Back Seat Confessional

{tape

hiss starts} {muted sub-bass pulses gently} {soft bass clarinet theme enters driftingly}

The glass is cold against my forehead now (ahhhh)

Watching streetlights blur inside the fog

I write down words I never dared to speak

{dry close-mic'd male vocal,

audible breath, quiet bass clarinet countermelody} Are you awake,

dreaming of the same horizon?

(are you awake?) Or am I just a passenger chasing the ghost

of you?

{velvet chorus lift, layered analog keys,

swelling chords} The engine hums a low and steady song Weaving through

the suburbs while they sleep

I hold this letter tight inside my hand {bass clarinet mirrors

the vocal line, gentle rim click groove} Just tape hiss and the

road... (shhhh) No drums,

no lights, just us

{drums drop out completely} {only whisper-soft male vocal,

solo bass clarinet, and tape hiss} Are you awake,

dreaming of the same horizon?

(are you there?) Or am I just a passenger

chasing the ghost of you?

{gentle layered return, doubled vocals,

full velvet chorus lift} Chasing the ghost...

(hmmmm) {vocals fade to whisper} {groove stops,

only fading bass clarinet

and tape hiss remain}