[Intro]: Completely stripped back. Just a single acoustic guitar being fingerpicked. No drums.
[Male Verse]: Needs to sound like it's sung right into the microphone in a quiet room. Gravelly, unpolished, vulnerable, and purely acoustic.
[Female Verse]: Starts very soft, pure, and close. You want to hear the breath in her voice before she opens up.
[Chorus]: This is where the live band kicks in—real acoustic drums (not electronic beats), bass, and piano. The female voice needs to belt with raw, soulful passion, while the male voice harmonizes underneath her.
[Bridge]: The massive, passionate vocal run, relying entirely on vocal power rather than background production.
Intro
(Intimate acoustic guitar picking)
Verse 1: Raw Male Vocal
Tell me, darling,
Are you tired of the quiet shore?
Standing in the shallows,
Are you aching for a little more?
Pre-Chorus: Raw Male Vocal
I'm falling...
In all the good times I find myself longing for change,
And in the bad times I fear the rain.
Verse 2: Soft Female Vocal
Tell me, lover,
Are you scared of the rising tide?
Leaving all the safety,
With nowhere left to run and hide?
Pre-Chorus: Soft Female Vocal
I'm falling...
In all the good times I find myself longing for change,
And in the bad times I fear the rain.
Chorus: Both Voices, Organic Drums enter
We're crashing into the deep!
Watch as we leave the ground!
Let the heavy waters sweep!
We are far from the surface now!
Post-Chorus: Both Voices
Far from the surface now.
Far from the surface now.
In the deep, we are found,
We are far from the surface now!
Bridge: Passionate Female Vocal Run
(Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-ahhhh!)
(Ah-ha-ah-ha-ahhhhh!)
Chorus: Huge Emotional Climax, Both Voices Belting
We're crashing into the deep!
Watch as we leave the ground!
Let the heavy waters sweep!
We are far from the surface now!
Outro: Stripped back, just acoustic guitar
Far from the surface now...
(Male vocal softly)
We are far from the surface now.
(Fading acoustic chord)
End
