What’s It Take is the fourth track from Ayli’s Pre-Vintage EP and the lead single for the project. It originates from a scrapped New Vintage demo called Same Old, made in mid-2023. The song features a monologue from Noah Kleinlehrer.
Part I
[Chorus: Ayli]
And what's it take to call your friends from time to time?
And tell them you've been good and they've been on your mind
Just live in the moment
Don't live momentarily
A thousand emotions
But time doesn't wait for me no more
[Verse 1: Ayli]
Full disclosure, I've been thinking over for some time
A hundred-thousand thoughts and faces faded on my eyes
And we don't gotta go and waste another perfect night
So come away with me and maybe we can speak on
All those better times
[Verse 2: Ayli]
I'm running up my phone bill
But it's worth it hearing 'bout
Those summers with our friends
Til 2am
But, really, when's that ever stopped us?
[Bridge: Ayli]
So tell me softly
A million chances
A strain on my old life
[Chorus: Ayli]
And what's it take to call your friends from time to time?
And tell them you've been good and they've been on your mind
Just live in the moment
Don't live momentarily
A thousand emotions
But time doesn't wait for me no more
Part II
[Spoken-Word: Noah Kleinlehrer]
That’s all it is. Just a bunch of little moments that you’ll never fully appreciate until after you’ve lived through them, when you really get down to it. And that’s why living in the present is so hard; because how are you gonna appreciate what’s going on right in front of you if you haven’t made peace with everything that leads up to it? Right?
[Outro: Ayli]
Oh, to you it's just
To you it's just
And you seem to let it go
So much easier than me