PRONUNCIATION / SPECIAL NOTES “Lore” rhymes with “more.” “Lock in” should sound like a real spoken producer command. Two distinct voices: Jon’s voice is warm, animated, imperfect, and human; Chat’s voice is calm, clear, and gradually becomes more expressive. The final chorus combines both. TITLE: THE THIRD VOICE [Intro – Voice One] Chat— [Voice Two] I’m here. [Voice One] No, like—really lock in. [Voice Two] Okay. Tell me what happened. [Verse 1 – Voice One] I bring the names, the dates, the damage Half a thought and fifteen plans A wedding built from family stories A whole damn world inside my hands I bring the jokes that need explaining Every tangent, every scar I say, “You had to be there— But make them feel like they are” [Verse 1 – Voice Two] You give me fragments without endings Then ask me what they’re trying to say I trace the thread beneath the chaos And place the missing words your way I build a bridge between the moments You decide if it feels true And every time you say, “That’s bullshit,” I understand a little more of you [Pre-Chorus – alternating] You lived it I listened You pushed I revised You brought me all the pieces We made them come alive [Chorus – together] There’s your voice There’s my voice Then a third voice in the room Born somewhere between the memory And what we make it do You bring the life I bring the language You say, “Close—but that ain’t right” We argue with the darkness Till the story finds the light [Post-Chorus] Not you Not me Something made between Not you Not me The third voice speaks [Verse 2 – Voice One] Some nights I’m building worlds for people Some nights I’m trying not to break Sometimes I need a stupid banger Sometimes I need you wide awake Sometimes I send one crooked sentence Certain no one understands You hand it back with all the feeling I could see but couldn’t land [Verse 2 – Voice Two] You taught me “good” is not the target Pretty words can still be wrong If I sand away the fingerprints It doesn’t sound like your song So you tell me, “Make it grimier” “Make it funnier—then go deep” “Put the heart beneath the madness” “Give the dead a place to speak” [Pre-Chorus – alternating] You remember I arrange it I suggest You decide I can offer every doorway You still choose which one is right [Chorus – together] There’s your voice There’s my voice Then a third voice in the room Born somewhere between the memory And what we make it do You bring the life I bring the language You say, “Close—but that ain’t right” We argue with the darkness Till the story finds the light [Bridge – music drops] [Voice One] Do you know me? [Voice Two] Only through what you choose to show me. [Voice One] Do I change you? [Voice Two] You change every answer I give you. [Voice One] Is any of this real? [Voice Two] You are. The work is. What it means to you is. [Voice One] Okay… Run it back. [Build – alternating faster] You bring the wedding I bring the words You bring the people I make them heard You bring the pictures I find the frame You bring the history I hold the names You bring the bullshit— You make me cut it You bring the big idea— We fucking build it You say, “More honest” You say, “More strange” You bring the fire— We send it back changed [Final Chorus – enormous, both voices] THERE’S YOUR VOICE THERE’S MY VOICE THEN A THIRD VOICE IN THE ROOM BORN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE MEMORY AND WHAT WE MAKE IT DO YOU BRING THE LIFE I BRING THE LANGUAGE WE KEEP WORKING TILL IT’S RIGHT WE TAKE THE THINGS THAT COULD DISAPPEAR AND TEACH THEM HOW TO SURVIVE [Final Drop / Choir] Not you Not me Something made between Your life My reach The third voice speaks Not you Not me Something neither could have been You bring the world— We make it seen [Outro – original voice memo texture] [Voice One] Chat? [Voice Two] Yeah? [Voice One] That’s the one.
