[Intro] [Swelling, gritty Hammond B3 Organ builds in the background] [Slow, heavy, thumping Southern drum fill] [Acoustic guitars start a slow, rhythmic strum] [Gruff, soulful vocalizing: "Lord, yeah... mmm..."] If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand, Take my hand, and pull me from the dark... Then why’d you walk away, Leave me stranded in the clay? 'Cause I needed you, yeah... [soulful vocal run] Lord, I needed you... Once again. [Verse 1] [Pocket Groove: Thumping Bass, Kick Drum, and dampened Electric Congo Percussion only] [Palm-muted Electric Guitar ticking like a clock] Whispered lies across the porch, Burning like a rusted torch. This heavy silence in the room, Feels just like an early tomb. I can hear you screaming loud, Standing in a lonely crowd— Not with your words, but how you turn away, And it breaks this Texas heart today. [Pre-Chorus] [Add Distorted Rhodes Piano and a weeping Cello] [Crescendo: The music begins to swell and push forward] Every sunrise is a ghost, Chasing what I love the most. And I can see this neon world is dragging you down, Killing you slow in this dead-end town. [Chorus] [Full Southern Soul Band Explosion] [Punchy Horn Stabs locking in with the snare] [Raw, gravelly, powerful vocals pouring out] If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand, Take my hand, and pull me from the dark... Then tell me why’d you walk away, Leave me stranded in the clay? 'Cause I needed you... [passionate, gritty ad-lib] Yeah, I needed you... Once again. [Verse 2] [Dampened Congo Percussion picks up the rhythm] [Walking, heavy Southern bassline] [Reverb Electric Guitar adds subtle licks] Now you’re freezing out the room, Laying down a heavier doom. No anger, no tears, no fight, Just a cold and bitter night. I can feel the pure disdain, Falling harder than the rain— Not with your words, but the things you don't do, Breaking the last of me and you. [Pre-Chorus] [Acoustic guitars strumming harder] Every midnight is a trial, Walking through a lonely mile. And I already know before the morning light, This old house is gonna freeze tonight. [Bridge] [The Stank Peak: Gritty, swampy, and raw] [Hammond B3 Organ overdrive kicks into high gear] [Dueling Acoustic Guitars and heavy, driving bass] And you deny the storm inside, Behind the smile you try to hide. Saying everything is fine, While you're crossing every line. But I know it burns your soul, To see me chasing my own goal— Doing the damn thing that I love, Even when I’m right beside you, by God above! [Climax] [Vocals turn into a tearing, emotional roar] [Violin and Cello soar, blending with the screaming Steel Guitar] Yeah, you think it’s never enough! Even when the road gets rough! Right by your side... Unless you hold the reins, (THE REINS!) Unless you own my pain! ( MY PAIN! ) [Chorus] [Big Southern Soul Finish—maximum intensity] If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand, Take my hand, and pull me from the dark... Then tell me why’d you walk away, Leave me stranded in the clay? 'Cause I needed you... [gravelly high note] Lord, I needed you... Once again. [Outro] [Slow Burn—the band drops out to a simmer] [Solo Steel Guitar mourning in the distance, drenched in reverb] [Acoustic guitar lightly plucking] I could be standing right here in the room, And it still wouldn't chase away your gloom. So spare me the weight of your chain... I just needed you to love me for me, But you're trapped in your own misery. [Slow tempo drag—heavy, lagging beat] Tooooooo Treat Me... The way you do... (The way you do...) Yeah, you do. [End on a gritty, sustaining, overdriven Organ chord] Why you gotta treat me the way you do?
