[Psychedelic Soul Fusion], [Alternative R&B Trip-Hop], [Neo-Soul Downtempo], [Dream Pop Guitar Textures], [Shoegaze Reverb Wash], [Lo-Fi Tape Saturation], [Trap-Soul Percussion], [Breathy Baritone-Tenor Intimacy], [Southern Vibrato Runs], [Slurred Legato Back-Phrased Cadence], [James Fauntleroy Vocal Stacks], [Wide Stereo Harmonies], [Gospel Chord Voicings], [Minor 9th Jazz Extensions], [Bossa Nova Ghost Rhythm], [Broken Beat Percussion], [Filtered Rhodes Electric Piano], [Univibe Modulation], [Saturated Sub 808], [Ambient Dub Delay], [Cinematic Strings], [Strained Falsetto Cracks], [Reverse Reverb Swells], [Analog Tape Flutter], [Dark Atmospheric R&B], [Tonéx Experimental Gospel-R&B Fusion], [Sacred-Profane Duality], [Confessional Prayer-Like Intimacy], [Subtle Church Organ Undercurrents], [Phased Muffled Guitar Loops], [Modulated Tape Wow], [Distant Sacred Hum]

[Intro: phased muffled guitar dream pop textures, vinyl hiss + modulated tape wow, distant church organ hum, shoegaze reverb wash, analog tape flutter, psychedelic soul haze]
(mmm... yeah...)

[Verse 1: dry close-mic breathy baritone-tenor, slurred back-phrased legato, lo-fi tape saturation, intimate conversational delivery, sacred-profane tension, dream pop guitar textures]
she sleep-in' with her hand a-cross my chest
phone glow-in' through the sheets, face-down, un-read
ear-rings from the oth-er one hid-den in my coat
I keep lit-tle piec-es of my-self in shoe-box-es
(shoe-box-es...)
know I'm wrong but wrong don't feel like noth-in'
when the house this qui-et and the ceil-in' fan hum-min'

[Pre-Chorus: low-end drop into saturated sub 808, reverse reverb swell, tight Fauntleroy vocal stacks, prayerful yet tempted tone, univibe modulation, ambient dub delay]
(ooh... ooh-ooh)
God, if you hear me right now
just let her stay sleep
(stay sleep... stay sleep...)
'cause I'm al-rea-dy reach-in' for my keys

[Chorus: stereo widen, heavy sub bass, lush 5-part harmonies, triple-tracked lead, gospel-trap lift, wide stereo harmonies, cinematic strings swell, dark atmospheric R&B peak with strained falsetto edges]
half a prayer and I'm out the door
told her I was go-in' to the cor-ner store
(cor-ner store...)
three a.m. on the sev-en-ty-five
do-in' nine-ty with the win-dows down
half a prayer is all I ev-er get to
be-fore my hands are some-where they should-n't be
(should-n't be...)

[Verse 2: syncopated flow over broken beat percussion, tight drum pocket, strained falsetto cracks with Tonéx expressive runs, filtered Rhodes electric piano, conversational southern vibrato, dark neo-soul confession]
she cook-in' eggs bare-foot on the tile at four
I could stay here, hon-est-ly I could
(I could...)
but my girl gon' wake up to a cold-er side
and I'll bring her mat-cha like it nev-er hap-pened
pock-ets full of mints and al-i-bis
dad-dy was a pas-tor, I know bet-ter than this

[Chorus: maximum dynamic peak, wide stereo harmonies, rolling hi-hats, full sacred-profane contrast, trip-hop meets neo-soul energy, shoegaze reverb wash, lush Fauntleroy stacks]
half a prayer and I'm out the door
told her I was go-in' to the cor-ner store
(cor-ner store...)
three a.m. on the sev-en-ty-five
do-in' nine-ty with the win-dows down
(win-dows down...)
half a prayer is all I ev-er get to
be-fore my hands are some-where they should-n't be

[Outro: acapella fade, quarter-note stereo delay, long plate reverb, fading church organ tail, analog tape flutter decay, ethereal shoegaze wash, psychedelic soul dissolution]
half a prayer...
(prayer... prayer... prayer...)
that's all I got left...
(mmm...)