[Intro: brushed drums, walking upright bass, warm piano chords, tape hiss, 8 bars - very spacious] [Verse 1: close-mic baritone, conversational, restrained, extra breathing room] The road keeps its honest rhythm [pause - bass walks alone] metal and huuuuuuuuush [long pause - brushes only] I learn the language of paaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAaaaassing towns [pause] by their lights [Instrumental: 4 bars piano and bass only] Your silhouette rests [pause] in the corner of my thoughts [pause] a practiced caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalm [breath] that knows how to hold stoooooooorms [Instrumental: 8 bars - warm piano + soft muted trumpet fills] [Verse 2: bass and piano only, soft, intimate] Once I wore thundeeeeeeeeeer [pause] like a patch on my chest [long pause] learned to move through smoke and orders [pause] without asking why [Instrumental: 4 bars] Now I count small mercies [pause] a warm cup, a humming engine [pause] the way a cat's breathing [breath] is a slow, exact permission [Instrumental: 8 bars - light ride enters] [Pre-Chorus: muted trumpet fill] Sirens sketch questions into the air [pause] and pass [muted trumpet fill - long, lonely] I let them go [pause] like folded maps I no longer need [Instrumental: 4 bars] [Chorus: full band soft swing, warm, open, half-time feel] Memory is not a burden [long pause] but a lined field I walk through [pause] collecting quiet artifacts [pause] a laugh, a scar, a soft paw [Instrumental: 4 bars - bass walk] [Chorus 2: slightly lifted] Tonight the bus rocks steady [pause] a small ship on a tired oceaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan [long pause] and for a while the world narrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooows [pause] to this seat and the light on your faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssace [Instrumental Bridge: subtle vibraphone lead, walking bass, brushed drums, muted trumpet fills answering - 16 bars, very spacious] [Soft vibraphone solo] [Muted trumpet sigh - hold] [Final Chorus: stripped back to piano, bass, brushes - whisper close, double space] [long pause] Tonight the bus rocks steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeady [long pause] [breath] a small ship on a tired oceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaan [long pause - 4 bars instrumental] [long pause] For a while the world narrows [pause] to this seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat... [long pause] and the light on your face [hold] [Outro: piano and bass only, brushed drums fade, last muted trumpet note - 8 bars] [Fade on piano chord - let ring]
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