[intro - atmospheric 90s piano with vinyl crackle] [vinyl crackle, iconic 90s upright piano playing f# minor progression, distant gabber kick tease, atmospheric pads swell] [deep male vocal - intimate, close-mic, authoritative] officer... sir... madam... can you hear me... we are not your enemy... [verse 1 - male vocal, gabber kick + piano, voice of protest] [distorted gabber kick enters, rolling reese bass, 90s piano chords, deep male baritone vocal] we are the kids you used to rock to sleep we are the promises you couldn't keep we are the ones who dance to feel alive not the criminals you love to vilify we gather in the dark to feel the light we come together to survive the night but when the sirens come, we run in fear because the ones who should protect are here to shut us down, to drag us off, to shame to put a price on every heart and name [spoken - intimate, stripped] [only piano + vinyl crackle, no beat] we are not monsters... we are your children... we are your brothers... we are your sisters... and we just want to dance... [chorus 1 - male vocal lead, layered harmonies, gabber + piano] [full arrangement, distorted kick + piano + reese bass, deep male vocal with layered low harmonies, wide stereo] ravers lives matter, hear what we say we are not nothing, we're in your way ravers lives matter, don't look aside we are the children you tried to hide we bleed, we cry, we love, we dream we are more than your worst regime ravers lives matter, say it with us ravers lives matter, ravers lives matter [verse 2 - female vocal, broken breakbeat + piano, voice of spirit] [chopped amen breaks replace gabber kick, piano continues, ethereal high female soprano vocal, breathy and distant] you see the bass and you see the sweat you see the lights and you feel regret but you don't see the hands that hold each other you don't see the stranger becoming brother you don't see the tears when the music ends you don't see the love that the weekend sends you only see what you want to see a threat, a crime, a tragedy but we are the peace you refuse to find we are the love you left behind [spoken - intimate, ethereal] [only piano + pads, female vocal whispered] please... see us... really see us... we are human too... [chorus 2 - female vocal lead, ethereal harmonies, breakbeat + piano] [full arrangement, broken breakbeat + piano + supersaw leads, high female vocal with layered airy harmonies, wider stereo] ravers lives matter, hear what we sing we are the hope that the morning brings ravers lives matter, feel what we feel we are the wound that refuses to heal we breathe, we move, we dance, we pray we are the light at the end of day ravers lives matter, say it with us ravers lives matter, ravers lives matter [bridge - stripped to solo piano + intimate spoken male vocal] [only 90s upright piano + vinyl crackle, no beat, deep male vocal close-mic, long reverb tails] i had a friend... who only wanted to dance... he went to a warehouse... just like a thousand nights before... but this time... the doors were locked from outside... and the fire... the fire found him first... and nobody came... nobody came... because we were just ravers... and ravers don't matter... do they... do they... [spoken - female vocal, grieving] [only piano + pads] his mother still waits... his sister still cries... and the world keeps turning... as if he never existed... but he did... he mattered... he matters... [chorus 3 - male and female duet, call-and-response, piano + both beats layered] [full arrangement, gabber kick + amen breaks layered, piano prominent, male and female vocals trading lines, layered harmonies from both] [male] ravers lives matter [female] hear what we say [male] we are not nothing [female] we're here to stay [male] ravers lives matter [female] don't look aside [male] we are the children [female] you tried to hide [both] we bleed, we cry, we love, we dream [both] we are more than your worst regime [both] ravers lives matter, say it with us [both] ravers lives matter, ravers lives matter [spoken - both voices, intimate] [only piano + vinyl crackle] [male] to the officers... [female] to the government... [male] to the judges... [female] to the media... [both] we are asking... [both] not demanding... [both] just asking... [both] to be seen... [final chorus - full choir + all elements, maximum emotional power] [absolute peak, gabber kick + amen breaks + piano + supersaws + hoover + full mixed choir, wide stereo, most emotional delivery, all three vocal registers unified] ravers lives matter hear what we say we are not nothing we're in your way ravers lives matter don't look aside we are the children you tried to hide we bleed, we cry we love, we dream we are more than your worst regime ravers lives matter, say it with us ravers lives matter, ravers lives matter [outro - fade with solo piano echoes] ravers lives matter... ravers lives matter... we matter...
