[Intro] [Solo Cello - low, mournful notes] [Acoustic guitar - soft percussive slaps on strings] [VOICE: SOLO BRITISH MALE] (Spoken, breathless, intimate) And if you say... if you really say... That you were the one. The only one. The one who could save me from the jump, from the very start. Then explain to me... why’d you leave? Why’d you leave me here? 'Cause I needed you. I really did. I needed you... again. [Verse 1] [Vocal Style: Ren-style fast flow, articulate, conversational] Shattered lies from the start, yeah, it’s all been a bit of a part. Empty hearts, no subtle silence, just the ghost of a spark. I can feel you screaming at me, but your lips don't even move, It’s in the way you look away, in the rhythm of the groove. Not with your words, nah, it’s the reactions, the tiny fractions, of a soul that’s checking out, and it breaks me. It literally breaks me inside. [Pre-Chorus] [Tension building, more melodic but gritty] Every day is a fate that I don't want to face. Stuck in a cycle, lost in a race. And I know this world... I know it’s killing you slowly. [Chorus] [Vocal: Powerful, raw, pushing into a belt] And if you say you were the one who could save me from the start! Then why did you leave? Why did you leave me here?! 'Cause I needed you... (ooh-ooh-ooh) Yes, I needed you... (ooh-ooh-ooh) Again. [Verse 2] [Fast, breathless, urgent, aggressive] And you start to kill me with the silence, it’s a violent kind of quiet. No reaction, no fear, just a cold, internal riot. I can feel the pure disdain dripping off your skin, not with the words you say, but the silence you stay in. Inaction is a weapon, and you’re swinging it well, turning this heaven into a personal cell. It breaks me now. [Pre-Chorus] Every night is a cycle I don't want to face. And I know that this night... I know it’s gonna be cold. [Chorus] [Maximum intensity, shouting] And if you say you were the one who could save me from the start! Then why did you leave? Why did you leave me here?! 'Cause I needed you... (ooh-ooh-ooh) Yes, I needed you... (ooh-ooh-ooh) [Bridge] [Music drops to just percussive guitar tapping and clicks] [Vocal: Angry, confrontational, rapid fire] And you deny it! You say that everything’s fine, but I’m reading the subtext, I’m reading between the lines! I know that you hate to see me do what I love, even when I’m right there, even when push comes to shove. It’s never enough, is it? Even by your side! Unless you’ve got the wheel, unless you’ve got the ride! You want all my ATTENTION! (Attention!) You want all my AFFECTION! (AFFECTION!) But you give back... nothing. [Chorus] [Orchestral Cello swell] And if you say you were the one who could save me from the start! Then why did you leave? Why did you leave me here?! 'Cause I needed you... Yes, I needed you... [Outro] [Vocal: Dropping back to a low, defeated whisper] I could be right beside you. Inches away. And it would never be enough. Never. So please... just spare me the pain. I needed you to love me for me, just as I am. And I know you have your own pain, I get it, I do. But to treat me... the way you do. (The way you do). To treat me the way you do. (Voice cracks) The way you do. [End] [Final Cello pluck]
