I doubt that

Lyrics

[INTRO – DREAMY SYNTH PADS, SOFT ARPEGGIO, DISTANT MALE FALSETTO HARMONIES – 4 BARS] What happened? [BG VOX: WHAT HAPPENED?] I doubt that... [VERSE 1 – CLOSE, CONVERSATIONAL MALE LEAD; WARM SYNTH BASS ENTERS] Your shoes were in the hallway For the better part of June You said we'd sort the boxes We'd get around to it soon There was a cup beside the sink With a crack across the blue You said you liked it better I suppose that sounded like you [PRE-CHORUS – RISING SYNTH CHORDS, LIGHT STRINGS, FALSETTO HARMONY] Then you called me from a taxi With that careful sort of voice Said, don't make this difficult As if I'd had a choice [CHORUS – FULL EURO-DISCO BEAT, BRIGHT SYNTHS, HIGH FALSETTO LEAD, LAYERED MALE HARMONIES] What happened? What happened? You said nothing really changed I doubt that! I doubt that! You said we'd laugh about it Somewhere further down the line I doubt that! I doubt that! [BG VOX: DOUBT THAT, DOUBT THAT] [INSTRUMENTAL – 8 BARS, MELODIC ARPEGGIATED SYNTH HOOK, BOUNCING BASSLINE] [VERSE 2 – STRIPPED BACK BEAT, SOFT MALE LEAD] I passed you at the crossing By the place we used to go You were waiting for the green man I pretended not to know You said you'd keep in touch And for a week you did A photograph of your new flat Then that was more or less it [PRE-CHORUS – BUILDING HARMONIES, STRINGS RETURN] And everybody tells me It's better now we're through They say I'm doing brilliantly I'd like to think that's true [CHORUS – SOARING FALSETTO, WIDE STACKED MALE VOCALS] What happened? What happened? You said nothing really changed I doubt that! I doubt that! You said we'd laugh about it Somewhere further down the line I doubt that! I doubt that! [BG VOX: DOUBT THAT, DOUBT THAT] [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK – 8 BARS, 1980S SYNTH LEAD, STRINGS AND ARPEGGIOS, NO VOCALS] [BRIDGE – DRUMS DROP OUT, INTIMATE LOWER MALE VOICE, SPARSE ELECTRIC PIANO] I couldn't have done it without you I remember saying that Now I'm doing it without you Funny how it comes to that [PAUSE – ONE BAR] What happened? [BG VOX: WHAT HAPPENED?] [FINAL CHORUS – FULL BEAT, HIGH FALSETTO, BIG CHOIR-LIKE MALE HARMONIES, COUNTERMELODIES] What happened? What happened? You said nothing really changed I doubt that! I doubt that! You said we'd laugh about it Somewhere further down the line I doubt that! I doubt that! [BG VOX: DOUBT THAT, DOUBT THAT] [OUTRO – BEAT FADES, ARPEGGIOS AND SOFT FALSETTO HARMONIES] What happened? I doubt that... [BG VOX: I DOUBT THAT] [INSTRUMENTAL FADE]