⸻ 🎼 “I Need the Antidote (Beloved Loss Version – V1)” ⸻ [Intro | soft piano | low bowed bass | distant horn swell | room reverb] Your chair still pulled out at the table Your coat on the hook by the door Morning light falls the same as it used to But you don’t walk in anymore Oh ⸻ [Verse 1 | piano + upright bass | brushes] I move through the house like a ghost Counting days I miss you the most Every room holds a trace Of your laugh in this place Every clock, every chime Keeps a beat out of time Since the day that you went And took half of me with ⸻ [Pre-Chorus | strings rise | breathy horn] I still pour two cups of coffee Still turn to tell you the news Every little thing reminds me Of a life I can’t refuse ⸻ [Chorus | fuller strings | restrained drums] I need the antidote All of this silence is louder without you I need the antidote You were the rhythm that carried me through I need the antidote Ooh ooh I need the antidote Ooh ooh I need the antidote ⸻ [Chant Chorus 1 | hollow | low bass pulse] Down and out I’m out when I’m down and out I’m not with you, I’m not with you Down and out I’m out when I’m down and out I’m not with you, I’m not with you ⸻ [Instrumental Solo 0 | solo horn (flugelhorn/trumpet) lead | warm, mournful | light strings] ⸻ [Verse 2 | minimal | piano + bass] I still set your plate by mistake Still sleep on your side when I wake Fold the clothes like you showed Walk the path that we wrote Pictures fade on the wall But I still hear your call In the quiet at night I reach out to your side ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 2 | stronger swell | strings + horn] Family gathers, I’m smiling But I’m not really there Every story still holds you Like a voice in the air ⸻ [Chorus 2 | deeper delivery] I need the antidote All of this silence is louder without you I need the antidote You were the rhythm that carried me through I need the antidote Ooh ooh I need the antidote Ooh ooh I need the antidote ⸻ [Chant Chorus 2 | progression] Down and out I’m out when I’m down and out I’m not with you, I’m lost without you Down and out I’m out when I’m down and out I’m not with you, I still miss you ⸻ [Instrumental Solo 1 | cello lead | slow, aching | bass underpinning] ⸻ [Bridge / Verse 3 | drop drums | piano + low strings] Your name carved into stone With a space left for my own I sit there sometimes And just talk like before Tell you things I can’t say To the world day to day And I wait in the wind Like you’re listening still ⸻ [Instrumental Solo 2 | horn + cello blend | soft, fading] ⸻ [Final Chorus | fullest swell | choir pad optional] I need the antidote There’s only your memory holding me steady I need the antidote And time doesn’t make this any less heavy I need the antidote Ooh ooh I need the antidote Ooh ooh I need the antidote ⸻ [Outro Chant | final progression | acceptance] Down and out I’m out when I’m down and out I’m not with you, I still feel you Down and out I’m out when I’m down and out I’m not with you, I carry you Down and out I’m out when I’m down and out I’m not with you, I can’t undo Down and out I’m out when I’m down and out I’m not with you, I’m still loving you ⸻ [Final Line | soft, close-mic] You were the antidote ⸻
