[Intro]
[whispered vocals
Male tenor]
Can you feel me?
Right behind your eyes
In your heartbeat
I’m already inside
[Verse 1]
[low vocal register
Male bass + tenor]
Feet stuck
But my body’s flying
Every little move
It’s like someone’s driving
Hands up
I don’t choose the timing
Hear a voice in my lungs
And it’s not mine
[female alto + soprano]
I see your smile
But your eyes look ancient
Like you’re here and gone
In the same small second
You say my name
But it hits all twisted
Like a radio pulling
From another sky
[Chorus]
[full four-part harmony]
You’re a ghost on the dancefloor
Spinning in eternity
Talking like you’ve seen it all
Every life and in-between
You say “forever’s just a moment
I can make you stay with me”
But I’m gonna break your hold
Set him free
Set him free
[Verse 2]
[male tenor
More intense]
Words pour out
About endless oceans
Every birth
Every burn
Every last emotion
You laugh like you’re tired
Of the passing seasons
Say the end and the start
Are the same new feeling
[female
Call-and-response]
(male) “I was here
Before your first breath”
(female) That’s not you
(male) “I’ll be there
After every last step”
(female) That’s not true
(male) “Stay still
Let me wear your skin”
[female alto
Firm]
I won’t dance with a ghost
That he’s trapped in
[Pre-Chorus]
[female + choir
Rising]
I draw a line in the moving light
I won’t lose him to your endless night
You brag like time is your favorite toy
But I just want back that foolish boy
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[breakdown
Echo FX]
[female soprano over sparse beat]
You say it never ends
You say it never fades
But if nothing ever finishes
How can meaning be made?
[female alto
Closer]
Take your ageless hunger
Take your hollow crown
I choose fragile and real
Over floating around
[tenor + bass
Strained]
He’s mine
For this beat
This breath
You can keep your forever
I’ll fight for what’s left
[Chorus]
[Chorus]