Before Dawn

[BEFORE DAWN — Final] 
[Styles: K-Pop · Alt Pop · Soft R&B · Minimal Pop · Emotional Pop]
[BPM: 128]
[Key: F# Minor]
[Intro – soft pad, muted guitar, subtle heartbeat kick, breathy atmosphere]
[breath in] …
[Verse 1 – Lily | close mic, breathy chest voice, soft doubles L/R]
Don’t look at me like I’m someone you don’t know
Cold like a wall when you’re about to go
I showed you parts of my skin the sunlight never finds (no light…)
And places inside me I didn’t recognize
I let you in where I had never been
No map, no name for what was underneath
I gave you more than I could understand (too much…)
And still you slipped right through my hands
[Pre-Chorus – May | restrained, chest to head mix, light harmony layer]
Don’t call it timing
It isn’t that
You hold me gently
Then take it back
If this is careful
It cuts too clean (too clean…)
I feel the ending
Inside the in-between
[Chorus – ALL | full vocal stack, doubles L/R, high + low harmonies]
Stay a little longer (stay…)
Don’t leave before the dawn
You always slip away from me
Before the night is gone
Stay a little longer
Just this once, don’t run (don’t run…)
I’m still here when you disappear
Before the morning comes
[Post-Chorus – ALL | airy falsetto layers, wide stereo]
(ooh) stay… don’t go
(ooh) I already know
(ooh) stay… don’t go
Before the morning comes
[Verse 2 – Hana | soft rap, centered, subtle stereo ad-libs]
Late night calls, never daytime
You draw the line, then rewrite mine
No loud fights, just quiet distance (quiet…)
Your silence louder than resistance
I read between what you don’t say
Half of you is already away
If I’m a moment, don’t make it more (don’t…)
Don’t leave me standing at a closed door
[Pre-Chorus – May | stronger delivery, layered vocals]
Don’t call it timing
It isn’t fair
You leave me pieces
Then take the air
If this is over
Then let it be (let it be…)
Don’t fade in shadows
Right next to me
[Chorus – ALL | fuller, thicker harmonies]
Stay a little longer
Don’t leave before the dawn
You always slip away from me
Before the night is gone
Stay a little longer (stay…)
Just this once, don’t run
I’m still here when you disappear
Before the morning comes
[Bridge – Lily + May | stripped, emotional build, reverb space]
[Lily – breathy, intimate]
If I open everything I am (everything…)
And you still choose the door
[May – rising, emotional mix]
Then I don’t need to understand
What I’m holding on for
(let it end…)
[Final Chorus – ALL | max layers, high harmonies, emotional peak]
Stay a little longer
Don’t leave before the dawn (don’t go…)
You always slip away from me
Before the night is gone
Stay a little longer
Just this once, don’t run
I won’t chase you in the dark again (no more…)
When the morning comes
[Outro – soft pad, guitar fade, distant layered vocals]
Stay… (stay…)
Before the morning…
…

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