Sleeper

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[ALL INSTRUCTIONS / DIRECTIONS IN CAPITALS AND IN SQUARE BRACKETS] [INTRO | INSTRUMENTAL | 16 BARS] [LOW STATION HUM] [DISTANT RAIL RATTLE] [SOFT TONE BEEP] [WARM SUB DRONE + EVOLVING ARP] [VERSE 1 | SPOKEN | LOW | HUMAN] platform four— still lit. board flickers— holds— then not. one line stays— too long. time shifts— again. hand still— at side. don’t move— not yet. [VOCAL CHOPS:] (still— still) [PRE-CHORUS | SUNG | AIRY | LOOP] don’t need time— don’t need why— just that line— still alive. don’t need clear— don’t need right— just that pull— tonight. [BG VOX:] (ah— ah) [CHORUS | SUNG | SIMPLE | HYPNOTIC] sleeper departs— hold it. sleeper departs— platform four. sleeper departs— will it arrive— or— still here. [BG VOX:] (hold— hold) [VOCAL CHOPS:] (four— four) [VERSE 2 | SPOKEN | SHORT | CLIPPED] doors close— soft tone. light stays— one more. third carriage— same place. nothing shifts— just waits. steps echo— then fade. no one turns— or says. [VOCAL CHOPS:] (wait— wait) [PRE-CHORUS 2 | SUNG | BUILD] if it runs— let it run— if it stops— it stops. if i stay— right here— does it change— at all. [BG VOX:] (mm— ah) [CHORUS | SUNG | LIFT] sleeper departs— hold it. sleeper departs— platform four. sleeper departs— will it arrive— don’t— don’t move. [VOCAL CHOPS:] (sleeper— sleeper) [DROP | DRUMS + SUB | 8 BARS] [NO LEAD] [VOCAL CHOPS:] (still— here / still— here) [FINAL CHORUS | CALL & RESPONSE | PEAK] sleeper departs— [BG VOX:] (hold it) platform four— [BG VOX:] (right here) will it arrive— [BG VOX:] (don’t know) still here— [BG VOX:] (still here) don’t go— don’t go— [BG VOX:] (stay— stay) [GROUP: “SLEEPER DEPARTS” x3 | LOOSE] [OUTRO | FADE] still— here. still— here. [HOLD]