Tender Rain

(Style: Dark dance-pop with art-pop flair at a tense midtempo pulse, trap drums and sub-bass driving dark rap verses into bright chant hooks; verses stay clipped and close-mic with autotune sheen, pre-chorus opens into stacked falsetto and breathy doubles, chorus explodes with gang vocals and pitch-shifted ad-libs, reversed swells, and sparkly stutter FX bridge the drops; final chorus adds bigger harmonies and distorted kick. Bright, glossy, claustrophobic mix., rap, male vocals, bright, pop)

Verse 1

It started quiet on my skin

Like you were never really in

But still you stayed in every part

Like water learning how to start

The sky was low, the air was slow

And I forgot which way to go

You weren’t loud, you weren’t bright

Just soft enough to change my night

Pre-Chorus

And I don’t know why

But I don’t run this time

Chorus

Tender rain, don’t wash me away

Just stay a little while and stay

On my face, on my name

Like you were never meant to break

Tender rain, don’t let me dry

I want to feel you when I try

To forget what used to hurt

You make it quieter than words

Verse 2

You fall like memory returning

No fire, just slow burning

You don’t ask me who I was

You just arrive because you must

And I stop pretending strong

When everything I held is gone

You touch the places I don’t show

And somehow make them feel like home

Pre-Chorus

And I don’t fight

I let you write

Chorus

Tender rain, don’t wash me away

Just stay a little while and stay

On my face, on my name

Like you were never meant to break

Tender rain, don’t let me dry

I want to feel you when I try

To forget what used to hurt

You make it quieter than words

Bridge

If I disappear in you

Maybe that’s what softness does

No more edges, no more rules

Just something warmer than us

Final Chorus

Tender rain, don’t wash me away

Stay until the light turns grey

On my skin, on my name

Like you were never meant to break

Tender rain, don’t let me dry

Hold me where I don’t ask why

If I fade, it’s okay

Just let me drift in you today