[Intro | 0:00–0:14 | bare, out of time] [chair creak, light crackle] left me… on the rocks… [long breath] didn’t look back… [Groove In | 0:14–0:24 | guitar + foot stomp find tempo] [boot stomp locks, guitar steady] still here… [Verse 1 | 0:24–0:52 | close, dry] wound won’t close… won’t let me sleep… smell of it… runs you off me… said I’d slow… down your line… cut me loose… left me behind… [Hook 1 | 0:52–1:12 | simple, repeatable] you left me… left me… right here… to rot… you left me… left me… said I was… too much… [low group: “mmm…”] [Turnaround | 1:12–1:20 | band breath] [guitar lick, bass thump] [vintage sample — distant men] “we’ll come back…” [Verse 2 | 1:20–1:48 | heavier voice] day goes long… night goes slow… pain don’t quit… just lets you know… count the waves… lose the names… talk to ghosts… sound the same… [Hook 2 | 1:48–2:08 | stronger] you left me… left me… out here… alone… you left me… left me… stone by… stone… [Break | 2:08–2:20 | strip] [CUT] [flies faint, wind] still here… [Recall | 2:20–2:34 | first lift] [vintage sample — urgent, closer] “we need him…” [boot stomp returns] need me… [Hook 3 | 2:34–2:56 | twist] you left me… left me… now you… call… you need me… need me… after… all… [Verse 3 | 2:56–3:20 | reluctant rise] same old wound… same old sun… same damn man… still not done… take that aim… still the hurt… still the same… [Final Hook | 3:20–3:45 | fullest, but not triumphant] you left me… left me… to decay… you need me… need me… anyway… pain don’t… let go… truth… you know… [Outro | 3:45–4:05 | fall apart] [guitar slows, tempo drifts] [vintage sample — quiet regret] “shouldn’t have left him…” too late… [vintage sample — quiet regret] “shouldn’t have left him…” too late… [crackle, silence]
