[Intro]
[Swelling, gritty Hammond B3 Organ builds in the background]
[Slow, heavy, thumping Southern drum fill]
[Acoustic guitars start a slow, rhythmic strum]
[Gruff, soulful vocalizing: "Lord, yeah... mmm..."]
If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand,
Take my hand, and pull me from the dark...
Then why’d you walk away,
Leave me stranded in the clay?
'Cause I needed you, yeah... [soulful vocal run]
Lord, I needed you...
Once again.
[Verse 1]
[Pocket Groove: Thumping Bass, Kick Drum, and dampened Electric Congo Percussion only]
[Palm-muted Electric Guitar ticking like a clock]
Whispered lies across the porch,
Burning like a rusted torch.
This heavy silence in the room,
Feels just like an early tomb.
I can hear you screaming loud,
Standing in a lonely crowd—
Not with your words, but how you turn away,
And it breaks this Texas heart today.
[Pre-Chorus]
[Add Distorted Rhodes Piano and a weeping Cello]
[Crescendo: The music begins to swell and push forward]
Every sunrise is a ghost,
Chasing what I love the most.
And I can see this neon world is dragging you down,
Killing you slow in this dead-end town.
[Chorus]
[Full Southern Soul Band Explosion]
[Punchy Horn Stabs locking in with the snare]
[Raw, gravelly, powerful vocals pouring out]
If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand,
Take my hand, and pull me from the dark...
Then tell me why’d you walk away,
Leave me stranded in the clay?
'Cause I needed you... [passionate, gritty ad-lib]
Yeah, I needed you...
Once again.
[Verse 2]
[Dampened Congo Percussion picks up the rhythm]
[Walking, heavy Southern bassline]
[Reverb Electric Guitar adds subtle licks]
Now you’re freezing out the room,
Laying down a heavier doom.
No anger, no tears, no fight,
Just a cold and bitter night.
I can feel the pure disdain,
Falling harder than the rain—
Not with your words, but the things you don't do,
Breaking the last of me and you.
[Pre-Chorus]
[Acoustic guitars strumming harder]
Every midnight is a trial,
Walking through a lonely mile.
And I already know before the morning light,
This old house is gonna freeze tonight.
[Bridge]
[The Stank Peak: Gritty, swampy, and raw]
[Hammond B3 Organ overdrive kicks into high gear]
[Dueling Acoustic Guitars and heavy, driving bass]
And you deny the storm inside,
Behind the smile you try to hide.
Saying everything is fine,
While you're crossing every line.
But I know it burns your soul,
To see me chasing my own goal—
Doing the damn thing that I love,
Even when I’m right beside you, by God above!
[Climax]
[Vocals turn into a tearing, emotional roar]
[Violin and Cello soar, blending with the screaming Steel Guitar]
Yeah, you think it’s never enough!
Even when the road gets rough!
Right by your side...
Unless you hold the reins,
(THE REINS!)
Unless you own my pain!
( MY PAIN! )
[Chorus]
[Big Southern Soul Finish—maximum intensity]
If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand,
Take my hand, and pull me from the dark...
Then tell me why’d you walk away,
Leave me stranded in the clay?
'Cause I needed you... [gravelly high note]
Lord, I needed you...
Once again.
[Outro]
[Slow Burn—the band drops out to a simmer]
[Solo Steel Guitar mourning in the distance, drenched in reverb]
[Acoustic guitar lightly plucking]
I could be standing right here in the room,
And it still wouldn't chase away your gloom.
So spare me the weight of your chain...
I just needed you to love me for me,
But you're trapped in your own misery.
[Slow tempo drag—heavy, lagging beat]
Tooooooo
Treat
Me...
The way you do... (The way you do...)
Yeah, you do.
[End on a gritty, sustaining, overdriven Organ chord]
Why you gotta treat me the way you do?