重陽登高

[Intro: 10 bars, tape hiss in, piano motif + soft strings, brushed snare, no vocal] [Verse 1 Male: sparse piano + fretless bass, male vocal intimate, breath audible] 石階彎轉山徑松香透 菊酒三杯碑前敬故舊 碑文字跡擦清年月久 半山風捲幾片舊雲袖 [Verse 1 Female: add chorus guitar arpeggio, female vocal closer, more air] 舊屋邨裏糕香仍似舊 你講登高可見遠村頭 秋風跟當日同樣溫厚 吹過髮梢如你護我袖 [Pre-Chorus Overlap: strings swell, shaker in, male lead female harmony third above] 年年重九 歲歲照舊 牽掛說話壓喺心口久 [Chorus Duet: full band, open snare, wide strings, vibrato on last word] 重九山上望遍維港霧 思念悠悠飄過長海路 舊情未散暖意存肺腑 一生有你伴我未怕步 [Verse 2 Female: piano + sax color, female lead, male hum octave below] 野花坡歇處茶溫尚厚 講起你當年打拚歲久 城中山色始終仍似舊 似你教我頂風莫退後 [Verse 2 Male: add light strings, male lead, female hum below] 火光中熄燭輕合眼眸 似聽見你叮囑加衫袖 香江秋光裏溫情依舊 歲歲有這日歸來聚首 [Pre-Chorus Overlap: same as before, bigger lift, harmony wider] 年年重九 歲歲照舊 牽掛說話壓喺心口久 [Chorus Duet: double-tracked duet, stronger vibrato, slight crack on "腑"] 重九山上望遍維港霧 思念悠悠飄過長海路 舊情未散暖意存肺腑 一生有你伴我未怕步 [Bridge Female: drop to piano only, tape wobble, spoken-sung, very close] 如果有一日你真係返嚟 [Bridge Male: male enters softly] 我會企返喺山徑路口 [Duet Together: full build, snare roll, hold last note] 唔問你去咗幾遠 只知道 你長喺我心頭 [Sax Solo: 8 bars, tenor sax over strings, analog warmth, rear-channel echo] [Final Chorus Duet: key change +2 semitones, full band, ad-lib runs both voices] 重九山上望遍維港霧 思念悠悠飄過長海路 舊情未散暖意存肺腑 一生有你伴我未怕步 [Outro: fade on piano motif + tape hiss, final duet breath out, 5.1 ambient decay]