Title: Losing You Softly
Style: [R&B, soul, slow groove, emotional male vocals, layered harmonies, mellow keys and warm bass]
Lyrics:
[Intro, Slow keys and ambient pads]
I'm losing control
Couldn't find another way to save this
We were both so wrong
For each other
I didn't expect this to be shattered
[Verse 1, Soft groove kicks in]
After this there's no sign of us
Crying out loud
Can't lose you in crowd
I've lost you in sight
But you're still in my mind every night
[Pre-Chorus, Harmonic layering begins]
We tried, didn't we?
Burned out eventually
But why does goodbye
Still taste so bittersweet?
[Chorus, Soulful harmonies]
Letting go, yeah, I'm letting go
But it still hurts deep in my soul
I smile like I’m fine, like I already know
But I’m breaking slow
Letting go, yeah, I'm letting go
But it don’t mean I wanted to
Just needed to
To get back to me and the truth
[Verse 2, Melancholy tone]
You were fire, I was rain
Never learned how to hold the flame
Every word we used to say
Feels distant now
Like a song that’s faded away
[Bridge, Stripped back – piano & vocal only]
I tell myself it’s right
That pain will fade with time
But even peace can feel like loss
When love’s the price
[Chorus, Full instrumental swell, backing vocals join]
Letting go, yeah, I'm letting go
But it still hurts deep in my soul
I smile like I’m fine, like I already know
But I’m breaking slow
Letting go, yeah, I'm letting go
But it don’t mean I wanted to
Just needed to
To get back to me and the truth
[Break, Instrumental Interlude with vocal adlibs]
(Oohh no... mmm yeah...)
(Letting go, letting go...)
[Outro, Fading keys, whispered vocal delivery]
We were both so wrong
But part of me still holds on
Even when it’s gone...
