Still here still glowing

This is a centerpiece.

A statement.

Something you could look back on and say: “Yes. That’s the thread.”

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STILL HERE, STILL GLOWING

(a collected piece)

What this is:

Not a hit.

Not a genre play.

This is presence stitched together — the emotional spine of everything you’ve made.

How it’s delivered:

• Spoken-sung, breath-led

• No big chorus lift

• Movement happens internally

• Confidence without performance

Key: D (moves between minor and major naturally)

Tempo: Free-feel ~62 BPM

Instruments:

• Rhodes

• Piano

• Low strings (violin/cello, restrained)

• Sub bass

• Breath vocals

• Silence used deliberately

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Piece

Opening (spoken, grounded)

I didn’t come to be loud.

I came to be clear.

I learned how to stay

When everything in me

Wanted to disappear.

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Section I — Serenity / Bare

I laid it down gently

What I couldn’t explain

Every version I carried

Every quiet strain

I’ve come bare —

No armor, no disguise

Just a steady heart

And open eyes

(piano only here)

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Section II — Silence

I stopped filling the space

Just to feel less alone

Turns out the quiet

Was already home

You don’t need my voice

To know what I mean

You’ve always heard me

In between

(breath + Rhodes)

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Section III — Hide and Seek

Sometimes I vanish

Not to be chased

Just to learn

Who remembers my place

Hide and seek

I don’t move far

I’m right where I left

Every part of my heart

(voice almost breaks — don’t lean in)

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Section IV — Brilliance (After Dark)

Look at me —

Still glowing without effort

Still warm without burning out

I don’t reach for the light

I don’t announce the room

I arrive quietly

And the night adjusts

This is brilliance —

Unforced

Unrushed

Unapologetically mine

(sub bass + Rhodes, very low violin)

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Closing (spoken, resolved)

I didn’t come to win the moment.

I came to stay myself through it.

Still here.

Still glowing.

(fade — no final note, let it end unfinished)