[Intro | two clean guitars | interwoven counterpoint] [Guitar I states D-F-E] [Guitar II answers C-E-A] [Lines approach | never reach unison] [Verse 1 | restrained clean tenor | exposed bass] You tell me what happened at work. I know when you're leaving things out. Your thumb moves over the rim of the glass. You look toward the window, then down. I know that means don't ask yet. I know you'll speak when you're ready. Seven years taught me the signals. None tell me what you're thinking. [Pre-Chorus | tenor | guitars drawing closer] I know the pause before you answer. I know the answer isn't all of you. [Chorus | wide aching tenor | full band] Can two solitudes touch? Can I know you enough? I can learn every word that you give me and still never hear what you don't. You can sleep with your hand against mine. You can know every scar that I show. Can two solitudes touch? Can somebody love what they cannot fully know? [Post-Chorus | interwoven guitar leads | motif divided] [Verse 2 | restrained tenor | sparse drums] You know which shoulder hurts in winter. You know I sleep facing the door. You move my coffee before I reach it. You know what I'll order before I do. You have seen my face without language, before I decide what to say. Still there are rooms behind expression you cannot enter from your side. [Pre-Chorus | tenor | cello entering] You know the shape my habits make. But knowing where I stand is not standing here. [Chorus | wide aching tenor | stacked harmonies] Can two solitudes touch? Can I know you enough? I can learn every word that you give me and still never hear what you don't. You can sleep with your hand against mine. You can know every scar that I show. Can two solitudes touch? Can somebody love what they cannot fully know? [Interlude | dual clean guitars | counterpoint] [Guitar I climbs through D-F-E-C-A motif] [Guitar II enters one beat later with inversion] [Both lines briefly share E] [Separate before resolving] [Verse 3 | alternating clean tenor and restrained growls] [Clean] There are sentences I never finish. [Guttural] Not because I mean to conceal them. [Clean] Sometimes the thought has no language. [Guttural] Sometimes the language arrives too late. [Clean] You ask me what I was thinking. [Guttural] I give you the nearest thing. [Clean] It isn't false. It isn't complete. It's what survived becoming speech. [Pre-Chorus | alternating vocals | rising strings] [Clean] You hear my words. [Guttural] NOT THE THOUGHT. [Clean] I see your face. [Guttural] NOT FROM WITHIN. [Clean] Still— we keep translating. [Chorus | tenor | full strings | restrained harsh responses] Can two solitudes touch? (Can they touch?) Can I know you enough? (Enough?) I can learn every word that you give me and still never hear what you don't. You can sleep with your hand against mine. You can know every scar that I show. Can two solitudes touch? Can somebody love what they cannot fully know? [Bridge | vulnerable tenor | clean guitars only] Maybe being known was never having every door unlocked. Maybe closeness isn't entry. Maybe love can stop outside. You tell me, "I can't feel what you feel." I say, "Stay anyway." Nothing opens. Nothing merges. Your chair remains beside mine. [Silence: 2s] [Instrumental Development | guitar dialogue | cello underneath] [Counterpoint: Guitar I states unfinished phrase] [Guitar II answers rather than copies] [Variation: both exchange fragments] [Strings sustain shared harmony beneath separate melodies] [Guitars approach unison] [Silence: 1s] [They separate] [Final Chorus | widest tenor | layered harmonies | full strings] Can two solitudes touch? Can I know you enough? I can learn every word that you give me and still never hear what you don't. You can sleep with your hand against mine. You can know every scar that I show. Can two solitudes touch? Can somebody love what they cannot fully know? [Final Refrain | drums removed | tenor and two guitars] Can two solitudes touch? Can two solitudes touch? [Clean, close] Maybe not by becoming one. Maybe by staying two— and staying close. [Coda | two clean guitars | D-F-E-C-A fragmented] [Guitar I] D—F—E— [Guitar II] C—E—A— [Both guitars approach the same final pitch] [Neither plays it] [End]
