VERSE 1
(whisper-soft, gentle rise & fall like drifting clouds)
“I lie beneath a painted sky,”
→ start soft, mid-range
I lie (gentle)
beneath (slight dip)
a painted (rise slightly on pain-)
sky (hold 1–2 beats)
“The clouds roll by, and I still try”
clouds roll (tiny rise)
by (fall)
and I still (small rise)
try (hold softly, like a sigh)
“To trace your face in shades of blue,”
trace your face (rise on face)
in shades of (down)
blue (hold — warm, emotional)
“Each drifting shape reminds me of you.”
drifting shape (gentle wave up)
reminds me of (falling)
you (hold, soft and long)
PRE-CHORUS
(a little more emotion, slightly higher pitch)
“The wind rewinds the words we said,”
wind re-winds (small wave up)
the words we (down slightly)
said (lift softly — 1 beat hold)
“They echo softly in my head.”
They echo (gentle rise)
softly in my (float down)
head (drop, quiet — almost whispered)
CHORUS
(this is where you open your voice — emotional but still gentle)
“The clouds play back our days,”
clouds play (rise)
back our (tiny fall)
days (big emotional lift, hold 2 beats)
“Like a movie I can’t erase.”
Like a mo-vie (rise on mo)
I can’t (dip)
erase (soft rise then fall, hold)
“I watch the ending fade away,”
I watch the end-ing (small rise)
fade a- (rise)
way (fall, soft)
“But the music of you still plays.”
But the mu-sic (float upward)
of you (fall)
still plays (lift on plays, hold 2–3 beats)
“Every laugh, every line,”
Every laugh (rise)
every line (gentle fall)
“Frozen somewhere in the sky.
”Frozen some-where (rise)
in the sky (fall; hold sky)
VERSE 2
(similar to verse 1, but slightly more emotional)
“The sun breaks through, but not for long,”
sun breaks through (rise)
but not for (dip)
long (longer, gentle)
“The light feels right where you belong.”
light feels right (soft rise)
where you be- (fall)
long (warm hold)
“I reach for scenes that blur and fade,”
reach for scenes (higher rise)
that blur and (down)
fade (hold lightly)
“A silver film the sky remade.”
sil-ver film (soft wave)
the sky re- (rise)
made (fall gently)
PRE-CHORUS 2
(same melody as before)
“Your voice drifts by, a passing breeze,”
Your voice drifts (rise)
by, a pass-ing (soft fall)
breeze (hold a moment)
“It hums the chorus back to me.”
It hums the chor-us (small rise)
back to (fall)
me (soft, whispered)
CHORUS (same melody)
Repeat the emotional lift — sing a bit stronger this time, but still soft around the edges.
BRIDGE
(this is your emotional peak — more breathy, more airy, slightly higher)
“Maybe the sky was never ours,”
Maybe the sky (gentle rise each word)
was nev-er (dip)
ours (lift & hold)
“Just a mirror for my heart.”
Just a mir-ror (soft rise)
for my (drop)
heart (hold longer, emotional)
“And though the reel runs out of light,”
And though the reel (climb slowly)
runs out of (fall)
light (long hold)
“You’re still the song that fills the night.”
You're still the song (rise)
that fills the (small fall)
night (big emotional word — hold 2–3 beats)
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