There all along

Lyrics

[INTRO | 8 BARS | SUB HUM + METALLIC ROOM] [NON-WORD VOCAL | LOW MALE HUM] (mmm) [BG VOX | WHISPERED] (in me) [BG VOX | WHISPERED] (all along) [VERSE 1 | SPOKEN | DRY CLOSE MALE VOCAL] i was looking for a sign not a big one just enough somebody steady when the room went black every face i held too close left something on my heart and i kept calling it love when it was only a mark then you said my name quiet under the noise not thunder not fire just a voice i knew was yours [NON-WORD VOCAL | BREATHED] (mm-ah, mm-ah) [MANTRA 1 | HALF-SUNG MONOTONE] not far not gone not lost not done in me in me all along [PRE-BUILD | SPOKEN-RHYTHMIC] i turned round you were there in the shake in the stare in the breath before the prayer already there already there [CHORUS | HALF-SUNG MANTRA | LOW AND RESTRAINED] i found you in me i found you in me not far not gone you were there all along i found you in me i found you in me my guide my king my hidden song [VOX CHOPS] (in me / not gone / all along) [NON-WORD VOCAL | CHOPPED] (oh-ah / mm-mm / ay-ah) [VERSE 2 | SPOKEN | GRIME-LEANING | INTIMATE] i was asking for a man to carry what i couldn’t hold someone built like shelter when the night turned cold but you met me in the mirror when i couldn’t stand my ground no rescue lights no golden sound just fire in the bones and calm in the blood like mercy in the dust like water from the mud one thought rising low and slow get up breathe in you already know [MANTRA 2 | MORE INSISTENT] not far not gone not lost not done in me in me all along not far not gone not lost not done in me in me all along [PRE-BUILD 2 | HATS OPENING | WHISPERED DOUBLES] i turned round you were there in the small breath in the bare prayer hands shook floor moved still you pulled me back to you [CHORUS | WIDER | LOW HARMONY STACKS] i found you in me i found you in me not far not gone you were there all along i found you in me i found you in me my guide my king my hidden song [BREAK | 8 BARS | SUB + GHOST PAD] [BG VOX | WHISPERED] (already there) [BG VOX | WHISPERED] (not far) [BG VOX | WHISPERED] (not gone) [NON-WORD VOCAL | DISTANT] (ooh-mm) [NON-WORD VOCAL | BREATHED] (ha-ah) [BRIDGE | SPOKEN | STRIPPED BACK] lead me where the shadow sits teach my feet to answer it when i go small make me whole when i go quiet wake my soul not outside not above somewhere deeper under love [FINAL BUILD | MANTRA STACKS | RELENTLESS BUT RESTRAINED] not far not gone not lost not done in me in me all along not far not gone not lost not done in me in me all along [FINAL CHORUS | FULL VOCAL STACK BUT MONOTONE] i found you in me i found you in me not far not gone you were there all along i found you in me i found you in me my guide my king my hidden song [AD-LIBS | WHISPERED] (already there) [AD-LIBS | WHISPERED] (not far) [AD-LIBS | WHISPERED] (not gone) [AD-LIBS | WHISPERED] (all along) [OUTRO | FILTERS CLOSE | SUB REMAINS] in me in me not far not gone all along all along [NON-WORD VOCAL | FADING] (mmm) [BG VOX | WHISPERED] (in me)