[Clean Guitar and soft piano]
[Build with violin and drums. Keep soft]
[Female voice]
[Verse 1]
I got one foot on the gas, one knee on the ground
Halfway packed, but the weight’s still around
Counting “untils” like stars I can’t reach
Still stuck in the mud with a fire in my teeth
[Add heavy guitar, increase drums]
[Male voice joins on harmony every other line starting with the first]
[Pre-Chorus]
If I burn it down, will the smoke call you in?
If I vanish tonight, will you ask where I’ve been?
I ain’t waitin’, just—
paused with a purpose
Heart full of fight, and a soul scratchin’ surface
[Heavy guitar, drums, bass]
[Together Woman sings melody. Man sings harmony]
[Chorus]
I'm almost gone, but not yet
Singin' love songs to the edge of regret
Got one match left and a heart half wrecked
But I still feel you in the static and sweat
If I scream at the sky, will it echo back “stay”?
I ain’t runnin’—I’m just
holdin’ on my way
Yeah, I’m almost gone…
but not today
[Bass, drums 2 measures]
[Driving distorted guitar, drums]
[Male voice]
[Verse 2]
My bed’s the backseat, my dreams ride the dash
Hope in a duffel, pain in a flash
This limbo’s a lover that won’t let me leave
But I’m flirtin’ with freedom each time that I breathe
[Guitar solo, orchestra, driving drums and bass 8 measures gradually slowing down]
[Soft Male voice]
[bridge]
All I need is your arms like a compass again
Pointin’ due us like the storm’s gotta end
Come find me, love—before I slip through the seams
Before I go ghost and become someone’s dream
[Speak]
Please...
[2 measure build up drums and heavy guitar, violin]
Yaaaa!
[Final Chorus (w/ duet echo)
(Female:) I'm almost gone…
(Male:) Then I’ll come runnin’
(Female:) But not yet…
(Male:) I’ve been hummin’
(Female:) One more step and I might forget—
(Male:) I remember, love. I never left.
(Together:) If I scream at the sky—
(Together) I’ll be thunder that stays
[Slowly soften Guitar, drums, bass, bring up violin and piano]
(Together:)
Yeah, we’re almost gone…
But not...
today.
Solira
