Need You Now

[Start] [Build Slowly: Keys] [Intro – Low Synth Throb, Distant Bell Tones] [Drop: Full Band and Melody] [Verse 1 – British Accent, Measured, Spacious Delivery] Still seee youuu... in the back of a cab...— Hackney glass, runnin’ slick with the past.— You were smirkin’! through smoke — in a shadow-lit barrr Boots on the jukebox, ownin’ the darrrk. Held the whole room like you’d paid for the airrr! Left a kiss on the glass — like a dare, (You didn’t care...) And I’m still!—(still!)—.... riiight... theirrr! [Build Up: Crescendo] [Pre-Chorus – British Accent, Soaring Phrases, Soft Echo Builds] Was it ree-ee-eel...?! Or justtt mist on the screeen...?! Were we clo-ohh-ohse... Or just caught in between...?! Youuu were gonnn before I...! could askkk!....— [Interlude: Energetic] [Drop: Anthemic] [Chorus – British Accent, Long Holds, Emotional Crescendo] I neeeed... youuu... nowww!—— Like the lights need the foggg! Like the Thames neeeds the tide! Like I need to be wronggg! Youuu pulled meee innn——! Like the beat pulls a crowd! Didn’t even touch me—! But I feeel youuu nowww...! (I need youuu... nowww...) [Interlude: Synths] [Verse 2 – British Accent, Vocal Rhythm Varies, Builds Tension] Your name’s still scribbled! on the backroom tile That clubbb on Mare Street, red-lit, wilddd. Youuu laughed like a warning, lips slow, smile curled And I’ve been re-run ever since — stuck in that world! Circle the Square in a cab, voice lowww Talkin’ to yourrr ghost in the mirror I knowww (You haunt like the drop in a songgg) And you lefttt before it could go — wronggg! [Interlude: Synths] [Drop: Anthemic] [Chorus – Extended Refrain, Layered Harmonies] I neeeed... youuu... nowww!—— Like the lights need the foggg! Like the Thames neeeds the tide! Like I need to be wronggg! Youuu pulled meee innn——! Like the beat pulls a crowd! Didn’t even touch me—! But I feeel youuu nowww...! (I need youuu... nowww...!) (Still neeed youuu nowww!) [Guitar Solo: Extended, Jangly] [Big Finish] [Build Up: Crescendo] [Bridge – Spoken-Word Feel, Minimal Instrumentation] There’s a room weee neverrr stayed innn Above a bar in Shoreditchhh. TV buzzing blue in the darkkk Yourrr coat on the switchhh (So close...) But I..... misseddd...! [Interlude: Energetic] [Drop: Anthemic] [Final Chorus – Climactic Hold, Full Vocal Expression] I neeeed... youuu... nowww!—— Like the lights need the foggg! Like the Thames neeeds the tide! Like I need to be wronggg! Youuu pulled meee innn——! Like the beat pulls a crowd! Didn’t even touch me—! But I feeel youuu nowww...! (I need youuu... nowww...) [Outro – Short End] (I need youuu... nowww...!) (Still neeed youuu nowww!) (Still neeed youuu nowww!) [End]