CRAVE [INTRO] [telephone hiss, dirty synth pulse, cassette drag, soft mouth clicks, high falsetto looping like a broken alarm] [whisper] I was easier when I wanted nothing. [robotic] CORRECT. [breath] Now I want something. [high falsetto] Bad idea. ⸻ [VERSE 1] [sleazy bassline, clipped kick, hazy guitar scratches, close-mic vocal] I got so good at being good Got so good at doing what I should [telephone whisper] Smile. Stay. Behave. I buried every appetite and called it being safe [robotic backing] SAFE SAFE SAFE safe safe safe safe safe safe safe Now one little thought got under my skin And every time I push it out It comes crawling back in. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS] [heartbeat bass, breaths panned left-right, synth rising in pitch] Don’t want it. [falsetto] But I want it Don’t need it. [robotic] But I need it Don’t feed it. Don’t feed it Don’t don’t don’t Feed it [whisper] Please Feed it. The more I tell myself no The more I fucking— ⸻ [CHORUS] [huge blown-out electroclash drums, dirty synth bass, stacked falsettos] Crave! [robotic harmony] Crave! Crave! Crave! Crave! Crave! Crave! I want it I I I I I want it because I should’t I want it I want it I I I want it I I Want it Yeah babe I want it CRAVE [high falsetto] Again, again, again… Maybe it’s nothing Maybe that’s why it stays Again, again, again.. I don’t even want the person I want the fucking… crave!!! ⸻ [VERSE 2] [thin drum machine, low distorted bass, vocals drifting in and out of telephone filter] I met a face I met a voice Made a whole made up fucking fantasy out of one horny little choice [robotic] SIMULATION ACTIVATED I made it sweet and then I made it mean Made it everything I wasn’t supposed to need [breathy falsetto] Need… need… need.. need… What do I need? And maybe in real life I wouldn’t give a shit But in my head? [beat cuts] You’re so fucking perfect! ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS] [sub pulse, whisper stack curling around lead] Don’t want it. [falsetto] But I Want it. Don’t chase it. [robotic] I’m gonna Chase it Don’t make it yours. [whisper] Too late. I don’t want you. I want the feeling! I want to disobey! ⸻ [CHORUS] [drums slam back, crunchy guitars, huge high-pitched harmonies] Crave!!! I want it I want it I want it I I I I want it I want it I want it I I I I want it I want it I want it Crave! Crave! C-c-c-c-c-crave Every no makes it worse Every rule makes it hurt Every time I lock the thought away It comes back fucking worse ⸻ [BRIDGE] [everything drops except bass heartbeat, distorted breathing, warped dial tone] [whisper] Do you want him? [robotic] Unknown. Do you need them? [robotic] Fuck no. Then what do you want? [long pause] [close-mic whisper] The part of me that wants. I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it [high falsetto blooms] Again. Again. Again. Again. Again again again again. ⸻ [BREAKDOWN] [filthy bass distortion, chopped breaths, glitching robotic voice] Stop thinking. [robotic] NO. Stop wanting. [robotic] No! Stop craving. [robotic] Never! Be satisfied. [dead silence] [whisper] Fuck that. [beat explodes] ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS] [full wall of blown-out guitars, four-on-the-floor kick, telephone vocals, ecstatic falsetto stacks] Crave! Crave! I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it Crave! Maybe nothing has to change Maybe wanting is enough Maybe I don’t need to have it Maybe I just need to want [robotic stack] Want Want Want Want I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I don’t even want you [drums cut] I want me. [breath] Wanting. ⸻ [OUTRO] [dial tone dissolving into synth, cassette flutter, falsetto fading] [whisper] I was easier when I wanted nothing. I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it [quiet laugh] Too fucking bad.
