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I fold my pride on lines. Paper planes say sorry. They land like quiet swifts at eaves. Tails stamped: balance due. Open one wing: I was thin. Open the other: I tried. My compass, glass nicked, leans to you. meet me at home bring me back home I follow the crease I keep. My thumb is inked, a little torn. I read the smudged map by its paper-crackle. It points due west, where we began. I mark the corner, worn. I pack my yes, no lies. I take that road to you. meet me at the door— bring me back home Say go, I go. Say stay, I stay. meet me at home— bring me back home—
Instructional lyrics
[Tag 2b reverb tail] [Verse 1 4/4 softer] I fold my pride on lines. Paper planes say sorry. They land like quiet birds. Tails stamped with what I owe. [Pre rise add claps] Open one wing, I was thin. Open the other, I tried. My compass leans to you. [Break 2b stop] [Chorus bigger double vox] meet me at home bring me back home [Verse 2 palm-mute gtr] I follow the crease I keep. My thumb is inked, a little torn. I read the smudged map slow. It points due west, to us. [Pre rise clap stack] I mark the corner, worn. I pack my yes, no lies. I take that road to you. [Break 2b stop] [Chorus bigger double vox] meet me at home bring me back home [Bridge strip to vox+pad] Say go, I go. Say stay, I stay. [Chorus stacked harmonies] meet me at home bring me back home [Chorus x2] [Tag 2b reverb tail] [Outro 4b hall]
Song info
Indie folk ballad, ~84 BPM, minor warmth, close-mic vocal. Fingerpicked acoustic lead, soft piano doubles, shaker and brushed snare, light strings in lift. Plate on lead, hall on BVs, faint vinyl crackle. Verse intimate, pre-chorus rise, two-line chant hook. Space-punch stop before hook; chorus bigger with double vox and late stacks. Arc: Intro fx -> V1 -> Pre -> Break stop -> Ch -> V2 add pad -> Pre -> Break stop -> Ch -> Bridge strip -> Final Ch x2 -> Tag -> Outro fade. Concrete images, plain-speak hook, open-vowel words, end lines on strong nouns/verbs.
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