Solo acoustic guitar enters and sets the spare pulse before any voice. The track begins already in farewell tempo—thin, steady, unhurried.

Soft vocal arrives over the guitar and delivers the first farewell verse. The section establishes the song’s contract in plain speech-melody: departure named, bittersweet care already present.

The title line takes the form. I will always love you arrives as the fixed answer to the verse, held longer and clearer than the surrounding lines, then eases back so the cycle can turn again.

Second farewell verse reloads the same shape with new detail. The second refrain answers once more; strings enter beneath the guitar and lift the return without breaking the verse–refrain frame. Repetition does the work—same promise, fuller bed.

Sung form yields to soft spoken-sung address over the continuing accompaniment. The refrain is withheld; the section delays the title’s return and shifts register from song to parting benediction.

Final refrain reclaims the title at peak sustained weight—voice and strings gather, the long high hold lands, then pressure releases. Pattern and body lock recede into terminal silence.

The whole map is leave, name the lasting love, leave again, pause to bless, and sing the vow once more before the room goes quiet.