[Intro]
(Tempo ~102 BPM • Key: A minor • Cinematic pads swell, soft piano arpeggios)
[Verse 1]
Neon rain on window glass,
Folded Polaroids in a drawer,
Ticket stubs from nights that passed,
A coffee cup with lipstick on the rim.
[Pre‑Chorus 1]
Through the silence, hear the sound,
A small bright pulse beneath the ground,
Each step lights edges of the dark,
I follow sparks back to the start.
[Chorus]
In my dreams, I find the light,
Through the dark, I come alive.
[Post‑Chorus / Vocal Chop Motif]
(In my dreams, I’m not afraid — I’m awake inside the waves.)
(Vocal chop: “awake… inside the waves” — melodic drop motif)
[Drop]
(Layered synths mirror the chorus melody, vocal chop rides the lead synth; sidechained bass pumps, airy reverb tails bloom)
[Verse 2]
Salt on my skin from a bus to dawn,
A stairwell hum, a broken neon sign,
Old maps smell like suitcase glue and song,
Your shadow stays where the streetlights line.
[Pre‑Chorus 2]
From silent rooms a chorus found,
It swells into the hollow sound,
Step by step I shift the frame,
This ember grows and calls your name.
[Chorus]
In my dreams, I find the light,
Through the dark, I come alive.
[Post‑Chorus / Vocal Chop Motif]
(In my dreams, I’m not afraid — I’m awake inside the waves.)
(Vocal chop: “awake… inside the waves” — echoes, filtered then wide open)
[Bridge]
(Filtered build, riser into final drop)
I burn the letters at the pier—paper ash on tide,
I let the past go, step into the tide,
Moon pulls the doubt out to sea, I choose the rising side.
[Final Chorus — Big]
In my dreams, I find the light,
Through the dark, I come alive.
All I lost becomes the reason I rise (adlib)
[Post‑Chorus / Anthem Motif]
(In my dreams, I’m not afraid — I’m awake inside the waves.) x2
(Vocal chop becomes lead hook in synth drop, airy harmonies stacked)
[Outro]
(Soft piano and pads, vocal layers gently fade — last vocal chop: “awake… inside the waves” drifts into silence)
[Production Notes — for reference]
• Vocal: ethereal, slightly breathy, doubled with gentle formant shift on key lines.
• Drop: synth vocal‑chop mirrors chorus melody; heavy sidechain on sub bass; long reverb tails on top layer.
• Arrangement: keep verses intimate, pre‑choruses build, choruses open and anthemic, drops melodic and singable.
• Feel: nostalgic yet empowering, cinematic electronic pop — a clear emotional arc from clutching memories to stepping into hope.
