(Style: Dark dance-pop with art-pop flair at a tense midtempo pulse, trap drums and sub-bass driving dark rap verses into bright chant hooks; verses stay clipped and close-mic with autotune sheen, pre-chorus opens into stacked falsetto and breathy doubles, chorus explodes with gang vocals and pitch-shifted ad-libs, reversed swells, and sparkly stutter FX bridge the drops; final chorus adds bigger harmonies and distorted kick. Bright, glossy, claustrophobic mix., rap, male vocals, bright, pop)
Verse 1
It started quiet on my skin
Like you were never really in
But still you stayed in every part
Like water learning how to start
The sky was low, the air was slow
And I forgot which way to go
You weren’t loud, you weren’t bright
Just soft enough to change my night
Pre-Chorus
And I don’t know why
But I don’t run this time
Chorus
Tender rain, don’t wash me away
Just stay a little while and stay
On my face, on my name
Like you were never meant to break
Tender rain, don’t let me dry
I want to feel you when I try
To forget what used to hurt
You make it quieter than words
Verse 2
You fall like memory returning
No fire, just slow burning
You don’t ask me who I was
You just arrive because you must
And I stop pretending strong
When everything I held is gone
You touch the places I don’t show
And somehow make them feel like home
Pre-Chorus
And I don’t fight
I let you write
Chorus
Tender rain, don’t wash me away
Just stay a little while and stay
On my face, on my name
Like you were never meant to break
Tender rain, don’t let me dry
I want to feel you when I try
To forget what used to hurt
You make it quieter than words
Bridge
If I disappear in you
Maybe that’s what softness does
No more edges, no more rules
Just something warmer than us
Final Chorus
Tender rain, don’t wash me away
Stay until the light turns grey
On my skin, on my name
Like you were never meant to break
Tender rain, don’t let me dry
Hold me where I don’t ask why
If I fade, it’s okay
Just let me drift in you today
BLACKLARK
