Shake the Midnight Awake

[Vocal Direction: Lead female vocal should sound like a distinctive raspy disco-soul club singer with a warm lower register, cheeky accent, rhythmic bite, playful spoken-sung phrasing in the verses, and a strong belted chorus. Avoid clean generic modern pop vocals] [Intro – bassline first, handclaps, congas, disco hi-hats, crowd rising, strings stab on the downbeat] [Spoken/sung, flirty] Midnight’s sleeping... Shall we wake it? [repeat] [Verse 1 – confident female lead, flirty disco strut] I came in late with my heels on fire, A silver laugh and a velvet desire. The room turned round when the bassline spoke, Smoke in the lights and a heart in my throat. You caught my eye by the mirrored wall, One little smile and I heard it call. Not love, not yet, but the night had plans, And the whole room moved when I lifted my hands. [Pre-Chorus 1 – rising strings, falsetto backing answers] Lights go high, then low, Feel that fever start to show. Step in close, don’t be shy, We’re gonna wake up the midnight sky. [Chorus – full mega disco, chantable hook] Shake the midnight awake, Shake it till the floorboards quake. Clap your hands, let the bassline roll, Everybody move with a mirrorball soul. Shake the midnight awake, Spin it till the daylight breaks. Step by step, we lose control, Everybody move with a mirrorball soul. [Post-Chorus – dance hook, call-and-response backing] Shake it, shake it! Wake it up! Move it, move it! Don’t you stop! Midnight, midnight! Hear it call! Shake the room, shake the wall! [Verse 2 – groove hotter, room starts to feel alive] The drummer grinned like he knew my name, Trumpets flashed and the ceiling flamed. Your jacket spun like a comet tail, My pulse went wild on the disco rail. The mirrorball blinked like an open eye, Throwing little moons through the velvet sky. I said, “One more dance,” but the floor said, “Three,” And the rhythm put its fingerprints on me. [Pre-Chorus 2 – bigger lift, more backing vocals] Lights go gold, then white, Feel that fever bite the night. Step in close, don’t look back, The whole room’s riding a silver track. [Chorus 2 – fuller horns, strings, falsetto layers] Shake the midnight awake, Shake it till the floorboards quake. Clap your hands, let the bassline roll, Everybody move with a mirrorball soul. Shake the midnight awake, Spin it till the daylight breaks. Step by step, we lose control, Everybody move with a mirrorball soul. [Breakdown – bass, claps, congas, crowd chant, strings drop out] Bassline! [Vocoder] Take me higher. Handclap! [Vocoder] Feed the fire. Step left! Step right! [Vocoder] Wake the midnight! Wake the night! [Chaos Bridge – flirty turns possessed; glitch stutters, reversed echoes, mariachi trumpet bursts, reggaeton percussion flickers, didgeridoo drone under the bass] You said, “One more dance,” I said, “Careful what you start.” Now the horns are laughing sideways, And the bassline stole my heart. Didgeridoo under thunder, Trumpets flashing gold, My voice breaks into pieces, But the groove won’t let me go. [Call and Response – chaotic but still danceable] Shake it, shake it, shake it! Wake it, wake it, wake it! Midnight, midnight, midnight! Let the fever take it! Spin it, spin it, spin it! Don’t let daylight win it! Move it, move it, move it! Let the whole world feel it! [Final Chorus – explosive disco returns, bigger and stranger, horns and strings blazing] Shake the midnight awake, Shake it till the floorboards quake. Clap your hands, let the bassline roll, Everybody move with a mirrorball soul. Shake the midnight awake, Spin it till the daylight breaks. Step by step, we lose control, Everybody move with a mirrorball soul. [Final Chorus Repeat – crowd vocals, falsetto backing, ad-libs] Shake the midnight awake, Shake it till the floorboards quake. Raise your hands, let the wild thing roll, Everybody move with a mirrorball soul. Shake the midnight awake, Keep it burning when the morning breaks. Heart by heart, we lose control, Everybody move with a mirrorball soul. [Outro – bassline, claps, fading crowd, reversed echoes, one last trumpet flash] Shake it, shake it... Wake it up... Midnight, midnight... Don’t you stop...