Cacophony from WINGBACK by Zirui Kong

The air was soft, the night was slow,
Rain wrote letters on the window glow.
I breathed your name but let it go,
Where silence lives, I’ll follow.

Chorus (long — full vocal section, gospel-jazz soul style)

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Let the world keep turning out of tune,
Let the lights fall down too soon.
Every sound I made for you,
Still hangs inside this room.
All the noise that we became,
All the chords that never came,
They rise, they break, they fade away,
But I still hear your name.

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If this is what love sounds like —
a storm that never finds its end,
I’ll stay inside the thunder’s heart
and call it home again.
If this is what peace feels like —
a tremble that forgets to die,
then let it ring, let it burn,
let it echo through the sky.

Bridge (wordless vocal ad-lib / choir builds)

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ahh—ahh—mmm… ooh-oooh…
ahh—ahh—mmm… ooh-oooh…
(jazz chords: Cm – A♭Maj7 – G7♯9 – Fm7 – Dø – G7)

Final Chorus (extended)

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All the laughter out of key,
All the tears beneath the sea,
Every moment slipped through me,
Still plays like symphony.
If we meet in sound again,
Don’t explain, don’t pretend —
Just hum the tune, I’ll understand,
In that noise, I’ll find your hand.

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Let the rain be my refrain,
Let the streetlights sing your name,
Every wrong note I became,
You forgave just the same.
If this love was born in noise,
Let it die in melody,
‘Cause every song you left with me,
Still sings —
quietly.

• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Pop Hip-Hop
• Columbus