[Verse 1 | deep warm male vocal | ethereal phrasing with subtle bends | analog synth pads | clean guitar harmonics with long delays | soft jazz-style brushed drums] Lying back beneath a painted sky Watching clouds draw shapes, feeling wind push them by A face hangs then melts into the blue, The only memory I have left of you [Chorus | soaring male vocal | stacked harmonies | trance supersaw lead | cinematic strings | phat analog bassline driving] Was I only dreaming, staring at the clouds? I want to stay here for as long as time allows Hours drift to days, and seasons fade to years, The sky is drawing music only I can hear. [Verse 2 | expressive male vocal | airy delivery with emotional lift | Rhodes piano + analog arpeggios | layered synth pads | light acoustic drums with ghost notes] The light lay soft, the air too warm to mind, I let the clouds redraw the scene inside. A sail, a bird, a face that looked like mine, All folding back into the grain of time. [Bridge | emotive male vocal | reverb-soaked tone | swelling synth strings | hypnotic arps rising | delayed guitar swells] Clouds keep moving, they never stay. Shadows lengthen, then fade away. I reached to hold the moment still, Yet time moves on against my will. [Chorus Reprise | soaring vocal with harmonies | trance supersaws | wide cinematic pads | rolling analog bassline | energetic percussion build] Was I only dreaming, staring at the clouds? I want to stay here for as long as time allows Hours drift to days, and seasons fade to years, The sky is drawing music only I can hear. [Outro | intimate male vocal | soft breathy tone | ambient choir ahhs | fading synth pads | distant guitar echoes | minimal percussion dissolving into reverb] I tried to keep the moment in my hands, But time keeps writing over all we planned. The clouds drift on, yet still they let me see, The trace of you that lives inside of me.
