“Speechless” Performed by: 12Gauge858 Vocals by 12Gauge858 Written By 12Gauge858 Style Soulful Pop R&B • Hypnotic • Timeless • Cinematic [Intro] (Dark felt piano… distant cello… electric blues guitar breathing between the notes…) (Whisper) Baaaaby Baaaaby Baaaaby IIIIIIIIIIIIII wasn’t ready… Not for this… [Verse 1] You walked in… like the room already knew your name… The air got quieter… even the clock forgot what it was doing… I tried… to remember what I was supposed to say… But somewhere… between your eyes… and that little smile… Every word… packed its bags… [Pre-Chorus] Tell me… How does one heartbeat… change the rhythm… of another… Without ever… asking permission… [Chorus] Now I’m… Speechless… Standing here… with everything inside me… trying to become one sentence… Speechless… Every answer… falls apart… Every question… leads right back… to you… Baby… You didn’t steal my words… You gave my heart… more than my voice… could carry… And I’m… Speechless… [Verse 2] Funny thing is… You never asked me… to become someone different… You simply looked at me… Like I was already enough… And somehow… That scared me… more than being alone… (Melismatic rise on “alone”) [Bridge] (Beat falls away. Piano, cello, and voice only.) If silence… Could hold someone’s hand… It would sound… Like this… Because every time… I try… to tell you… How much… You mean… My voice… keeps choosing… my heart… Instead… (Long sustained tenor note with natural vibrato.) [Final Chorus] (Strings rise. Blues guitar bends underneath. Trap beat returns.) Speechless… Not because… I have nothing left to say… But because… Some feelings… Were never meant… To fit inside words… Baby… IIIIIIIIIIII… Need Youuuuu… (Wide melisma) IIIIIIIIIIII… Love Youuuuu… (Powerful upper-register sustain with slight rasp.) So if… All I can give you… Is this moment… Then… Listen… To everything… My silence… Has been trying… To sing… [Outro] (Only piano and cello remain.) Sometimes… The deepest “I love you…” Never reaches the lips… It reaches… The soul… Note thank u all
