[Intro – two dry hand taps on the wooden Wurlitzer body, one warm chord, syncopated electric-bass entrance, no drums for four bars] [Verse 1 – Female Lead, intimate and direct; sparse Wurlitzer, deep bass, small spaces between phrases] I know you’ve heard the speeches About becoming who you are Like a few determined sentences Could make the doubt feel small I won’t tell you fear is foolish I won’t say you’re seeing wrong But I’ve watched you keep on moving On the days you felt completely gone [Dry rim enters, soft kick follows] You don’t see what I can see yet That doesn’t make it disappear [Hook 1 – first two bars Female Lead and bass only, then Wurlitzer and dry drums enter] Until you believe it I’ll believe enough for two When you cannot find the person You were certain that you knew I won’t force you toward tomorrow I won’t tell you not to doubt Until you believe it I’ll keep your hope from burning out [Post-Hook – incomplete three-note Wurlitzer figure] For both of us [Verse 2 – new bass variation, dry groove, isolated guitar harmonic after selected phrases] You count every wrong decision Like it proves you never learn You remember every closed door Not the ones you had the nerve to turn You call survival luck And every victory too small But I have seen the strength it took To keep returning after every fall [Male Countervoice – dry centered spoken rap; drums narrow to kick and bass] What if you’re wrong? What if I’m not Who you think I am? What if I try And lose again? What if there’s nothing left Behind the doubt? [Female Lead – immediate, calm] Then I’ll still be here When you find out [Hook 2 – first two bars Female Lead and bass only, then full compact groove enters] Until you believe it I’ll believe enough for two I’ll remember every reason You stopped recognising in you I won’t call you unbreakable You were never meant to be Until you believe it You can borrow what I see [Instrumental Transition – Wurlitzer motif, melodic bass, two clean-guitar harmonics, drums leave gradually] [Bridge – Female Lead, close; Wurlitzer and low bass only] Maybe belief is not a fire Maybe it begins this small Someone saying: “I still see you” When you cannot see yourself at all You don’t owe me confidence You don’t have to prove me right Just leave one door inside you open For the possibility I might [Male Countervoice – sparse] I don’t know How to believe you [Female Lead – brief organic crack] You don’t have to believe it yet [Short pause] I’ll keep saying it Until it sounds Like your own voice [Complete four-note Wurlitzer figure appears for the first time] [Final Section – restrained responsive band, warm bass, dry drums, light rhythm guitar] Until you believe it I’ll believe enough for two Not because I know the future Because I still recognise you You don’t have to feel courageous You don’t have to lose the fear Just take one step Without deciding Where the whole road ends from here [Instruments reduce to bass and Wurlitzer] [Male Countervoice – dry, quiet] Maybe I can try [Female Lead – extremely close] That’s enough for tonight [Complete Wurlitzer figure – clean stop]
