(Intro) (Washed-out synth pads with slow LFO wobble.Muted kick — heartbeat-soft. Vinyl crackle fades in gradually. Reverse vocal swell rises into first lyric.) ⸻ (Verse 1) Sunlight’s dripping off the edge of the bed Static in the air, and a song in my head Dust motes dancing in a narrow beam Living in the space between a wake and a dream (Piano enters — single notes, long delay trails) ⸻ (Pre-Chorus) No rush to catch the world outside Nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide But something fragile in the quiet air Like we’re holding breath that isn’t there (Cello barely enters — warm, breathing under vocal) ⸻ (Chorus – Lifted Melody) Let the tape hiss, let the day fold Silver-lined clouds and a heart of gooooold Bedroom soul in a minor key Just the echoes of you and me Let the light slip through the blinds Freeze this moment in rewind If the morning comes too soon Let it fold… let it fold (Harmonies stack upward on “gold” Drop instrumentation slightly on “you and me”) ⸻ (Verse 2 – Emotional Fracture Added) Your sweater’s on the floor like a memory Still warm, but fading out of reach Everything is almost where it’s meant to be Except the quiet space you leave in me The world is loud, but the walls are thick Listening to the rhythm of the watch’s tick (Soft rimshot on 2 and 4, brushed snare added lightly) ⸻ (Pre-Chorus – Slightly Stronger Strings) No rush to catch what we can’t hold Some things shimmer, then turn cold We’re suspended in between What we are and what we’ve been ⸻ (Chorus – Fuller) Let the tape hiss, let the day fold Silver-lined clouds and a heart of gold Bedroom soul in a minor key Just the echoes of you and me We were never this young again So let it blur at the edges then If the morning pulls us through Let it fold… me and you (Sub bass added subtly here. Harmonies wider.) ⸻ (Bridge – Transcendent Moment) (Synth pads brighten. Kick drops out completely.) Float a little higher… Hold it in the lungs Songs we haven’t whispered On the tips of our tongues (Half-beat pause — almost silence) If we stay inside this light Maybe nothing has to change Maybe time forgets our names Maybe we don’t drift away (Falsetto harmony enters above last two lines. Strings swell brighter.) ⸻ (Final Chorus – Cinematic & Emotional Peak) (Kick returns — heartbeat stronger. Piano wider. Strings full.) Let the tape hiss, let the day fold Silver-lined clouds and a heart of gooooold Bedroom soul in a minor key Still the echoes of you and me Let the world rush by outside We’ll stay frozen in rewind If this love can’t always stay Let it fold… anyway (Harmonies highest here. Slight controlled vocal push.) ⸻ (Outro – Haunting) (Strings take melody. Kick fades. Piano dissolves.) (Whisper layered:) Echoes of you… (Tape hiss grows louder. Synth pitch shifts downward slowly — like a cassette dying.) (Final whisper:) “We were never this young again…”

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