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FALSE ALARM

V6

[Instrumental Intro: tight syncopated bass, restless two-step drums] [Verse 1: low female voice, dry clipped delivery] Good news Bad feeling Phone face down I keep reaching You make plans I find the catch [Refrain: narrow three-note melody, understated] False alarm Right on cue I'm halfway gone Right next to you [Build: synth grows, vocal drops out] [One-beat silence] [Instrumental Drop: enormous fully open raw saw lead, sustained 8-bar melodic phrase, full-speed drum and bass] [Instrumental: let the lead finish, bass answers in the gaps] [Verse 2: close, cool, conversational] I keep a way out Even when I stay Call it intuition Give it a better name [Break: almost spoken] Nothing moves I flinch [Refrain: same low register, restrained] False alarm Right on cue I'm halfway gone Right next to you [Final Build: rising synth, filter opens completely] False alarm [One-beat silence] [Final Instrumental Drop: 16-bar lead payoff, huge octave-stacked saw melody, full-width sustained notes, pitch bends and counterline, full-speed drums] [Instrumental: keep the lead open, complete the melodic phrase before release] [Outro: dry, matter-of-fact] Right on cue