WHEN YOU CRY - Токио (Make a Remix)

No glossy production, no modern vocal polish, no bright digital shimmer. Tempo: 78 BPM Key: F#m (F-sharp minor) Genre: Emo-pop / Alternative R&B with rap elements / Rap ballad Mood: Vulnerability → Desperation → Acceptance → Light Key Rhyme Pattern: AABB + internal rhymes. [INTRO] [Whisper. Recorded like an old dictaphone. Soft beat and the sound of rain] In the city, it smells only of you… Everywhere, I'm filled with love... [Inhale. 4 heartbeats – BEAT ENTERS] [VERSE 1] [Delivery: Smooth spoken, semi-rap, effortless. Emphasis on sensual images] (B) In the city it smells only of you — (B) Everywhere, I'm filled with love... — (B) A sea of smiles and a sea of desire - (B) No time exists and no distance required — (B) The air around is like nothing I know — (B) No cars, no strangers, nowhere to go - (B) There’s only you (B) — and me — (B) There’s only you (B) — and me — [PRE-CHORUS] [Dynamics: rising. The voice begins to break on the last line] (B) When you cry - (B) Help me — I don't know what to do — (B) Maybe turn into a bird — and fly away from you — (B) When you cry - (B) Help me — I don't know what to do — (B) Maybe turn into a bird — (B) and fly away — [CHORUS] [Rap scream + chanting melody. Beat breaks - half tempo] (B) WHEN YOU CRY — (B) Help me - I don't know what to do! (B) Maybe turn into a bird — (B) And - fly - away - from - you! (B) WHEN YOU CRY — (B) Help me - I don't know what to do! (B) Maybe turn into a bird — (B) And — fly — away — from — you! [POST-CHORUS] [A slurred rap. A whisper bordering on a scream. Just kicks and hats] (B) Help me — help me — (B) help me — help me — (B) Help me — help me — (B) help me — help me — (B) I don't know — I don't know — (B) I don't know what to do! [VERSE 2] [Delivery: A more confident rap. Medium dynamics. Internal rhymes] (B) In the city it smells only of you — (B) Low in my heart, filling with love — (B) Everywhere I've been and everywhere I will be — (B) I will never forget you — you're a part of me — (B) Is this love — or am I dreaming again — (B) The sun rises up - and falls back again - (B) In your eyes - in your eyes - (B) I see everything I am, I see goodbye and goodbyes - (B) There’s only you (B) — and me — (B) There’s only you (B) — and me — [PRE-CHORUS] [Dynamics: rising. The voice begins to break on the last line] (B) When you cry - (B) Help me — I don't know what to do — (B) Maybe turn into a bird - and fly away from you - (B) When you cry - (B) Help me — I don't know what to do — (B) Maybe turn into a bird — (B) and fly away — [CHORUS] [Rap scream + chanting melody. Beat breaks - half tempo] (B) WHEN YOU CRY — (B) Help me - I don't know what to do! (B) Maybe turn into a bird — (B) And - fly - away - from - you! (B) WHEN YOU CRY — (B) Help me - I don't know what to do! (B) Maybe turn into a bird — (B) And - fly - away - from - you! [[Ad-libs:] "Yes!", "Help me!", "I don't know!"] [BRIDGE] [Only piano + voice | Medium soft dynamics. Internal rhymes] (B) In the city it smells only of you — (B) Low in my depths, filling with love — (B) Sea of smiles and sea of desire (B) — (B) No time exists and no distance required (B) — (B) The air around is like nothing I know (B) — (B) No cars, no strangers, nowhere to go (B) - (B) There’s only you (B) — and me — (B) There’s only you (B) — and me — [OUTRO] [Attenuation. The last lines are a whisper] When you cry… When you cry… ...help me... [Silence - end]