[VERSE 1 – single vocal, dry & intimate]
You don’t even know what you do to me
One look and I forget everything
And the whole world fades when you’re around
Like I finally found solid ground
I’ve been through nights I don’t talk about
Held too much in, never let it out
But somehow you make it feel alright
Like I can breathe at night
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[PRE-CHORUS – single vocal, slight reverb lift]
And I don’t say it the way I should
But you make everything feel good
Even when I’m not okay
You still take it all away
⸻
[CHORUS – STACKED VOCALS BEGIN]
(Lead + soft double vocal for warmth)
Stay that way
Don’t change for nobody else
(add light harmony on “stay that way”)
You’re the calm in my head when it gets too loud
You pull me back down
Stay that way
Like a song I already know
That I never wanna let go
When everything starts to fall apart
(stack lightly on “fall apart” – add soft harmony layer)
If I had one wish tonight
It wouldn’t be money or light
It’d just be you here with me
Loving like it’s meant to be
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[VERSE 2 – single vocal, more rhythmic phrasing]
I used to think love was complicated
Something loud and overrated
But you make it feel so simple now
Like breathing in and out
No big plans, no perfect scene
Just you here next to me
And I swear that’s all I need
More than anything I’ve seen
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[PRE-CHORUS 2 – single vocal]
And maybe I don’t say it enough
But you feel like enough
Like I don’t have to chase anything
When you’re here with me
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[CHORUS – FULL STACK RETURNS]
Stay that way
Don’t change for nobody else
(double vocal + soft harmony lift)
You’re the calm in my head when it gets too loud
You pull me back down
Stay that way
Like a song I already know
That I never wanna let go
When everything starts to fall apart
(harmony stack only on last line phrase)
If I had one wish tonight
It wouldn’t be money or light
It’d just be you here with me
Loving like it’s meant to be
⸻
[BRIDGE – stripped, airy reverb, faint background vocals only]
If the world went dark tonight
I wouldn’t even think twice
I’d still choose you every time
Every time
Even if it all fades out
Even if we don’t know how
I’d still find my way to you
To you
(very faint “ooh” ambient backing layer enters here, barely audible)
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[FINAL CHORUS – fullest stack, but still controlled]
Stay that way
Don’t change for nobody else
(lead + double + soft harmony)
You’re the calm in my head when it gets too loud
You pull me back down
Stay that way
Like a song I already know
That I never wanna let go
When everything starts to fall apart
(strongest harmony moment: “fall apart” lightly stacked)
If the world ends someday
And we only get one last day
I wouldn’t run, I wouldn’t hide
I’d just stay by your side
Vesper
