If I Could Reach You
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If I Could Reach You
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Lyrics
Intro - distant reverb-soaked clean guitar, single note plucked, warm pad swell underneath
soft ambient room tone, almost silence
Verse 1 - male lead, restrained clean delivery, intimate close-mic
There's a small light on in a room I knew
Hands too little for the weight they hold
You're awake again and the house is still
Counting hours that no one told you to
You don't have the words for what you feel
So you keep it folded up and put it down
You think it means there's something wrong with you
It doesn't. It never did. I promise now.
Pre-Chorus 1 - clean vocal lifting, swelling strings enter, soft side-chained pad
And I know you can't hear me from where you are
But I'm reaching back across the years so far
Past every door I had to close
Past every name I had to lose
Chorus 1 - clean lead, layered distant harmonies, lush melodic dubstep drop
If I could sit beside you on that bed
If I could take that small hand into mine
If I could tell you only one thing true
You didn't know yet
You didn't know yet
If I could reach you
Post-Chorus - guitar drone swell, sub-bass deepens, cinematic lift
[wordless layered "ahh" harmonies, distant, choir-like]:
"ahh" "ahh" "ahh"
Verse 2 - male lead, slightly more open delivery, building intensity
There's a song you sang to no one in your head
Made up the words and made them mean something
You thought that you were strange for needing that
You weren't. You were already becoming someone.
You will spend a long time trying to be smaller
You will think the world wants less of what you are
I want you to know it doesn't matter what they said
You were never too much
You were exactly enough
Pre-Chorus 2 - building harder, distorted swells creeping in, drums entering low
And I know you can't hear me from where you are
But I'm reaching back across the years so far
Past every door I had to close
Past every name I had to lose
Chorus 2 - fuller, harmonies wider, drop hits warmer and bigger
If I could sit beside you on that bed
If I could take that small hand into mine
If I could tell you only one thing true
You weren't wrong to feel that much
You weren't wrong to feel that much
If I could reach you
Breakdown - drums drop out, sustained strings hold, distant guitar drone, ambient texture
[whispered close-mic, almost spoken]:
You're going to be okay
You're going to be okay
You're going to be loved
You're going to be loved
long sustained pad swell building
Final Chorus - towering wall of sound, anguished cry vocal, full production, layered harmonies, distorted swells
If I could sit beside you on that bed
[anguished cry layer]: OH —
If I could take that small hand into mine
[anguished cry layer]: OH —
If I could tell you only one thing true
I'm here
I made it
You make it
[full eruption]:
IF I COULD REACH YOU
IF I COULD REACH YOU
IF I COULD REACH YOU
Outro - everything drops back to the opening texture, single clean guitar note, warm pad fading
[breathed, almost gone]:
You make it.
final pad swell, slow fade to silence