[Intro - piano, intimate female vocal] You say, “I miss you.” I say, “I’m right here.” You say, “I know.” The piano disappears. [Build] Stay close. Lights low. One more— then we go. [Drop - piano hook, heavy bass] Will you stay when the music stops? [Verse 1 - rhythmic female vocal] Your hand finds mine beneath the lights. We get three minutes of us right. No careful words, no checking phones, no “Who’s been sleeping where?” back home. You brush the hair back from my face. I almost ask you back to stay. Instead, I pull you through the crowd. Some things are easier said loud. [Pre-Chorus] But when you lean into my ear, say something I can take from here. Something that will still be true when there’s no bass to hold us to. [Chorus] Will you stay when the music stops? When the lights come up on us? Hold me where the room goes quiet. Tell me something I can trust. We can move like nothing’s changed. We can kiss like that’s enough. But will you stay, will you stay when the music stops? [Build - rising tension] When the lights come up— stay. When the lights come up— stay. [Drop - driving piano riff, rolling bass] When the music stops. Will you stay? [Instrumental - speed garage groove] [Verse 2 - tight melodic delivery] Last week, I saw your name light up. I watched it ring, then called it luck. Tonight, I’m asking you for truth. I know I owe the same to you. You say, “Come outside a minute.” I say, “After this one ends.” Then I hear what I’ve been doing: making you wait again. [Breakdown - solo piano] Outside, the kick comes through the wall. You start to speak. I let you talk. I have an answer halfway formed. I let it go. You tell me more. [Final Build] No more “after this.” No more “not tonight.” Let the record end. I’m not leaving yet. [Final Chorus] I will stay when the music stops, when the lights come up on us. I can hold you in the quiet. You can say the difficult stuff. We don’t have to leave together. We don’t have to call this love. But I will stay, I will stay when the music stops. [Final Drop - full energy, piano and bass] I will stay. When the music stops. I will stay. I will stay when the music stops. [Final Drop - full energy, piano and bass] I will stay. When the music stops. I will stay. [Outro - piano] You finish speaking. Morning comes. For once, I don’t turn the music up.
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