[Intro] [Clipped mouth beatbox drums and plucked toy-box keys] [Distorted electric guitar swell] [Close-mic whispered vocal] Look at you now... (Look at you now...) Where did the superstar go? [Verse 1] [Sparse beatbox percussion and finger snaps] [Plucked keys] Gold stars on my forehead, straight A's on the page, Everyone said I’d be owning the stage. Smartest little boy with the world in his hands, Blueprints for a life full of silver and gold plans. Fast forward twenty years, sitting in the dark, Staring at the ceiling with a extinguished spark. Dirty dishes in the sink, bills on the floor, Wondering who came and locked the front door. [Pre-Chorus] [Haunted yodel runs in background] [Stacked whispered vocals climbing] [Reversed breath swells] I was supposed to fly... (Fly real high...) So how’d I get so low? (Yo-de-lay-ee-oo...) Who turned off the show? [Chorus] [Heavy bass drop under the hook] [Twisted lullaby melody with bright gang harmonies] [Yodel-led vocal hook] Oh, yo-de-lay-ee! What happened to the dream? I’m falling apart right at the seams! They said I was special, they said I was bright, So why am I rotting in the middle of the night? Yo-de-lay-ee-oo! Where did the promise go? Just a ghost of a kid in a tragic little show! (What a tragic little show!) [Verse 2] [Finger snaps and clipped mouth drums] [Distorted guitar stabs] Trophies on the shelf gathering the dust, Ironclad future turning into rust. I remember feeling like I’d conquer the sky, Now I barely have the heart to even try. Working nine to five just to pay for my room, Traded my glory for a cloud full of gloom. Is this all there is? Is the highlight reel done? Was my only good chapter when I was zero-to-one? [Pre-Chorus] [Haunted yodel runs in background] [Stacked whispered vocals climbing] [Reversed breath swells] I was supposed to fly... (Fly real high...) So how’d I get so low? (Yo-de-lay-ee-oo...) Who turned off the show? [Chorus] [Heavy bass drop under the hook] [Twisted lullaby melody with bright gang harmonies] [Yodel-led vocal hook] Oh, yo-de-lay-ee! What happened to the dream? I’m falling apart right at the seams! They said I was special, they said I was bright, So why am I rotting in the middle of the night? Yo-de-lay-ee-oo! Where did the promise go? Just a ghost of a kid in a tragic little show! (What a tragic little show!) [Bridge] [Toy-box chimes and haunting yodel solo] [Half-time pulse slowing down] Hush little baby, don't say a word... (Don't say a word...) You’re the saddest story that they ever heard. [Heavy bass swell with distorted electric guitar chugs] Give me back my spark! Give me back my light! Why'd the story end before I even got to fight?! [Chorus] [Explosive bass drop] [Full gang harmonies with soaring yodel hook] Oh, yo-de-lay-ee! What happened to the dream? I’m falling apart right at the seams! They said I was special, they said I was bright, So why am I rotting in the middle of the night? Yo-de-lay-ee-oo! Where did the promise go? Just a ghost of a kid in a tragic little show! [Outro] [Toy-box music box slowly winding down] [Fading beatbox mouth percussion] [Close-mic whispered vocal with subtle yodel trailing off] Yo-de-lay-ee-oo... I had so much promise... Didn't I? [Soft breath out] [End]
