There's also a bass drum and an extremely echoey snare-like instrument. It uses the boom-boom-clap timing during the verses and first/third section of the chorus. (Not quite sure what it does during the second part of the chorus.) As for the lyrics, it has an interesting setup: verse, chorus part one, verse, chorus part one, part two, part three, verse, chorus 1/2/3 again, and then an instrumental bridge into the full chorus again.
The verses and the second part of the chorus are unintelligible in my head, but I've managed to make out what the first and third (identical) parts of the chorus are saying, for the most part. "Take it all, Take it in, something something something begin." (Hey, I did say "most part". I think it's "begin", but it could be something else; I know it rhymes with "in", though, and 'begin' seemed right.) With the last being essentially, Bada ba-da-da badabegin timing-wise.
That timing also gives a good idea for the verses, too. It basically goes like this:
[verse1]
Huh-ah huh-ha-huh huh-duh-huh-huh, Huh-ah huh-ha-huh huh-duh-huh-huh.
Huh-ah huh-ha-huh huh-duh-huh-huh, Huh-ah huh-ha-huh huh-duh-huh-huh.
[chorus-1]
Take it all, take it in, Bada ba-da-da badabegin.
Take it all, take it in, Bada ba-da-da badabegin.
[chorus-2]
Huh-ha--ha-ha-ha hahuhduhduh, Huh-ha--ha-ha-ha hahuhduhduh.
Huh-ha--ha-ha-ha hahuhduhduh, Huh-ha--ha-ha-ha hahuhduhduh.
[chorus-3]
Take it all, take it in, Bada ba-da-da badabegin.
Take it all, take it in, Bada ba-da-da badabegin.
And you get the idea from there. Each bit of the verse/chorus2 is different (with each verse being different than the previous verse and different from chorus2, with chorus2 remaining the same), but the chorus1/3 repeats the same thing each time. I just wish I was able to actually sing it. Because the female singer who is singing it in my head is singing it beautifully.
It's probably one of the prettiest songs I've ever heard, and yet while I am fairly certain it's based off of a real song, I have absolutely no clue where I'd begin to look for something like this. It's so...gorgeous. The verses are all nice and soft. The words flow from one to the other. The chorus1/3, she takes her time, and rolls the words a bit, but otherwise has a very-slightly-deep voice that the verse also had, albeit subdued thanks to the soft flowy words.
And then in the middle of the chorus, she raises the pitch, going high and fast: the notes are the same and on the same timing (but are more accented, so are said faster), but the extra volume gives them a completely different sound than the verses. It's just...heavenly to hear. I wish, I really, really wish, there was a better way for you all to visualize this. If I could give you a single note, then from just that you might be able to fill in the gaps in the music and figure out why the tune is so gorgeous in my mind. But my writing means that you don't have even the slightest idea where to begin, and even if you did, you don't know how much the different sounds jump. (Heck, in some cases, I think I'm using the same sound when the actual note is different between the two, but it's so hard for my untrained ear to hear. It requires slowing the tune down in my mind and playing the notes one at a time, repeatedly, to see if two are the same or different.)
I really wish sometimes that I was an actual musician. Because I have it as a passion, just...not one that I've actually got any actual talent in. The ability is clearly there, but...it's locked.