Intro
[pad swell + vinyl hiss, LPF 12dB opening 4 bars]
[soft 808 ghost kick, rim click on 2 & 4]
Verse 1
[wide saw+sine pad bed, subtle chorus] Neon fog, midnight hum, city breathing slow,
[lo-fi tape hiss layer, arp 1/8 at -16dB] Walkman ghosts in the glow of the dashboard stereo.
[shimmer verb tail 2.2s, gentle stereo ping-pong delay] VHS moons and a Polaroid grin,
[wind SFX low, hair whoosh foley] Your hair in the window breeze, I’m dial-up dialing in.
[pager beep one-shot, sidechain pad to soft kick] Pager light flickers like a heartbeat code,
[riser (noise sweep), LPF opening 8→12kHz] You say “meet me where the skyline bends the road.”
Pre-Chorus
[pluck layer (triangle) + transient shaper soft] Your fingers trace a waveform on my sleeve,
[ducking compressor 15% to kick, widen +10%] Sidechain heart—every rise when you breathe.
Chorus
[add bright pad layer + octave lead, shaker enters] We’re mixtapes & night drives, layered synths collide,
[brush snare + rim click groove, 808 sub -12dB] Soft percussion, slow devotion, wave on wave we glide.
[telephone EQ on bgv for “payphones,” quarter-note delay] From payphones to FaceTime, baby hit rewind,
[cassette click SFX + tiny tape stop, open verb] ’95 to now, you’re the hook I fade and find.
[drop clap on 2, air boost 12k shelf] No swipe right needed—signal’s clear tonight,
[chorus stack +1 octave, widener 120%] Mixtapes & night drives, love in city lights.
Verse 2
[pull back to verse kit, LPF back to 8kHz] Blockbuster blue on your thrift-shop tee,
[choir pad ooohs -18dB, subtle vinyl crackle] We laugh at the preview reels playing in me.
[lo-fi cassette sim, gentle wow/flutter] Cassette-tape summer with a lo-fi hiss,
[kiss foley + plate 1.6s, low alias vox dbl] You taste like cherry soda and a first-dance kiss.
[FM sweep into hook note, arp adds 1/16 ghost] FM static, then our song breaks through,
[pre-chorus lead hint, verb send +2dB] I turn the reverb up till it sounds like you.
Pre-Chorus
[add soft toms (felt mallet), HPF @120Hz] Head on my shoulder in a violet haze,
[808 raindrop perc (pitched), delay dotted 1/8] 808 raindrops keep the tempo of our days.
Chorus
[stack pads + subtle supersaw, shaker double-time] We’re mixtapes & night drives, layered synths collide,
[sidechain depth +5%, sub length +50ms] Soft percussion, slow devotion, wave on wave we glide.
[BGV call-and-response panned L/R] From payphones to FaceTime, baby hit rewind,
[cassette spool SFX, reverse crash into 2] ’95 to now, you’re the hook I fade and find.
[clap stack + snap, transient soft] No swipe right needed—signal’s clear tonight,
[chorus ad-libs low in mix, stereo spread 130%] Mixtapes & night drives, love in city lights.
Bridge
[strip kit to soft 808 taps, pad to minor ii] If the wo
