[Intro] (distant, layered voices) (whispers overlapping) You can rest… You can stay… It’s alright now… [Verse 1] (soft, intimate) Come closer… you don’t have to speak I can feel how tired you’ve been All the weight you tried to keep… You don’t have to hold again Lay it down, just for a while Let it fade out of your hands Stay with me… just close your eyes… You don’t need to understand [Pre-Chorus] (more voices quietly layering) No more reaching… No more strain… Let it fall away… [Chorus] (SOFT delivery, but BIG sound behind it) Stay a little longer… you can rest Let the quiet fill your chest You don’t have to hold so tight… You can loosen into night Stay a little longer… don’t wake yet There’s nothing here you’ll regret If the world has been too much… You can fade into my touch (choir swells behind her, like the Reverie itself is singing with her) [Verse 2] (still soft, but more enveloping) Hear how everything slows down… No sharp edges, nothing pulls Every broken piece you found… Softly settling into whole You can leave… I won’t deny That the door is still in place But there’s no need to decide… You can rest here… in this space [Pre-Chorus] (slightly stronger, more layered) No more voices… calling you No more wounds to carry through [Chorus] (bigger, fuller, still gentle voice) Stay a little longer… you’re alright Let me dim the waking light You don’t have to fight the dark… You can finally fall apart Stay a little longer… drift with me There’s no end you need to see If you let the world grow thin… You can disappear within [Bridge] (this is where “soft + loud” peaks) (her voice is calm… but the music SWELLS around her) If it hurts to keep on going… You don’t have to anymore If the light you had is fading… I can give you something more (not stronger in tone… just surrounded by sound) I won’t stop you if you leave… I won’t beg you just to stay… But it’s quieter here with me… And the noise just fades away… [Break / Whisper Choir] Stay… stay… stay… (voices echoing, surrounding, almost infinite) [Final Chorus] (full ethereal explosion, but she’s STILL soft) Stay a little longer… close your eyes Let me hold you from the night You don’t have to feel the weight… You can let it dissipate Stay a little longer… you can be Everything without the need If you never choose to wake… Nothing here will ever break [Outro] (everything fades except her voice) (very close, almost right next to you) …you can stay… …just a little longer…
