Play me again (UK garage, progressive-house, Afro-house) 01

[Intro - rain on metal, music-box melody, filtered, whispered, no drums] (patter... patter... patter...) Play me again Play me again [Verse 1 - 2-step shuffle enters, rubbery log-drum bass, dry close-mic vocal, intimate] Neon in the puddles, I'm running in the flood Your name is in my pulse now, it's written in my blood Every time I swear I'm done, the chorus finds my ear I hit the button once, then twice, you're always still right here Waterfall, waterfall, pour it over me I'm drowning in the sweetest way, don't pull me out to sea [Pre-Chorus - filtered 4-bar tension build, snare roll accelerating, reversed vocal suck, pitch rising] Hold it, hold it, hold it Count it down with me Three, two, one Break the sea [Drop 1 - bouncy 2-step drop, bell-and-glass lead hook, vocal chops only, no lyrics, instrumental] (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Run it back, run it back) [Chorus - big stacked vocals, euphoric, wide harmonies, bright supersaw lift, call and response] Run it back, run it back, play me again Waterfall in my chest, I'm never gonna end (Play me again) Run it back, run it back, one more time Your gravity's a loop and I'm happy to be mine (One more time) Run it back, run it back, play me again Lightning in my lungs and I don't want it to end (Play me again) [Hook - bitcrushed chopped vocal stabs, pitched up, tape-stop fill at the end] Pla-pla-play me Pla-pla-play me again Pla-pla-play me Run it back [Verse 2 - bass returns heavier, rain percussion, breathy delivery, doubled whisper layer] Midnight keeps on spinning like a record in my head Every word you ever said, I replay it in my bed Told myself I'd walk away, but my feet don't know the way Dancing in the monsoon, and I'm dancing here to stay Waterfall, waterfall, pour it over me Drown the doubt I carry and the quiet in between [Pre-Chorus - rising tension, snare roll, reversed cymbal swell] Hold it, hold it, hold it Count it down with me Three, two, one Break the sea [Drop 2 - bouncy 2-step drop with extra percussion, instrumental, vocal chops] (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Run it back, run it back) [Chorus - bigger, adds octave harmonies, crowd-style gang vocals] Run it back, run it back, play me again Waterfall in my chest, I'm never gonna end (Play me again) Run it back, run it back, one more time Your gravity's a loop and I'm happy to be mine (One more time) Run it back, run it back, play me again Lightning in my lungs and I don't want it to end (Play me again) [Breakdown - drums drop out, lone vocal in cathedral reverb, music-box returns, slow and emotional] When the thunder goes quiet And the sky begins to clear I still hear you in the silence Saying "baby, stay right here" If the world ends in a loop Then I'll love you on repeat Every ending is a doorway Back to where we always meet [Build - snare roll, rising pitch, reversed vocal suck, silence for one beat before the drop] Closer, closer, closer Closer, closer, closer Now! [Final Drop - half-time heavy switch, massive supersaw wall, full vocal stack, maximum energy] Run it back, run it back, play me again Waterfall in my chest, I'm never gonna end (Play me again) Run it back, run it back, one more time Your gravity's a loop and I'm happy to be mine (One more time) Run it back, run it back, play me again Lightning in my lungs and I don't want it to end [Hook - chopped vocal, pitch-shifting upward, stutter effect, tape-stop at the end] Pla-pla-play me Pla-pla-play me again Pla-pla-play me Run it back [Outro - rain returns, music-box melody, drums fade out, whispered, loop-ready ending] Play me again Play me again (patter... patter...) Play me again