(Intro)
(A moody, slow Fender Rhodes chord progression plays. A soft, vinyl-crackle sound in the background. The female main voice lets out a raspy, soulful hum—low and heavy).
Verse 1
(Main voice: Deep, raspy, very intimate)
In the shadow of my room, where the world fades away
I pull out your picture, and the tears begin to weight
Got this heavy, hollow ache right here in my chest
Staring at your eyes is the only way I rest
They built up these walls, said we could never be
They standard-coded our love into a tragedy.
Pre-Chorus
(Main voice gets thicker; Alto harmonies layer underneath, adding weight)
We are forbidden fruit, locked behind their gates
Living in the spaces that their anger creates
So I hide my face, and I cry out your name
Bound by their rules, but we're burning in the flame.
Chorus
(Main voice takes the lead; Alto harmonies glue the low end while a soaring Soprano harmony glides high above like a ghost)
We weep in the dark, hiding from the eyes of judgment
Paying the price for a love they won't permit
We steal a little glance, just for a fleeting moment
While our souls freeze over, staring at this portrait
But I’m down on my knees, praying to the sky above
That eternity will finally let us love.
Verse 2
(Main voice stays low, dragging the notes with a beautiful, raspy grit)
Your face on this paper is all I get to hold
A twenty-first-century love story left out in the cold
They watch every step, trying to tear us apart
But they can’t put a padlock on the beat of my heart
I’m looking at your smile, wishing you were real
Fighting the numbness just to remember how to feel.
Pre-Chorus
(Main voice pushes a bit harder; Alto harmonies get tighter)
We are forbidden fruit, locked behind their gates
Living in the spaces that their anger creates
So I hide my face, and I cry out your name
Bound by their rules, but we're burning in the flame.
Chorus
(Full vocal stack: Deep raspy lead + Alto depth + Soprano crying notes)
We weep in the dark, hiding from the eyes of judgment
Paying the price for a love they won't permit
We steal a little glance, just for a fleeting moment
While our souls freeze over, staring at this portrait
But I’m down on my knees, praying to the sky above
That eternity will finally let us love.
Bridge
(The drums drop out, leaving only the deep bass line and a stark piano. The main voice gets raw, almost whispering with that raspy edge)
They can keep us separated by day...
They can try to wash your ghost away...
But they can't stop the prayers that I send...
Where their world stops, our forever will begin.
Guitar/Vocal Outro
(The rhythm comes back slow. The Soprano harmony improvises soft, soulful cries in the high register while the main voice fades out).
(Main voice - Deep whisper): Just a portrait in my hand...
(Alto harmony): Frozen in time...
(Main voice): Praying for eternity...
(Soprano harmony): Ooh, eternity...
(The final Rhodes chord sustains and slowly bleeds into silence).
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