Quarter Past Three

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[Intro: sparse, filtered pad, soft pulse] Oh- Window light Hum of the wires Nobody’s up Nobody’s there [Verse 1: low, close vocal, minimal beat] Your side of the bed has learned to stay cold I still set two cups, then I put one back The streetlamp flickers like it’s thinking it over And I know your number by heart, not by habit [Pre-Chorus: stretched phrasing, beat thins out] So I won’t, I won’t, I won’t Call you again I won’t call you again But the screen keeps lighting up With nothing in it [Chorus: full pulse enters, vocal layered] Quarter past three, the voicemail says “I’m fine, I’m fine, go back to sleep” Quarter past three, I play it again It’s the only place you still stay Quarter past three, the voicemail says “I’m fine, I’m fine, go back to sleep” Quarter past three, I play it again It’s the only place you still stay [Post-Chorus: chopped, pitched vocal, hushed] Fading, fading Na-na-na, fading Still here, still here Fading [Verse 2: stripped back, bass only] The city hums like it’s holding its breath Trains pass through me, empty and lit I wrote you a letter, I never sent it It’s in the drawer with the keys you left (left, left, left) [Pre-Chorus 2] So I won’t, I won’t, I won’t Say your name out loud I won’t say it out loud But the quiet keeps repeating it Back to me [Chorus] (repeat) [Loop section: anaphora, drums out, pitched vocal] I keep the lamp on I keep the phone close I keep your coat on the chair I keep the window cracked I keep the same song low I keep everything but you [Bridge: pad and vocal only] You Oh-oh, oh-oh I don’t know how to move on So I’ll move through the night [Final Chorus: widest and fullest, layered harmonies, still restrained] Quarter past three, the voicemail says “I’m fine, I’m fine, go back to sleep” Quarter past three, I play it again It’s the only place you still stay [Outro: beat strips away, one pad note holds] Fading Still here Fading Quarter past three