[verse 1 - drifting acoustic arpeggios, odd meter 5/4] A sudden apparition, a gentle form of light Is standing here before me in the stillness of the night I don’t know the assignment, I don’t know what is required My fingers have gone numb and my spirit feels so tired Wondering if the current in my wires is enough [pause, strings shimmer] [chorus - 7/8 pulse, vocal harmonies expand] I wanna be the anchor in your turbulent, black sea Pull you from the undertow that’s pulling you from me From the mystic’s quiet turmoil, from the hellfire down below I don’t know how to do it, but I need to let you know [echoed falsetto: "let you know… let you know…"] [verse 2 - hushed, conversational delivery over shifting chords] In love, as always, hopelessly and true The ending’s always crooked, a sideways point of view Whatever the conclusion, whatever must be done I will love you in the chaos, ’til the chaos is all gone [dissonant chord drones, then resolve] [chorus - evolving, 11/8; more fragile, strings climbing] I wanna be the anchor in your turbulent, black sea Pull you from the undertow that’s pulling you from me From the mystic’s quiet turmoil, from the hellfire down below I don’t know how to do it, but I need to let you know [vocal layering builds — falsetto floats over low whisper] [bridge - beat drops out, dreamlike chamber textures] And to my eyes, you look like golden, liquid energy But reality’s a solo broadcast only you can see And in the end, my darling, the love you try to give Will always be the phantom that you learn to outlive [soft echo: "outlive… outlive…"] [outro - free-time, fading into psychedelic swirl] Destroy me as always… (It always burns…) Under the monarchism suns… (It always burns…) [guitars shimmer, strings stretch, drums scatter in fragments] [final whispered falsetto: “it always burns…” drifting into silence]
