This song started as an instrumental called “Intimate Immediacy” and it already had all the elements of this track. I had specifically created an instrument built from metallic sheets creating these high pitched sounds that reminded me of nerve-activation in the body - tantalizing and activating. Low bass slowly moving forward and solo strings playing interwound legato lines. A piano hook plays all through the song creating a hypnotic trance. As an over-thinker it is not always easy for me to stay in the moment and simply enjoy and accept what is - I tend to destroy it before it can spread. This is my celebration of the moments when the connection was so strong that I was so caught up in the moment my mind couldn’t intervene. I’d like to think I’m better off staying in the moment these days. It’s certainly worth it.

Lyrics

Nervous Systems (Intimate Immediacy)

[Verse 1]
Your eyelash trembles
I feel it in my ribs
Tiny storm under your skin
Crashing into mine

Air gets heavier
Though nobody speaks
Your hand almost touches
I feel it underneath

[Chorus]
We’re talking in pulses
In shivers and sparks
Two nervous systems
Drawing maps in the dark
No language between us
Just signal and sigh
I answer your breathing
You answer my spine

[Verse 2]
Your shoulder leans
My heartbeat leans into yours
Slower
Softer
Matching your wave
You laugh too quietly
My stomach learns the sound
Translates it straight
Into staying this way

[Chorus]
We’re talking in pulses
In shivers and sparks
Two nervous systems
Drawing maps in the dark
No language between us
Just signal and sigh
I answer your breathing
You answer my spine

[Bridge]
Blink once
My chest opens
Blink twice
The room folds in
Every flutter
A signal
Every goosebump
A trace

[Chorus]
We’re talking in pulses
In shivers and sparks
Two nervous systems
Drawing maps in the dark
No language between us
Just signal and sigh
I answer your breathing
You answer my spine