Haunt You Proper

[Intro — close dark UK male, near-whisper; detuned upright piano taps a 2-note ghost motif, sub pulse under floor, distant club bleed, reverse breath into line 1, faint female laugh far back] She came late Made them wait Red lips, lace Hands on waist (Hands on waist) [Verse 1 — clipped spoken-sung patter; muted 4-on-floor kick under swung 2-step hats, late ghost snares, low organ bed, tight stalking bass; whispered doubles only on repeats] No safe place No slow fade One more taste I might stay (I might stay) She moves low Bassline rolls Eyes say no Lips say go (Lips say go) Dress cut mean Low lights gleam Whole room froze Eyes on me (Eyes on me) [Pre — strip to kick, sub, breath, and room tone; reverse clap tails pull backward, glass armonica shimmer enters, vocal gets dry and close, half-beat silence before drop] Blood runs loud Lights go down She says now I come around (I come around) [Chorus — full haunted UK house drop; rolling sub, hard snare, swung garage hats, brass/organ stabs on downbeats, low-octave male double, chopped “pull me in” answers each line] Dressed like sin Let me in Skin on skin Pull me in (Pull me in) Again, again Pull me in Say it slow Skin on skin (Skin on skin) [Post — lean bass groove; title chant with crowd doubles tucked low, celeste ticks mirror the vocal rhythm, granular ghost smears stretch off the repeats] Haunt you proper (Haunt you proper) Say it softer (Say it softer) Pull me under (Pull me under) Haunt you proper (Haunt you proper) [Verse 2 — darker drums, tighter hats, organ stabs sharpen, bowed bass slides under vocal, breath cuts between lines, ghost double flickers behind the lead] Back room light Black dress tight One hand slides Too close tonight (Too close tonight) Red mouth sweet Young blood heat Heart skips beat Close to me (Close to me) She said stay I said wait One more taste I lost my way (I lost my way) Necklace shine Low waist line Her pulse hit Through my spine (Through my spine) [Pre 2 — kick drops for first half; pulse, room claps, and breath remain; reverse-breath choir rises, snare snaps back on “around,” sub swells into drop] Blood runs loud Lights go down She says now I come around (I come around) [Chorus 2 — bigger drop; add chopped choir hits, flugelhorn swells, brighter piano stabs, octave doubles; stutter-cut the final “skin on skin”] Dressed like sin Let me in Skin on skin Pull me in (Pull me in) Again, again Pull me in Say it slow Skin on skin (Skin on skin) [Post 2 — bass stays heavy; chopped “haunt you proper” becomes percussive hook, whispered female echo on “softer,” ghost choir tucked behind final repeat] Haunt you proper (Haunt you proper) Say it softer (Say it softer) Pull me under (Pull me under) Haunt you proper (Haunt you proper) [Instrumental — cinematic ghost-garage break; kick falls to 2-step skeleton, chopped “pull me in” becomes rhythm, detuned piano answers with broken riff, glass armonica gliss and bowed vibraphone tremolo shimmer above sub, waterphone scrape rises once, flugelhorn sighs, breath choir reverses into hard silence, sub drop slams back] [Bridge — intimate close-mic, almost no drums; piano ghost motif returns, bowed bass drone, empty-room reverb; parenthetical lines sound like his ghost double answering from behind] No more words No more names Her warm breath My cold veins (My cold veins) Could’ve stayed Could’ve changed Could’ve kept What she gave (What she gave) One more breath One more flame One more touch I’d stake my claim (Stake my claim) [Final Build — kick returns slowly; organ growl, brass swell, choir chops rise; vocal tighter, more desperate, half-beat pullbacks before repeats] She said stay I said wait One more taste I lost my way (I lost my way) [Final Chorus — maximum drop; full drums, sub pressure, brass hits, organ stabs, chopped choir, gang chant, low-octave double, spectral ambience hanging behind hook] Dressed like sin Let me in Skin on skin Pull me in (Pull me in) Again, again Pull me in Say it slow Skin on skin (Skin on skin) [Final Post — crowd chant wider, vocal chops harder, ghost doubles trail left and right, beat punches then drops out on last repeat] Haunt you proper (Haunt you proper) Say it softer (Say it softer) Pull me under (Pull me under) Haunt you proper (Haunt you proper) [Outro — beat drains away bar by bar; remove drums one layer at a time, leave piano ghost motif, distant kick through walls, room tone, and breath; vocal dry, no crowd] Loved you proper Couldn’t stay No note left No trace by day (No trace by day) Loved you proper Left no claim Left you free Walked away (Walked away) [Final ghost hook — nearly dry vocal, corridor reverb tail, piano motif fading] Ghosted you Ghosted you Loved you proper Ghosted you