///*****/// [Intro - distant male vocal] Don’t come closer yet Just stay where I can see you [Verse 1] I got used to not reaching Used to sleeping through the night Nothing waiting on the other side of the bed Then you walked in like you knew where everything belonged Now even silence sounds different when you’re gone [Pre-Chorus] I could call it anything Make it smaller if I wanted to But every little feeling keeps leaning toward you [Chorus] [First “I” - dry, intimate, center] I... [Second “I” - soft octave ghost drifting left] I... [Third “I” - reversed breath into a warm harmony drifting right] I... Neeeeed you [stacked falsetto bloom] Need you Need you [First “I” - close whisper underneath] I... [Second “I” - short melodic delay answering above] I... [Third “I” - gentle pitch-rise with stereo tail] I... Neeeeed you [HIGH MELODIC VOCAL FLIP] you-ooh-ooh... [LOW RESPONSE] I need you [LEAD] More than I meant to [Instrumental / Amapiano Pocket] [melodic vocal fragments derived from chorus] I... [soft echo] I... you... need... you-ooh... [Rhodes carries chorus melody] [log drum answers] [Verse 2] You know the parts I don’t translate The quiet after something hurts You never ask me for a better version Never make me find the words You leave and everything stays here Your glass beside the sink Your shape inside the room Somehow absence takes up space too [Bridge - nearly naked vocal] Maybe need is too honest Maybe that’s why I keep fighting it Come here Closer Stay [Final Chorus] [First “I” - dry center] I... [Second “I” - airy falsetto ghost left] I... [Third “I” - reverse tail blooms into harmony right] I... Neeeeed you [STACKED HARMONIES] Need you Need you Need you [First “I” - whispered double] I... [Second “I” - octave-up melodic shadow] I... [Third “I” - slowly widening stereo harmony] I... Neeeeed you [MELODIC VOCAL FLIPS] you-ooh... need you... ooh... you... [LEAD] And I hate how good it feels to say it [Outro] [three increasingly distant voices] I... I... I... need you... [close mic] Don’t make me take it back
