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I bring a tangerine, thumb dents winter skin. A poem printed crooked, a coffee ring proved by heat. A cursed disco stick, Romanian hiss; a thought of you between bins and tills—evidence of motion. Hold my bag. Watch that zip. Stand guard while I drink. Keep my bike while I dash inside— you plant your feet and the street grows gentler. Lift this couch through a narrow stair; count to three, scrape paint, laugh, forgive. You tune my rough E string; I trade you a chord— ten minutes leavened like bread. Come dentist day so I don’t bolt. Crack one joke. The drill becomes a tide I can float. When fever fogs your house, I bring rice and soup, leave it by the door, text a dumb green mouse. No pledges. No ledgers—just hands and brain. Favor by favor, a seam appears. Small gifts, small asks: the path widens underfoot— a warm proof rising into the cold.
Instructional lyrics
[Intro 4b pad + vinyl] [Verse 1] I bring a tangerine thumb dents in winter skin a poem, crooked blue cheap copy, coffee ring a cursed disco stick Romanian beats that hiss I say I thought of you between the bins and tills [Pre rise + claps] proof that I moved proof that I looked pockets say go hands hold the book [Chorus impact] small gifts, small asks we build wide paths [Verse 2] you say hold on my bag I say watch out, that zip you say can you stand guard while I take one quick sip I ask can you watch my bike while I run in to pee you laugh, you plant your feet you keep a post for me [Pre rise + bass swell] practice the care inch by inch try the light weight feel it cinch [Chorus impact + 3rds] small gifts, small asks we build wide paths [Verse 3] help me lift this couch it scrapes the narrow stair we grunt, we count to three the wall gives up some paint you tune my rough E string I show you chords I know we trade ten minutes’ skill like bread we leaven slow [Pre rise + shaker] ask what is near offer what’s plain no grand pledges just hands and brain [Break 2b stop] [Chorus impact call & response] small gifts, small asks we build wide paths [Verse 4] come with me, dentist day so I don’t bolt and hide you sit and drop one joke the drill becomes a tide I bring you rice and soup when fever fogs your house I leave it by the door I text a dumb green mouse [Pre rise + piano ostinato] motion, not price gesture, not shine proof that we cross each other’s lines [Chorus impact] small gifts, small asks we build wide paths [Verse 5] no money talk, no tests no debts, no double bind try just a tiny yes let trust unspool and wind I stitch your torn coat loop you fix my flicker light we hang the mirror straight and leave the room more bright [Pre rise + octave bass] favor by favor we learn the seam hands write a map feet make it mean [Chorus impact + crowd oohs] small gifts, small asks we build wide paths [Bridge strip vox + pad] I will carry the bag you can hold the key we will name the small and make the big free [Final Chorus x2 stacked] small gifts, small asks we build wide paths small gifts, small asks we build wide paths [Tag 2b reverb tail] proof of motion
Song info
Dark/warm alt-pop palette (88–102 BPM), Aeolian/Dorian; dry lofi kit, palm‑mute guitars, round sub, sparse piano ostinato, analog pad beds; intimate verses → belted two‑line hooks (monosyllables heavy); rising‑bass/clap Pres; slap delay lead, short plate BVs; recurring motifs: moss, soup, streets, “text at six‑forty,” oranges/blankets; logistics-as-tenderness; end with quiet tags.
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