Hidden Secrets
Key: D minor
Tempo: 72 BPM
Time feel: 4/4, slow pulse, intimate
Mood: restrained heat, quiet confession, tension under control
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Intro (8 bars)
Instruments:
• Rhodes piano (low register, warm, slightly detuned)
• Sub-bass pad (soft, steady, almost breathing)
• Light vinyl air / room tone
No vocals. Let the mood arrive first.
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Verse 1 (16 bars)
Lyrics:
Hidden secrets in the way you look at me,
words you never say still pulling me in.
Every silence louder than the truth,
every step closer breaking something in us.
Instruments:
• Rhodes continues (single notes → light chords halfway)
• Minimal kick (heartbeat style)
• Soft rim click every other bar
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Pre-Chorus (8 bars)
Lyrics:
We don’t ask questions we don’t want answered,
we don’t open doors we can’t close again.
Instruments:
• Low strings (cello/viola texture)
• Bass swells slightly
• Hi-hat enters, brushed and distant
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Chorus (12 bars)
Lyrics:
Hidden secrets,
burning under skin.
We don’t say it,
but we feel it when it hits.
Instruments:
• Rhodes opens wider
• Sub-bass fully present
• Slow tom hit every 4 bars
• Breathy sax OR muted trumpet answering the vocal (never leading)
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Drop / Pause (4 bars)
Instruments:
• Sub-bass only
• Breath / inhale FX
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Verse 2 (12 bars)
Lyrics:
You move closer like you already know,
this isn’t something we can outrun.
If this breaks us, let it break clean,
no regrets, no place to hide from love.
Instruments:
• Piano returns softer
• No drums first 4 bars
• Kick fades back in slowly
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Bridge (8 bars)
Lyrics:
If the truth slips out tonight,
don’t stop it—
let it fall.
Instruments:
• Piano alone on first line
• Single violin harmonic enters
• Everything holds on “fall”
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Final Chorus (12 bars)
Lyrics:
Hidden secrets,
too close to let go.
If we’re standing in the fire,
let it show.
Instruments:
• Piano + strings layered
• Low choir pad (very subtle, vowel-only)
• Sax/trumpet returns only on last two lines
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Outro (6 bars)
Instruments:
• Piano fades
• Bass releases
• Air texture dissolves
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Overall feel:
Quietly dangerous.
Sexy without trying.
Emotion sits between the notes.
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