If I Let It Fade

{tape-worn Rhodes loop} {soft

808 heartbeat kick, sparse and muted} {quiet male spoken-word fragment:} "I stayed

up...

I didn't

know if I

should call..." {subtle atmospheric vinyl crackle} The ceiling's blue and grey Your

letter's still half-written on the floor

(mmmmm) I watch the headlights sweep across the wall Then fade into

the dark

once more

{clipped garage drums join,

tight offbeat rimshot} If I let it go,

would you know my name?

If I let it fade,

is it all the same?

(hold on)

If I stay the night,

does it change the end?

{doubled

whisper

vocals layered in stereo} {glitch cuts on the snare} The kitchen light

is cold

A glowing square of amber on the grate (on the grate) I

started typing what I meant to say But cleared it when it

got

too late

{drums

drop to a sparse,

skeletal

pulse} Did you want a confession?

(I don't know) Or did you just want to know

I was still here?

(still here) {drums drop out,

only warm analog sub and swelling pads remain}

If I let it go,

would you know my name?

{sudden cinematic brass swell opens wide} If I let it fade,

is it all the same?

(hold on) If I stay the night,

does it change the end?

{brass swell fades

back down, returning to the tight pulse} {drums fade out,

leaving only the heartbeat bass} {soft spoken-word fragment:} "I'm erasing this now..."

{tape

loop slowly warps

and crackles

to silence}