[Intro | sparse vintage organ, large cathedral reverb, atmospheric, slow build] [Verse 1 | intimate female whisper, close-miked, sparse, warm upright bass, soft brushed drums, cathedral reverb] Before the first touch, you could be anyone, a thousand of you still asleep, unknown. I lay my ear and listen for the flaw, the hidden vein, the crack beneath the stone. [Chorus | grand orchestral swell, real choir harmonies, vintage organ, full live drums, vocal opens to raw power] Once you were every shape — now, one. Gold on your shoulders where you break the light. I gain the you that's here; I'll never raise the you that still could be — it stays just out of sight. [Verse 2 | back to sparse and intimate, sultry restrained whisper, upright bass, soft drums, organ underneath] Touch after touch, the haze of you comes clear, clearer, closer, more completely this. Some days you give way like you agreed; some days you fight, and what I take, I miss. [Chorus | bigger swell, full choir, soaring organic strings, vintage organ, powerful vocal] Once you were every shape — now, one. Gold on your shoulders where you break the light. I gain the you that's here; I'll never raise the you that still could be — it stays just out of sight. [Bridge | emotional peak, full choir and orchestral swell, vintage organ, raw emotional power, cathedral-sized] I would carve you again — but another you, choose you, gladly — let the rest of you go. The water keeps the rest I'll never truly know. Still I wonder — how whole you are, how you shine. [Verse 3 | pull back to sparse intimate whisper, vulnerable, close-miked, upright bass, organ, cathedral reverb] In your eyes the haze of me comes clear — selves I'd forgotten surface, then they close. I carved you; all the while you carved me too, you make me one — and there the rest of me goes. [Final Chorus | grandest swell, full choir, soaring strings, vintage organ, raw powerful vocal, cathedral reverb] Once you were every shape — now, one. Gold on your shoulders where you break the light. I gain the you that's here; I'll never raise the you that still could be — it stays just out of sight. [Outro | easing back to sparse, vintage organ and choir fading, intimate vocal, large cathedral reverb] The water keeps the rest of you, the rest of me, and all the us we'd never be. [End]
