One of the most notable qualities of “Meet You in the Maze” is Blake’s restless vocal line. He sings of a past lover who occupies his every thought. The only consolation is that his ex will return to him before she can “fill the page” with another.

Jumping ahead to the final lyrics, “Music can’t be everything”, it's clear this story doesn’t end well. Given that this song is literally about being in the middle of a maze, his unresolved ending is fitting. When looking at the range of Blake’s vocals, we find this “middle of a maze” theme holding true: the first and last notes of the main melody are in the exact middle of the song’s impressive 2 octave range from Bb2 to Bb4.

From start to finish, Blake’s vocal range guides us through the journey of the labyrinth. As his voice descends, approaching the lowest Bb, Blake laments in a worried sigh, “or you’ll travel long and far and find another.” We reach the high point much later as Blake screams with anxious regret, “they were once awaiting.”

Much of the restlessness of “Meet You in the Maze” is reinforced by the song’s wandering form. The standard layout of most pop songs follows a verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus scheme, or ABABCB. In Blake’s track, we find a far more erratic scheme: ABCC’DEFGE’F’D’HF’’.

Clearly, “Meet You in the Maze” contains an unusually high amount of differing sections. And, even when sections are repeated, the vocal lines have been altered slightly, with new embellishments and variations—the music itself has become a winding labyrinth.

Blake personifies the maze on a micro-level during the second instance of the lyric, “maze” at the 2:00 mark. Here’s a rough breakdown of the chords: