[3 vocal tracks:]
[V1 male baritone, center-panned, dry tone]
[V2 higher male tenor, airy, 30% wet reverb, right-panned]
[V3 distant whisper, 60% reverb, low-passed, far left]
[Movement I – Dawn Sequence | C minor | 6/8 | soft guitar delay, ambient percussion]
[V1] You spoke in color I could not see
[V2] I learned your language through memory
[V1] Our shadows stretched across the coast
[V3] We measure love by what we miss the most
[V2] The light arrived but never stayed
[V1+V2+V3 layered]
We built our names on borrowed days
And watched them fade beneath the waves
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[Movement II – The Weight of Silence | tempo shift 4/4 | drums enter, bass groove builds]
[V1] I’ve seen the sun forget the sky
[V3] I’ve seen your eyes do the same
[V1] I carved your voice into the wind
[V3] It answered back with salt and sin
[V2] The world moves on, I slow my pace
[V2] The tide remembers every face
[V1+V2 layered]
If distance is mercy, then mercy’s grace
I’ve never felt so close to you
I’ve never felt so close to you
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[Movement III – The Fracture | full band | dual melodic vocals]
[V1] We fell apart in fragments slow
[V3] You whispered “stay,” but I let go
[V2] The sound of leaving caught in breath
[V1] I swore I’d never feel it again
[V2] You whispered “stay,” but I let go
[V2] But some ghosts are kind, they haunt outta sight
[V1] You’re gone, but not entirely right
[V1+V2]
We broke apart to feel alive
To learn that endings can survive
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[Movement IV – The Orbit Returns | half-time | melodic bridge]
[V1] There’s a distance I can’t name
[V3] Between forgiveness and the flame
[V2] The stars have learned to look away
[V1] Still, I call your name like prayer
[V3] Somewhere you must still be there
[V2] The echo swears it’s true someday
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[Movement V – Reprise / Collapse | building canon, all vocals intertwine]
[V1] I never wanted to be found (waned to be found)
[V3] You never meant to stay around (stay around)
[V2] The sky divides, the ocean crowns
[V1] I never learned to hold the sun
[V3] But it still rises when you’re gone
[V2] And in that glow, we both belong
[V1+V2+V3 crescendo]
The distance between us and the sun
Is closer now than it ever was
Than it ever was
Than it ever was
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[Movement VI – Coda | ambient fade, clean guitar + piano]
[V1] If morning breaks, I’ll let it come
[V3] If you’re not here, I’ll face the dawn
[V2] The light returns — and I move on
[V3 tail] If you’re not here, I’ll face the dawn
[V1] If morning breaks, I’ll let it come
[V3] If you’re not here, I’ll face the dawn
[V1+V2+V3 crescendo]
The distance between us and the sun
Is closer now than it ever was
Than it ever was
Than it ever was
