[Intro – airy pad, deep pulse, distant female vocal] A bad dream, bad dream tell me this is just a bad dream A bad dream, bad dream tell me this is just a bad dream [Verse 1 – close, intimate] I gave you love you gave me doubt I gave you trust you shut me out Tell me why it feels this way We don’t have to be this complicated [Pre-Chorus – tension rising] And I stayed yeah, I stayed Too far in to walk away Tell me why it went this far why does this still Hit so hard [Build – bass pressure rising, snare tightening] [Rise climbs] [Last vocal hit throws into a stretched echo] [Echo slows: dream... dream... dream...] [Echo fades] [DROP – deep bass slams in] [Chorus] A bad dream, bad dream tell me this is just a bad dream A bad dream, bad dream tell me this is just a bad dream [Post-Chorus – vocal chop] Bad dream... bad dream... just a bad dream... [Verse 2 – more hurt] I gave you all I had to give I still want what you won’t give I held us up till my knees gave out I wanted love you gave me shit [Pre-Chorus – lift] And I stayed yeah, I stayed Same old game same bad night Tell me why love feels this rough why does love turn into this [Build – bigger rise, sub building underneath] [Snare roll faster] [Echo throw on “dream”] [Echo slows and fades] [DROP – deep bass hits harder] [Chorus] A bad dream, bad dream tell me this is just a bad dream A bad dream, bad dream tell me this is just a bad dream [Bridge – stripped, breathy] I gave you love why do you hate it It don’t have to be so complicated I gave you real you gave me less why does this keep hurting me [Final Build – widest rise, drums cut for one beat] [Long slowing echo] [DROP – hardest bass] [Final Chorus] A bad dream, bad dream tell me this is just a bad dream A bad dream, bad dream tell me this is just a bad dream [Outro – fading vocal] Bad dream... bad dream... tell me this is just a bad dream...
