[INTRO – 4 bars | Low-passed pulse, glass air] [Soft sidechained pad pulsing in 4/4, low-passed filter rising] [Occasional glass-tick and room ambience, no drums yet] "when you're sober…" (when you're sober…) [Heartbeat kick fades in on bar 3, no snare] [VERSE 1 – 8 bars | Dark-luxe groove, Nerve-Pulse bass] [Full kick, muted clap, warm sub-bass groove locks in] In the back of your car You're calling out a dream you'll never chase You talk big like you're finally leaving town But you only say it to my face In the back of the bar You disappear when it starts to feel too real You won't look me in the eye So I stop asking what you feel (where you are…) (where you are…) [PRE-CHORUS 1 – 4 bars | Bass softens, pads widen] When you're faded you get generous You say things you don't mean to mean (so generous…) [Snare lift and noise sweep rising into chorus] [CHORUS 1 – 8 bars | Full pulse, glass-edge hook] [Sidechain stronger, clap sharpened, glass ticks accent groove] You, you only want me when you're sober You only call me when it's over You only see me when you're sober You, you only reach when they've all gone home If you're messed up then I'm all wrong No composure You, you only want me when you're sober (when you're sober…) (when you're sober…) [TURN – 2 bars | Kick and bass only] (no composure…) [VERSE 2 – 8 bars | Tighter phrasing, glitch-kissed texture] You're filing me away Like a note you wrote and can't place down You go quiet when it starts to land Then land on me when you come down You should want me in the room Not as a cure when all the lights turn thin You and all your 2am decisions I was never meant to be the end (don't you want me instead…) [PRE-CHORUS 2 – 4 bars | Nearly beatless, vocal forward] When you're faded you turn me into margin notes A name you write then cross out clean (you cross me out and call it nothing…) [Last beat: full silence, one beat only] [CHORUS 2 – 8 bars | Bigger, ghost harmonies wide] You, you only want me when you're sober You only call me when it's over You only want me when you're sober You, you only reach when they've all gone home If you're messed up then I'm all wrong No composure You, you only want me when you're sober [BRIDGE – 8 bars | Night-Coupe vacuum — CATALYST MOMENT 2:28] [Beat drops to heartbeat kick only, bass very soft, reversed pad slowly rising] When you're messed up I'm the aftermath You pour me out when all the noise runs back (you only want me…) You say I'm something that you shouldn't waste Then you leave me standing in the space [Bars 5-6: kick and bass mute, only reversed pad and voice] I don’t feel you anymore [Bar 7-8: full band slams back — kick, bass, glass ticks, pads wide] [FINAL CHORUS – 10 bars | Maximum width] You, you only want me when you're sober You only call me when it's over You only want me when you're sober You, you only reach when they've all gone home If you're messed up then I'm all wrong No composure You, you only want me when you're sober (when you're sober…) [OUTRO – 6 bars | Peel-away, glass and voice only] If you're messed up then I'm all wrong If you're messed up then I'm all wrong (you only want me when you're sober…) (you only want me when you're sober…) [Final bar: single glass-shatter hit, short reverb tail, hard stop]
