Can One Hate One More Than The Other 2.0

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Living room smoky from my cigarettes
Your joint still burning in your hand

Lights are low, the TV's buzzing
Another game show on

You want me there in the moment
I just wanna do my own thing

So we sit here side by side
And somehow still feel alone

The years have been hard together

We're supposed to be forever
I just hope you don't regret it

But

Sometimes I think
I do

[TRUMPET TURNAROUND | 2 BARS | FALLING, UNRESOLVED MUTED TRUMPET PHRASE | BASS DROPS TO A SINGLE SUSTAINED NOTE]

I'm just tired of all the rough edges
The ways we wear each other down

We ignore each other
Till there's nothing more to do

I feel disconnected

And once you asked me
Can one hate one more than the other?

[VERSE 2 | BASS-LED | QUIETLY BITTER, MORE PERSONAL VOCALS | RELAXED, SLIGHTLY BEHIND-THE-BEAT FEEL | TRUMPET MOSTLY SILENT AT FIRST]

I've had to think about the past
And everything you put me through

It never felt like you were sorry
Not enough to say it true

So I act like we're fine
And let the days roll by

But resentment rolls on in

You ask me what's wrong
I say, “I'm okay”

You reach for me
I pull away

[TRUMPET FILL | 2 BARS | DISSONANT, UNRESOLVED MUTED TRUMPET PHRASE | REGGAE GROOVE MOMENTARILY DROPS OUT]

I keep the one I think I love
The one I don't want to lose

Then act surprised
When they get tired of me too

[TRUMPET RESPONSE | 2 BARS | SOFT ECHO OF LAST VOCAL PHRASE | SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND MORE EMOTIONAL]

Maybe that's the problem

I make it sound
Like there's nothing wrong

If I don't think about it
It never really happened

Maybe silence means
We're doing great

[TRUMPET | 2 BARS | SINGLE LONG MUTED NOTE → FALLING PHRASE | NO GROOVE]

I wish I could make a clean break
Something I'll never seem to do

Truth is
I don't have the courage
To go my own way

And

Sometimes I do love you
I think you love me too

Maybe that's enough to stay
Maybe that's what's keeping us this way

I'm just tired of all the rough edges
All the ways we wear each other down

We ignore each other
Till there's nothing more to do

I feel disconnected

And once you asked me
Can one hate one more than the other?

I never knew the answer

But now I think
You hate me more

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[INTRO | 8 BARS | MUTED TRUMPET + DRY ACOUSTIC GUITAR | SMOKY, LATE-NIGHT ATMOSPHERE | SUBTLE ROOTS-REGGAE PULSE | TRUMPET PLAYS A SIMPLE HAUNTING MOTIF | NO VOCALS] [VERSE 1 | LOW, CLOSE, CONVERSATIONAL VOCALS | ALMOST SPOKEN, EMOTIONALLY DETACHED | SLIGHTLY BEHIND-THE-BEAT GROOVE | DRY ACOUSTIC GUITAR WITH LIGHT OFFBEAT ACCENTS | WARM, MELODIC BASS | SPARSE MUTED TRUMPET RESPONSES] Living room smoky from my cigarettes Your joint still burning in your hand Lights are low, the TV's buzzing Another game show on You want me there in the moment I just wanna do my own thing So we sit here side by side And somehow still feel alone [TRUMPET INTERLUDE | 4 BARS | MUTED TRUMPET REPEATS INTRO MOTIF | SLIGHTLY SADDER | BASS CONTINUES A LAZY, SYNCOPATED GROOVE | GUITAR HOLDS BACK] [PRE-CHORUS | QUIET, INTIMATE VOCALS | GROOVE PULLS BACK SLIGHTLY | LONG SUSTAINED MUTED TRUMPET NOTES | TENSION SLOWLY RISING | NO BELTING] The years have been hard together We're supposed to be forever I just hope you don't regret it But Sometimes I think I do [TRUMPET TURNAROUND | 2 BARS | FALLING, UNRESOLVED MUTED TRUMPET PHRASE | BASS DROPS TO A SINGLE SUSTAINED NOTE] [CHORUS | BASS-FORWARD | SUBTLE ROOTS-REGGAE GROOVE | LIGHT OFFBEAT GUITAR ACCENTS | RESTRAINED, TIRED VOCALS | MUTED TRUMPET COUNTER-MELODY | TRUMPET ANSWERS VOCAL PHRASES | NOT UPBEAT] I'm just tired of all the rough edges The ways we wear each other down We ignore each other Till there's nothing more to do I feel disconnected And once you asked me Can one hate one more than the other? [POST-CHORUS | 4 BARS | MUTED TRUMPET PLAYS VOCAL FRAGMENT | MELODIC BASS CONTINUES | ACOUSTIC GUITAR OFFBEAT ACCENTS | SHORT BRUSHED DRUM FILL] [VERSE 2 | BASS-LED | QUIETLY BITTER, MORE PERSONAL VOCALS | RELAXED, SLIGHTLY BEHIND-THE-BEAT FEEL | TRUMPET MOSTLY SILENT AT FIRST] I've had to think about the past And everything you put me through It never felt like you were sorry Not enough to say it true So I act like we're fine And let the days roll by But resentment rolls on in You ask me what's wrong I say, “I'm okay” You reach for me I pull away [TRUMPET FILL | 2 BARS | DISSONANT, UNRESOLVED MUTED TRUMPET PHRASE | REGGAE GROOVE MOMENTARILY DROPS OUT] [VERSE 3 | STRIPPED DOWN | VERY INTIMATE VOCALS | BASS + ACOUSTIC ONLY | SOFT, BREATHY TRUMPET NOTES ENTER | VULNERABLE, SELF-AWARE] I keep the one I think I love The one I don't want to lose Then act surprised When they get tired of me too [TRUMPET RESPONSE | 2 BARS | SOFT ECHO OF LAST VOCAL PHRASE | SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND MORE EMOTIONAL] [BREAKDOWN | GROOVE DROPS AWAY | DRUMS OUT | BASS + DRY ACOUSTIC ONLY | VOCALS VERY CLOSE AND QUIET | TRUMPET ENTERS SPARSELY AFTER EACH THOUGHT] Maybe that's the problem I make it sound Like there's nothing wrong If I don't think about it It never really happened Maybe silence means We're doing great [TRUMPET | 2 BARS | SINGLE LONG MUTED NOTE → FALLING PHRASE | NO GROOVE] [BRIDGE | ACOUSTIC ONLY AT FIRST | ALMOST SPOKEN VOCALS | REGGAE RHYTHM ABSENT | TRUMPET ABSENT FOR FIRST HALF | SOFT SUSTAINED TRUMPET ENTERS AS EMOTION BUILDS] I wish I could make a clean break Something I'll never seem to do Truth is I don't have the courage To go my own way And Sometimes I do love you I think you love me too Maybe that's enough to stay Maybe that's what's keeping us this way [TRUMPET BUILD | 4 BARS | MUTED TRUMPET GROWS MORE EXPRESSIVE | RISING MELODY | BASS GROOVE SLOWLY RETURNS | LIGHT OFFBEAT GUITAR RETURNS | BRUSHED DRUMS RE-ENTER | BUILD INTO FINAL CHORUS] [FINAL CHORUS | FULL BAND | DEEPEST BASS GROOVE | SUBTLE ROOTS-REGGAE PULSE | VOCALS OPEN, RAW BUT CONTROLLED | TRUMPET FULL COUNTER-MELODY | VOCAL + TRUMPET TRADE SHORT PHRASES | EMOTIONAL PEAK WITHOUT BOMBASTIC CLIMAX] I'm just tired of all the rough edges All the ways we wear each other down We ignore each other Till there's nothing more to do I feel disconnected And once you asked me Can one hate one more than the other? I never knew the answer But now I think You hate me more [FINAL TRUMPET RESPONSE | 4 BARS | MUTED TRUMPET ANSWERS LAST LINE | MAIN MOTIF RETURNS | BASS GROOVE BECOMES SPARSE | FINAL NOTE UNRESOLVED] [OUTRO | MUTED TRUMPET SOLO | ALMOST ALONE | BASS FADES AWAY | ACOUSTIC GUITAR FADES | EXHAUSTED, MELANCHOLIC | SLOW REPRISE OF INTRO MOTIF | FINAL NOTE HANGS | FADE OUT]

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