Still in the Lights

(Kick, bass, filtered pad – no vocals, just a faint vocal chop " ahh")

(Vocal enters soft, breathy, sparse piano stab)

In the corner of the room

Shadows moving like a tune

Your hands don't touch – they trace the air

I follow lines that aren't there

(Full drums, bass opens up, claps on 2 and 4 – vocal with delay tails)

And we're still in the lights

Still in the lights – moving slow

No goodbye, no goodnight

Just the bass and the afterglow

Still… in the lights

Still in the lights – don't let go

The floor knows our name tonight

Just the bass and the afterglow

(Drums pull back slightly, filter closes a bit)

Every beat's a second chance

To forget the circumstance

Your silhouette's a slow romance

One more hour in this trance

(Full energy back, brighter pad sweep)

And we're still in the lights

Still in the lights – moving slow

No goodbye, no goodnight

Just the bass and the afterglow

Still in the lights – don't let go

The floor knows our name tonight

Just the bass and the afterglow

(Vocals become more chopped and repetitive, piano chord every 4 bars, bass holds a single note)

(spoken-sung loop)

We don't need the morning…

We don't need the morning…

Just the light from the speakers

And the sweat on the ceiling

(build – snare rolls, vocal chop pitch-rises)

(Vocals start to fade, delay repeats getting longer)

Still in the lights… (still in the lights)

Moving slow… (moving slow)

Bass and the afterglow…

(only the word " still" repeats, ping-pong delay)

(Kick drops out, bass fades, only a filtered pad and a single clap, then vinyl crackle and a deep breath)

(whispered) … still.