[INTRO - instrumental ~20–25s | soft felt piano repeating motif, faint analog air texture, very soft granular pad, low sub pulse barely audible, wide reverb, no drums]
[VERSE 1 - vocal | close mic, breathy intimate tone, slightly behind beat, piano motif steady, soft strings, subtle electronic shimmer + tape-like noise bed, very light irregular sub pulse]
I took your Cola like it was nothing
You didn’t stop me, just let it happen
No need for names, no explanation
Just summer heat and hesitation
We were drifting through the same small streets
Warm air rising off tired feet
I didn’t know your name in full
Just that the silence didn’t feel dull
[PRE-CHORUS - vocal | slightly stronger tone, tighter phrasing, piano adds low movement, strings begin swell, sub pulse becomes clearer, soft electronic thump introduced lightly]
We kept driving, nowhere to land
Hand in hand, no real plan
The night was warm, we made it last
We took it slow, not moving fast
The air felt close, like something changed
Like every moment rearranged
And I didn’t know what I was in
Until it was happening
[CHORUS - vocal | open tone, sustained phrasing, fuller resonance, piano slightly widened, full strings, soft electronic pad opens space, steady micro-pulse underneath]
We ended in a quiet park
Listening to fireworks in the dark
You swiped through time from a year before
Like it was somewhere we’d been before
And I didn’t even try to resist
I knew what it was
I didn’t even try to resist
I knew what it was
[INSTRUMENTAL ~30s | piano motif fragmented with echo trails, reversed piano into strings, granular synth shimmer, stereo widening, sub pulse slightly stronger but soft]
[VERSE 2 - vocal | grounded tone, clearer delivery, piano steady, strings more present, electronic texture smoother, pulse stable]
The night stayed loud, but we went still
Like even time had lost its will
Streetlight trembling on uneven ground
Like the world had softened its sound
You showed me fragments of another year
And everything turned suddenly clear
That love wasn’t arriving late
It had already learned to wait
[BRIDGE - vocal | intimate, spacious phrasing, piano slowed feel, low strings + deep atmospheric pad, electronics wide and soft]
Maybe love isn’t where you plan
But something you don’t understand
In stolen drinks and borrowed skies
And fireworks you don’t need eyes to find
Not in arrival, not in flame
But in the quiet call of your name
In how the ordinary bends
Until it doesn’t want to end
[OUTRO ~35–40s | piano returns motif, electronics thin to airy texture, strings fade layer by layer, sub pulse disappears last, leaving solo piano]
I didn’t realize it was love… until I was already in it.
Eilidhschy
