Your Voice on Side B
v5
@Jerzyna K
Your Voice on Side B
v5
@Jerzyna K
Lyrics
[Intro – cassette click, soft tape hiss, simple analog synth motif]
[Verse 1 – intimate male vocal]
I found an old cassette today
beneath a stack of clothes.
Your handwriting across the label,
in letters only I would know.
I placed it in the player
and heard the wheels begin to turn.
Then somewhere underneath the static,
I heard our summer return.
[Pre-Chorus – gentle synth pulse]
No photograph could hold it,
no memory felt so clear.
Then the melody we once knew
made it feel like you were here.
[Chorus – simple, restrained melody]
On side B, you were still beside me,
young enough to think the world was ours.
On side B, your voice came through the static,
soft and distant, reaching through the years.
I let the tape keep turning,
I let every memory play.
On side B, you were still beside me,
like you’d never gone away.
[Soft distant choir – one sustained “ah”]
[Instrumental – glassy synth motif, subtle tape-choir texture]
[Verse 2 – warm male vocal]
The sound was worn and uneven,
the rhythm sometimes fell behind.
But every little imperfection
brought that summer back to life.
We drove with windows open,
no map and nowhere we had to be.
You sang above the engine
and changed the words to make me smile.
[Pre-Chorus]
We thought the tape would last forever,
like everything back then.
But time rewinds for no one,
and every song must end.
[Chorus – restrained, no vocal ornaments]
On side B, you were still beside me,
young enough to think the world was ours.
On side B, your voice came through the static,
soft and distant, reaching through the years.
I let the tape keep turning,
I let every memory play.
On side B, you were still beside me,
like you’d never gone away.
[Instrumental Break – analog synth lead, distant wordless choir]
[Bridge – voice and minimal synth only]
I almost stopped the player
before the final song.
Afraid the last few seconds
would prove that you were gone.
But your voice broke through the silence,
softly counting: “One, two, three…”
Then you laughed and said, “Remember?”
And the tape ran out on me.
[Short silence]
[Final Chorus – controlled emotion, subtle choir on final lines]
On side B, you were still beside me,
young enough to think the world was ours.
On side B, your voice came through the static,
soft and distant, reaching through the years.
I let the tape keep turning,
though the final notes would fade.
On side B, you were still beside me,
like you’d never gone away.
[Outro – fading synth motif and tape hiss]
[Quiet male vocal]
For a moment…
you were here.
[Cassette click]
[Verse 1 – intimate male vocal]
I found an old cassette today
beneath a stack of clothes.
Your handwriting across the label,
in letters only I would know.
I placed it in the player
and heard the wheels begin to turn.
Then somewhere underneath the static,
I heard our summer return.
[Pre-Chorus – gentle synth pulse]
No photograph could hold it,
no memory felt so clear.
Then the melody we once knew
made it feel like you were here.
[Chorus – simple, restrained melody]
On side B, you were still beside me,
young enough to think the world was ours.
On side B, your voice came through the static,
soft and distant, reaching through the years.
I let the tape keep turning,
I let every memory play.
On side B, you were still beside me,
like you’d never gone away.
[Soft distant choir – one sustained “ah”]
[Instrumental – glassy synth motif, subtle tape-choir texture]
[Verse 2 – warm male vocal]
The sound was worn and uneven,
the rhythm sometimes fell behind.
But every little imperfection
brought that summer back to life.
We drove with windows open,
no map and nowhere we had to be.
You sang above the engine
and changed the words to make me smile.
[Pre-Chorus]
We thought the tape would last forever,
like everything back then.
But time rewinds for no one,
and every song must end.
[Chorus – restrained, no vocal ornaments]
On side B, you were still beside me,
young enough to think the world was ours.
On side B, your voice came through the static,
soft and distant, reaching through the years.
I let the tape keep turning,
I let every memory play.
On side B, you were still beside me,
like you’d never gone away.
[Instrumental Break – analog synth lead, distant wordless choir]
[Bridge – voice and minimal synth only]
I almost stopped the player
before the final song.
Afraid the last few seconds
would prove that you were gone.
But your voice broke through the silence,
softly counting: “One, two, three…”
Then you laughed and said, “Remember?”
And the tape ran out on me.
[Short silence]
[Final Chorus – controlled emotion, subtle choir on final lines]
On side B, you were still beside me,
young enough to think the world was ours.
On side B, your voice came through the static,
soft and distant, reaching through the years.
I let the tape keep turning,
though the final notes would fade.
On side B, you were still beside me,
like you’d never gone away.
[Outro – fading synth motif and tape hiss]
[Quiet male vocal]
For a moment…
you were here.
[Cassette click]
Style of Music
Elegant early-1980s British minimal synth-pop and electronic new-wave ballad, 103 BPM. Intimate, restrained male tenor with clear English pronunciation, warm but slightly detached delivery and natural emotion. Melancholic, nostalgic and quietly romantic atmosphere. A memorable glassy analog synth motif, warm vintage pads, gently pulsing bass, sparse drum machine, subtle electronic percussion and delicate tape delay. Keep the arrangement spacious, melodic and uncluttered. Verses should feel intimate and minimal. The choruses must remain simple and controlled: keep the same steady groove, add only a slightly wider synth pad, firmer snare and one clear melodic counterline. Do not overcrowd the vocal or change the rhythm dramatically. Use distant wordless choir textures very sparingly: a soft sustained “ah” near the end of each chorus, a subtle slowed choir-tape layer during the instrumental passage and one restrained choir swell in the final chorus. The choir should feel ghostly and at
