Keep still

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Keep Still

Key: D minor

Tempo: 68 BPM

Feel: behind-the-beat, grounded, intimate

Vocal: low register, calm chest voice, almost spoken

Instrumentation

• Rhodes – warm, sustained, slightly detuned (leads the emotion)

• Muted piano – sparse answers, never competing

• Sub-bass – felt, not heard

• Soft kick – heartbeat only, no snare

• Air pad – breath texture

• (Optional) single-note violin in the bridge only

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Intro (8 bars – instrumental)

Rhodes alone.

No count-in.

Let the listener lean forward.

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Lyrics

Keep still.

Hold it there.

Say it slow.

I’m right here.

Don’t explain.

Let it land.

Feel it now.

Keep still.

Eyes up.

Hands down.

Stay with this.

No way out.

Say it once.

Mean it true.

I won’t cross.

I choose you.

Keep still.

Keep still.

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Outro

Rhodes sustains.

No resolution chord.

Silence finishes the song.