Ember

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[INTRO | CLOSE VOCAL] the air won’t move the air won’t move somewhere below the city turns up here nothing moves [BG VOX:] nothing moves [BUILD] it’s hot not bright not loud just there under everything it’s hot [CHORUS] it’s hot it’s scorching can’t touch just reach it’s hot i became the ember [BG VOX:] ember ember ember the eeeemmmber i became the ember it’s hot it’s scorching no way out no need to leave it’s hot i became the ember [DROP | VOCAL CHOPS] [VOX CHOPS:] hot hot ember became the ember [VERSE] i met you where the windows stayed open half the night half the truth you said my name and the room changed shape outside the buses kept breathing inside everything leaned closer not love not yet just heat learning how to speak [PRE-DROP] the air won’t move the warmth is there no escaping no denying no explaining just keep moving just keep moving [CHORUS] it’s hot it’s scorching can’t touch just reach it’s hot i became the ember [BG VOX:] ember ember ember the eeeemmmber i became the ember [DROP | MANTRA] i became i became i became the ember [BG VOX:] the ember i became i became i became the ember [VERSE 2] shirts over shoulders warm glass bare arms late trains the road still holding what the day left behind someone laughing across the street someone missing home someone not going back the skyline said nothing still the whole night understood [BRIDGE] the wind knew first before the street before the skin before we did the wind knew first and when it turned the whole city moved without moving at all [BG VOX:] without moving without moving [FINAL CHORUS] it’s hot it’s scorching can’t touch just reach it’s hot i became the ember [BG VOX:] ember ember ember the eeeemmmber i became the ember all this pressure all this heat it’s hot i became the ember [OUTRO] the air won’t move the city does it’s hot still hot still here [BG VOX:] ember ember ember i became the ember