[Pre Intro: Radio Drop] I guess you're just what I needed You can smell it in the air You can feel it in the room When the room gets smaller, the walls close in on you nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, I guess you're just what I needed I had to run [Intro: Radio Drop] [DJ Drop: spoken low and close, measured pace, no reverb, over a single rising synth note, intimate not broadcast] "If you had to run, stay and dance with DJ CAM VIEWS. This is Your Power Mix." [Sound effect: laser siren / vinyl spin-back] [Transition: Quick Mix] [vinyl scratch: "I guess I had to run"] [vinyl scratch: "I guess I had to run"] [vinyl scratch: "I guess I had to run"] [Verse 1: Music: sparse piano and single bass note, no drums, slow build, 4 bars, hi-hat enters bar 3, snare enters bar 4, tension mounting, new wave art rock feel, angular rhythm, controlled and cold, not danceable yet. vocal: cold, detached, monotone, new wave, emotion held back] I guess you're just what I needed That's the terror of feeling locked in not knowing what this world is about usually it's too late when you realize I guess you're just what I needed Running back to that room walls closing in on me Worlds collide, had to run Always hold on and run with me (hold on and run with me) run with me [kick drum only] [vocal: warmer now, mask slipping] I guess you're just what I needed Running back to that room walls closing in on me Always hold on and run with me (hold on and run with me) (who told me) [Transition: Quick Mix] [vinyl scratch: "Always hold on. Always Hold"] [vinyl scratch: "Always hold on. Run with me"] [vinyl scratch: "Run with me."] [scratch vocal: "Nowhere to run"] [scratch vocal: "I had to run"] [scratch vocal: "Running Back"] [scratch loop: "Run with me"] [scratch vocal: "Nowhere to hide"] [Verse 2: smooth vocals, 80s/90s rap, confident storytelling] And you can't run with a bullet behind you And you can't run as fast as me And you can't stop running once you start But when i turn my head and twist my neck around its you i see chasing me I guess you're just what I needed Always hold on Run with me (who told me) [Transition: Quick Break] [Music: strips to kick only, space before the build] [scratch vocal: "Always hold on"] [scratch vocal: "Run with me"] [Bass drop — massive, full release, held for 2 bars] [EDM drop explodes] [tempo drops] [Verse 3: Build] [single piano note — sustained, 60 BPM, no drums] [Choir enters — a cappella, 1 bar] [Bass builds underneath — felt before heard] [Choir and sub-bass lock together on the downbeat] [EDM drop explodes] [vocal enters dry — no reverb — close and exposed] [Verse 3: Build: single piano, 60 BPM, no drums, choir a cappella, bass builds, EDM drop explodes, vocal dry and exposed - vocal: smooth 80s/90s rap vocal, cool and relaxed rap against the drop] I guess you're just what I needed Every day I get higher No more pressure, no more parties no more dancing in the street when the walls close in on you you have to fight No need to hide break through those walls when the walls close in on you break through [triple kick drum only] [vinyl scratch: "Always hold on. Always Hold on"] (who told me) [vinyl scratch: "Always hold on. Run with me"] [vinyl scratch: "Run with me"] [Verse 4] [Music: strong deliberate piano, single notes with space, no drums, low organ drone, gospel undertow, weight felt before heard] [vocal: raw, unguarded, close mic, confession not performance] I guess you're just what I needed Turned away from it breaking down walls I just love her too much, but i had to run Tried to fix the TV, but it don't work Tried to make a call, got zero battery When the room gets smaller, the walls close in on you Always hold on. Run with me. smash them down (smash them down) Running Back (who told me) [Outro] [Music: beat dissolves, scratch vocals and vinyl only, fading to silence] Always hold on, (Run with me.) Always Hold on Run with me Always hold on, Run with me (Run with me.) [scratch loop speeds up] Nowhere to run I had to run Running Back Always hold on Run with me (who told me) [tempo drops] [Fade to End]
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