(An iconic 1987 synth-pop ballad turning into an upbeat soft-rock duet. Starts tenderly at 105 BPM in $4/4$, shifting into an energetic 110 BPM four-on-the-floor rhythm with rich vocals)
[INTRO - no drums, room tone,]
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
[VERSE 1 - soft beat enters, close vocal]
Static in the brain
Hour after hour folding
Back into the same
Shake of strain
Dawn still grey
Everything bends
But the line stays
[PRE - half-sung, tired but bright]
Fresh eyes
Blue skies
Green see
You whiles
Fresh eyes
Blue skies
Green see
You whiles
[HOOK - gentle mantra]
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
Road bends
Pressure dips
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
Still here
Still awake
[BREAK - 4 bars - instrumental only]
[Kick, late snare, Rhodes, bass pulse. No lead vocal.]
[VERSE 2 - slightly wider vocal]
Something in the set
Relaxed
Blocked out
Patterns
Signal came in broken
Long before the shape
Something in the room
Learned to hold state
[PRE 2 - , almost spoken]
Oauth invasion
Time delay
Provided
Staycation
Road bends
Pressure dips
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
[HOOK - soft doubled vocal]
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
Road bends
Pressure dips
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
Still here
Still awake
[BRIDGE - drums thin, fm radio feel]
Dawn nears
Hard edge in focus
Rain clears
Noise thins
Line moves
Through time
Mimics perfection
Message received
[FINAL HOOK - warmer, female backing underneath]
Sun light
Gear shifts
Shoreline
Green lights
Sun light
Gear shifts
Shoreline
Green lights
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
Still here
Still awake
[OUTRO - beat dissolves, room tone returns]
[Rhodes, no lead vocal until final lines.]
Sun light
Gear shifts
Shoreline
Green lights
Signal - noise
Ratio - wave
[FINAL WHISPER]
Message received
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