**Intro** [lazy warm reggae bass drops first, one drop drum floats in, organ hums gently, guitar skank on the offbeat, sounds like a slow golden afternoon already, 8 bars] (spoken, relaxed:) Alright... let's try this one... **Verse 1** [male vocalist, warm and easygoing, slightly dreamy] First one up was a classic from the highland side Somebody called it Northern something, I forgot the guide Three deep pulls and the couch became a continent And I was the president of doing absolutely nothing significant Watched the ceiling for an hour just to make sure it was real Had a very deep conversation with a sunbeam I could feel Ordered pizza three times in a row from the same place They knew my voice before I spoke — said we know, same as always, same base **Chorus** [warm melodic hook, slightly wobbly feel, the title rolls naturally] One by one we go around Every strain a different sound One lifts you up one holds you down One makes you talk one makes you drown (in thought...) Round and round and round we go High and mellow fast and slow Every leaf a different song Every morning still a little gone One by one — One by one **Verse 2** [male vocalist, faster and more animated, this one clearly hit different] Second was a sativa something — green and bright Somebody read the label and said this one's for creativity and light Within ten minutes I had seventeen ideas I reorganised my whole apartment and rearranged my fears Cleaned the kitchen, called my mother, made a business plan Started learning Portuguese from a book I'd never scanned Then I sat back down and somehow three hours had gone past That productive feeling hit me and it hit me very fast **Chorus** [more animated than first, energy up] One by one we go around Every strain a different sound One lifts you up one holds you down One makes you talk one makes you drown (in thought...) Round and round and round we go High and mellow fast and slow Every leaf a different song Every morning still a little gone One by one — One by one **Dub Break** [bass and organ only, deep and watery, echoes long and lazy, sounds like being gently lost, 10 bars] (distant spoken:) ...what were we talking about... **Verse 3** [male vocalist, much slower delivery, deeply contemplative, barely keeping it together] Third one had a name I cannot properly pronounce Something with an OG at the end and something with an ounce One pull and the universe expanded quite a lot I understood what gravity was and then immediately forgot Tried to explain it to my friend but the words came out in shapes He nodded very seriously — he was in the exact same space We sat for forty minutes in a silence that felt deep Then somebody suggested snacks and we all agreed — oblique **Pre Chorus** [building gently, organ swelling, somebody clearly finding their way back] And the fourth one — somebody said — is smooth and mild and light The kind you take when you want to feel good but still feel right Just enough to soften all the corners of the day Just enough to make the music sound exactly the right way **Chorus** [warmest most melodic version, harmonies wide, everything golden] One by one we go around Every strain a different sound One lifts you up one holds you down One makes you talk one makes you drown (in thought...) Round and round and round we go High and mellow fast and slow Every leaf a different song Every morning still a little gone One by one — One by one **Outro** [band fades to just bass and organ, everyone clearly very comfortable, vocalist hums then speaks] (spoken very peacefully:) That fourth one though... yeah... that fourth one was the one... (someone laughs softly in the background) (bass walks slowly out, organ holds last chord, silence) **End**
