SOBER (Time-Freeze Mix) by XION
[Genre: 90s Grunge Power Ballad, Dark Alternative Rock, Emotional Stadium Anthem, Bluesy Alt-Metal] [Instruments: Clean Arpeggiated Electric Guitar (intro), Massive Distorted Power Chords (Chorus), Heavy Slow Drum Kit, Deep Plodding Bass, Crying Harmonica (Blues style), Atmospheric Mellotron] [Vocals: Male Lead (Starts as a fragile, breathy whisper; builds into a raw, agonizing, powerful rock wail), Emotionally devastated delivery, London/Rioplatense accent] [Vibe: Heartbreaking, Epic, Desperate, Slow Burn, "Lighters in the air" energy, 65 BPM]
SOBER (Time-Freeze Mix) by XION
[Genre: 90s Grunge Power Ballad, Dark Alternative Rock, Emotional Stadium Anthem, Bluesy Alt-Metal] [Instruments: Clean Arpeggiated Electric Guitar (intro), Massive Distorted Power Chords (Chorus), Heavy Slow Drum Kit, Deep Plodding Bass, Crying Harmonica (Blues style), Atmospheric Mellotron] [Vocals: Male Lead (Starts as a fragile, breathy whisper; builds into a raw, agonizing, powerful rock wail), Emotionally devastated delivery, London/Rioplatense accent] [Vibe: Heartbreaking, Epic, Desperate, Slow Burn, "Lighters in the air" energy, 65 BPM]
Lyrics
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[Intro: A slow, melancholic, clean electric guitar arpeggio starts alone. A single, crying Blues Harmonica note fades in and out like a cold wind.]
(Xion - Spoken, very soft and broken, London accent):
Yeah... you lost the tempo, bo.
Let me freeze the track.
[Verse 1: Whispered, Fragile, Acoustic feel]
In the back of the room, playing out of tune
You’re chasing a melody... that ended too soon.
(Deep sigh: Mmm...)
In the back of the bar, running from the start
You don’t look in my eyes... you’re missing the part.
Now I’m guessing... where you are.
[Pre-Chorus: Building Emotion. A slow, heavy floor tom kick starts. The bass rumbles]
Baby, when you're spinning too fast...
You make the simple moments hard to last.
(Voice trembling): Ta demente... innit?
[Chorus: EXPLOSIVE GRUNGE POWER BALLAD DROP! Massive distorted guitars crash in like a wave. Heavy, slow drums.]
[Male Lead - Full Power Wail, Screaming the emotion]
YOU! YOU ONLY WANT ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER!
YOU ONLY WANT ME WHEN THE MUSIC IS OVER!
YOU ONLY WANT ME WHEN THE ROOM IS COLD...
YOU! YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN THE RECORD STOPS!
IF YOU’RE DANCING IN THE DARK, THEN MY RHYTHM DROPS!
(Screamed with pain): No composure... bo!
You, you only want me when I freeze the time...
(Harmonica wailing in the background)
(When you're sober...)
(When you're sober...)
(You only want me when the silence is mine...)
[Verse 2: Slower again, but tense. The guitars chug heavily underneath]
You're messing with my head... playing B-sides instead.
Why don't you sing the real song, like I said?
You should want me out with you, ñery...
But you're scared of what a pause can do.
(A long, agonizing vocal: Ahhhhh...)
[Bridge: Music strips down to just a heavy bassline and a slow kick drum. Very intimate]
I stop the clock.
I hold the beat.
Just to pull you back... onto your feet.
But when the noise returns and the sirens wail...
You leave me fading on the final scale.
[Guitar Solo: An epic, soaring, emotional Rock Guitar solo full of bends and feedback]
[Chorus: MAXIMUM EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION - The singer is giving everything]
YOU! YOU ONLY WANT ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER!
YOU ONLY WANT ME WHEN THE MUSIC IS OVER!
YOU ONLY WANT ME WHEN THE ROOM IS COLD...
YOU! YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN THE RECORD STOPS!
IF YOU’RE DANCING IN THE DARK, THEN MY RHYTHM DROPS!
No composure... bo!
You, you only want me when I freeze the time...
[Outro: The distortion cuts out abruptly. Just the clean guitar and the harmonica remain, fading away]
(Whispered, exhausted):
When you're spinning too fast... then I'm all wrong.
(Yeah, I'm all wrong...)
Baby, you only want me when you're sober.
(Freeze the time...)
(Freeze the track...)
Ta.
[End with the sound of a guitar cable being unplugged]