(Delivery: Monotone chest voice, lazy syllable placement, land every word slightly behind the beat, unbothered, conversational, zero emotional investment, like reading a receipt) Verse 1 Pulled up in the foreign, yeah I do this every night She been blowing up my phone but I ain’t seen the light Got a room full of people but I’m feeling alright All these faces look familiar but nobody’s right (Delivery: Slight melodic lift, still detached, elongate the last word of each bar lazily, let “care” and “there” and “air” trail off into silence) Pre-Chorus I don’t feel a thing anymore Left my emotions at some stranger’s door They keep pulling at me, wanting more But I been empty since about ’04 (Delivery: Open up slightly on the hook, chest voice rises to a lazy falsetto blend, punch “cold blooded” with flat confidence, no passion, no desperation, just statement of fact, trail every line end into breath) Chorus Cold blooded, cold blooded Every single night I’m doing what I want Cold blooded, cold blooded All these people round me but I’m always alone Heart stopped, lights on Moving through this city like I’m already gone Cold blooded Yeah I been cold blooded all along (Delivery: Drop back to near spoken monotone, even flatter than Verse 1, more confessional, let “eyes” and “lies” and “disguise” land with a lazy drawl) Verse 2 She said she never met a man like me before I told her everyone says that, what you really here for Popped a bottle, watched her dancing on the floor Got everything I need but I keep searching for more (Delivery: Mirror Pre-Chorus 1 exactly, same lazy melodic lift, same trailing endings, feel slightly more worn this time, like repetition is the point) Pre-Chorus I don’t feel a thing anymore Left my emotions at some stranger’s door They keep pulling at me, wanting more But I been empty since about ’04 (Delivery: Heavier than first chorus, add a lower monotone ad-lib underneath mentally, feel more trapped than powerful this time, let “gone” sit in complete silence before the bridge) Chorus Cold blooded, cold blooded Every single night I’m doing what I want Cold blooded, cold blooded All these people round me but I’m always alone Heart stopped, lights on
