[[INTRO: Sparse piano and violin, establishing mood.]] [[VERSE 1: Intimate vocal over minimal instrumentation]] I came to town with an open mind, But a wallet closed down for lack of use. I can’t figure out whose hand to shake Or who I’m trying hard to seduce. [[VERSE 2: Intimate vocal over minimal instrumentation]] In another town, my seams were bursting, Overwhelmed with love for you. I can’t find you in my heart anymore, So I had to change my point of view [[CHORUS: Slight melodic and emotional expansion.]] I just need someone to need me. It feels like such a small request But this town gives out nothing Like a lover who‘s fully dressed. [[VERSE 3: Fuller arrangement with heightened vocals and instrumentation.]] A desert town can be anywhere Even underneath the pouring rain (the rain comes down) (the rain comes down, down, down) It has nothing to do with the weather, But everything to do with the pain. [[CHORUS: quiet harmonic and textural layering.]] I just need someone to need me. A lover who will touch me back (Fingertips touching everything i've ever lost) But this town makes idle threats Like the Gadarene demoniac. [[BRIDGE: Focus on guitar and violin textures and sustained chords.]] I wanna emerge from the caverns (feel light on my face) I wanna find out where you are But this town feeds me darkness Nothing but darkness, black as caviar (darkness, darkness) [[PRE-CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL: quiet harmonic and textural layering.]] [[FINAL CHORUS: Repeated with quiet emotion and layered instrumentation]] I just need someone to need me, To pull me to the forward track, But this town’s got a trigger finger (at the ready, at the ready, at the ready) And a bullet for my back (nothing but a bullet for my back) (nothing but a bullet for my back) (nothing but a bullet for my back) [[OUTRO: Gentle resolution, often fading or easing back.]] I just need someone to need me. I just need someone to need me. I just need someone to need me. Isn’t this such a small request? Something that doesn't matter much This small, small thing In the center of my heart I wish it didn't matter so much
