# SOMEONE HAS TO SEE *Fidget — Tales from the Archives* [Intro — distant rain, soft synth pulse, a faint mechanical ticking] [Female vocal, almost whispered] City lights are turning on Another night, another dawn Everybody's going somewhere Nobody sees who's standing there [Verse 1 — intimate vocals, soft bass enters] There's a man beside a broken door Says it hasn't worked in weeks People pass him on the sidewalk Like he's forgotten how to speak There's a girl beneath the railway With a coat too thin for rain And the city keeps on turning Like it doesn't feel the pain I've got a pocket full of copper And a wrench that's seen some years I can mend a hundred engines But I can't repair these tears [Pre-Chorus — rising synth pad, restrained tension] And they say it's not my problem Say there's nothing I can do But I wonder what the world becomes When everybody thinks that too [Chorus — warm, melancholic deep-house groove] Someone has to see Someone has to care Someone has to stop and say "I know that you are there" And I can't fix everything Can't make the whole world new But if there's one thing I can mend tonight Then that's what I'm gonna do Oh, someone has to see Someone has to see [Instrumental — pulsing synth bass, soft shimmering keys, spacious melodic refrain] [Verse 2 — steady groove, gentle female lead] There's a woman in the market Selling pieces of her past Little treasures from a better time That she couldn't make last She says the machines are winning Says the world's forgotten how To build a thing for people Instead of asking what they're worth now So I bought a little music box With a spring that wouldn't wind Took it home and fixed the broken gear And brought it back that night She laughed until she started crying Said she hadn't heard it play Since a little boy with bright green eyes Had taken it apart one day [Pre-Chorus — drums soften, voice nearly breaks] And I know I can't bring back the years Or every dream that's gone But sometimes all a person needs Is someone holding on [Chorus — brighter synth harmony, subtly layered vocals] Someone has to see Someone has to care Someone has to stop and say "I know that you are there" And I can't fix everything Can't make the whole world new But if there's one thing I can mend tonight Then that's what I'm gonna do Oh, someone has to see Someone has to see [Instrumental break — bassline continues, gentle wordless female vocal, distant mechanical chimes] [Bridge — almost all instrumentation drops away, intimate and vulnerable] I used to think that fixing things Meant making broken pieces fit That if I found the missing gear The world would turn again with it But some things aren't machines And some wounds don't disappear And sometimes there's no clever way To put things back the way they were [Pause — a single piano note] But I can stay I can listen I can say your name And maybe that's a start [Final Chorus — full warm groove, soft layered harmonies, emotionally uplifting] Someone has to see Someone has to care Someone has to light a little lamp And leave it burning there No, I can't fix everything Can't make the whole world new But I can make one corner brighter And I can share that light with you Someone has to see Someone has to try Someone has to keep a little hope When all the sparks have died And if the world keeps turning Like it doesn't have a clue I'll be standing in the rain tonight With a little light for you [Outro — groove slowly fades, soft electric piano and ticking clockwork] [Whispered] You can't fix what you refuse to see. [Softly sung] Someone has to see... Someone has to see... [Final mechanical click, warm synth pad fades to silence]
