Rain between us

[Intro]
[Clean electric guitar arpeggios, atmospheric keys, quiet percussion]

[Verse 1: Male Raspy Vocal]
You’ve lingered silent in the room,
Echoes hanging, heavy as the sky,
Old window sills, a restless tune,
Rain resting in the quiet by and by.
Cheek pressed to a cold old chair,
I drift through hours, hollow air,
Wonder why the morning sounds so bare,
You’ve left your breathing everywhere.

[Guitar Interlude]
[Slow build, drums break]

[Verse 2: Male Raspy Vocal]
She laughs, low thunder down the hall,
Never surely coming, never gone,
Barefooted shadows up the wall—
I lose myself in dusk till dawn.
A single slipper by the door,
Unspoken words upon the floor,
In kitchen lamplight, waiting for
Something softer than before.

[Drums Break]
[Tone Modulation, Build-up]

[Chorus: Male/Female Duet, Power Vocal]
Rain between us, falling slow,
Pouring through these open hands,
Bittersweet and hard to show,
Thunder in the way we stand.
Caught inside this swelling day,
You and I, we never say
How the rain between us grows,
But in heavy drops, it shows.

[Guitar Interlude]

[Verse 3: Male Raspy Vocal]
Quiet quarrels, walls of sound,
Cup chipped at the kitchen sink,
Lost in circles, going round,
Words we didn’t want to think.
Curtains closed against the light,
We measure minutes every night,
Wonder if we’ll make it right,
Or just wander out of sight.

[Bridge: Female (ad libs: melismatic, ethnic runs)]
Oooo, ahh, hey-ya ahh
[Heavy drum beat, shrill male harmony]

[Chorus: Male/Female Duet, Power Vocal]
Rain between us, falling slow,
Pouring through these open hands,
Bittersweet and hard to show,
Thunder in the way we stand.
Wind will take what we can’t say,
Silent puddles washed away,
Still the rain between us grows,
Till the memory softly goes.

[Coda/Outro: Duet, fading]
Ooo, ooo, rain between us,
(Guitar riff, orchestral swell, atmospheric keys, drums fade)
[End]