[Intro: grand piano, strings swell under it] [Hook: powerful female soul vocalist, soaring] I saved you a seat, I saved you a seat Nobody sits where you're supposed to be Wake up loud, the whole room's waitin' I saved you a seat [Verse 1: raw male rapper, close to the mic] Tuesday, room four-twelve, I bring the paper and the noise Plug the speaker by the window, play the beats we made as boys Eight months you been sleepin' with a tube where your laugh was Doctor said "maybe," and I hold that word like it's all that's left of us I shave you every Sunday 'cause you'd kill me if you woke up scruffy Lotion on your knuckles, same knuckles that used to rough me Your daughter lost her front tooth, charged the fairy double Said, "Daddy would've told me to," and the whole room went to rubble I tell you every score. Rec league. We lost by two I missed the last shot, Dre. That's your shot. That was you [Hook: female soul vocalist] I saved you a seat, I saved you a seat Nobody sits where you're supposed to be Wake up loud, the whole room's waitin' I saved you a seat [Verse 2: harder, strings rising] I ain't gon' lie to you in here, I been mad as hell Mad at the motherfucker who drank and drove and walked away from it well Mad at the bed, mad at the clock, mad at the coffee in the hall Mad at myself for every time I saw your name and didn't call Your mama still cooks for two, sets your plate, and then she stares Your girl sold the truck but kept the keys, they hang off your chair I carry you around in my chest like a second set of lungs Every breath I take, I take one extra, ever since the sirens come [Bridge: the rapper sings, cracked and raw, piano only] I'm a terrible singer, you always said so But you can't stop me now, so here we go Squeeze my hand if you hear it Squeeze my hand, just a little [Verse 3: quiet, then building] Nothin'. Okay. That's alright. I'll be back next week That plastic chair, that window, that hum, that squeak Nurses know my name, they let me stay past eight The vending machine know my order. I can wait. I can wait You waited on me every time I was late to every single thing So I'ma wait on you forever, if forever's what it brings [Final Hook: female vocalist at full power, strings wide open] I saved you a seat, I saved you a seat Nobody sits where you're supposed to be Wake up loud, the whole room's waitin' I saved you a seat [Outro: piano alone, a slow steady monitor beep under it] [End]
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