Title: Listen Closely to What I Say
Key: D minor
Tempo: ~68–72 BPM
Vibe: intimate, grounded, grown
Instrumentation:
• Rhodes (primary)
• Soft piano (answering phrases)
• Sub-bass (felt, not heard)
• Breath pads / air
• Optional violin only in the bridge, very restrained
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Intro (Instrumental – 8 bars)
• Rhodes opens alone
• No drums yet
• Let the listener lean in
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Verse 1
I don’t raise my voice
I don’t rush the truth
I let it land slowly
If you give it room
I’ve learned what matters
By what remains
After all the noise
Falls away
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Pre-Chorus
I’m not asking you
To read my mind
I just need the space
Between the lines
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Chorus
Listen closely to what I say
Not the echo — the shape
Not the weight — the way
It settles when I speak
Listen closely to what I say
Some things don’t beg
They stay
If you’re really listening
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Post-Chorus (Instrumental)
• Piano answers the vocal
• Bass swells once, then pulls back
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Verse 2
I don’t dress it up
I don’t soften the edge
I trust the silence
To finish the sentence
I’ve stood in moments
That didn’t need proof
Just someone present
Enough to stay through
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Pre-Chorus (short)
I don’t repeat myself
To feel understood
I let the meaning
Do what it should
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Chorus
Listen closely to what I say
Not the tone — the truth
Not the past — the proof
That I’m here right now
Listen closely to what I say
I won’t say it twice
I won’t make it loud
If you’re really listening
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Bridge (half-spoken, intimate)
I’m not hiding
I’m just clear
There’s a difference
If you’re near
(violin enters here — soft, one note at a time)
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Final Chorus (pull back)
Listen closely to what I say
This is me
Unexplained
Still standing
Listen closely to what I say
I meant it
The first time
I said it
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Outro
• Instruments drop out one by one
• Rhodes holds the final note
• No resolution chord — let it breathe
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