Q: since the picture being painted is kind of distant and longing, where as the chord is very straightforward feeling. Though at the same time i understand your choice within the context of the piece and the time limit. curious if you have any tidbits
A: the first way it came to me was as it is. when i went to work out the details, i refined it to actually be F over Bb (on "there") was more shiny and exotic that way, and seemed cool because that would actually make it nearly exactly how it happened on "grey" at the same time in the first verse except a half step higher. so i thought that would be the right answer, but then upon run-through in wider context it instantly felt wrong, and it was immediately clear that the way i first had it was better so i switched it back. sometimes what seems to work up close just doesn't work in the real time flow of the song in wider context. that's why full run throughs (like from the beginning) are so important, and the only way to find out what's really gonna work