [Chorus – strong timeless melody; pieces of the lead become accompaniment] Leave me a trace Something the room can use One little phrase And everything changes tune Say it once I don't need it twice I can hear you In the shape it leaves behind [Post-Chorus – chopped vowel from “behind” becomes a low harmonic pulse] Ah... [Verse 2 – earlier melody now hidden inside bass and percussion] Your hand moves across the table A rhythm appears where it was I hear pieces of the first thing Inside everything that comes Nothing repeats Nothing stays But every sound Still carries your shape [Pre-Chorus] Don't repeat it I heard enough Leave me something I can turn into us [Chorus] Leave me a trace Something the room can use One little phrase And everything changes tune Say it once I don't need it twice I can hear you In the shape it leaves behind [Bridge – lead becomes extremely sparse; earlier vocal melody now plays through the entire arrangement] When you stop It keeps going When you're gone It keeps your shape I hear you Without your voice I hear you Everywhere [Final Chorus – accompaniment now almost entirely derived from earlier vocal phrases] Leave me a trace Something the room can use One little phrase And everything changes tune Say it once I don't need it twice I can hear you In the shape it leaves behind [Outro – singer disappears; her original melody continues through bass, resonance and transformed vocal tones] [Instrumental]
