[Intro — delicate guitar harmonics, distant synths, barely audible electronic pulses] [Verse 1 — soft, intimate vocals] There’s a light on in the kitchen. There’s a crack across the screen. There’s a version of the future That keeps showing up in dreams. And the ceiling’s doing nothing. And the floorboards know my name. I’ve been talking to the darkness Like it owes me an explanation. [Instrumental — a delicate guitar melody emerges from the synths] [Verse 2 — warm bass enters, vocals remain intimate] You said everything was changing. I said, “Everything’s the same.” There’s a universe between us And a candle in the rain. I could tell you that I’m lonely. I could tell you that I’m fine. But the truth is just a little thing That gets lost between the lines. [Pre-Chorus — distant harmonies, synths slowly widening] And I— I don’t know where the light goes When you close your eyes. I just know I saw it When you looked at mine. [Chorus — beautiful, floating melody; restrained drums and layered guitar harmonics] I’ve got a mouth full of stars And nowhere to put them. I’ve got a heart full of noise And no way to shut it. If I open my hands, Will the whole sky fall through? I’ve got a mouth full of stars. And I wanted To tell you. [Instrumental — guitar and synths exchange the chorus melody; bass introduces a subtle descending line] [Verse 3 — close, almost conversational vocals] There’s a photograph of summer That I keep beneath my bed. Everybody looks so happy. Nobody looks alive yet. And I wonder if you miss me In the way I miss the past. Not the way it really happened. Just the way I thought it had. [Pre-Chorus — soft vocal harmonies, drums building almost imperceptibly] And I— I don’t know where the light goes When you close your eyes. I just know I saw it When you looked at mine. [Chorus — fuller instrumentation, still delicate and weightless] I’ve got a mouth full of stars And nowhere to put them. I’ve got a heart full of noise And no way to shut it. If I open my hands, Will the whole sky fall through? I’ve got a mouth full of stars. And I wanted To tell you. [Bridge — drums fall away; lone guitar harmonics and distant electronic textures] Maybe I’m not lonely. Maybe I’m just awake. Maybe all this wanting Is a thing I learned to make. Maybe there’s no meaning. Maybe that’s alright. Maybe we are only Little fires In the night. [Silence — a single sustained guitar harmonic] [Quiet vocal, almost a whisper] I would’ve given you one. [Instrumental build — Riley’s bass returns first, followed by a slowly unfolding synth progression; Tōgo layers a fragile guitar melody over it. Purl enters with a soft, uneven heartbeat rhythm.] [Final Chorus — Ives sings with greater emotional force; the band expands around him without losing the song’s delicacy] I’ve got a mouth full of stars And nowhere to put them. I’ve got a heart full of noise And no way to shut it. If I open my hands, Will the whole sky fall through? I’ve got a mouth full of stars. I’ve got a mouth full of— [The instruments swell, then suddenly drop back to voice and guitar] I’ve got a mouth full of stars. And I wanted To tell you. [Outro — wordless vocal harmonies dissolve into shimmering synths and a final, delicate guitar harmonic] [A faint electronic pulse continues for several seconds after the music fades.]
