Stage Addiction

[BPM: 120, Key: D Minor

Style: Glam Rock / Electro Pop / Theatrical Pop

Energy: Urgent, dramatic, euphoric but unstable, emotional intensity, polished, high energy]

(cheering fades in…)

Don’t let it stop…

Don’t let it—

Heartbeat syncs with every scream

I don’t know who I am off-screen

Mirror talks but I don’t hear

Only when the crowd is near

Lights hit—now I’m alive

In the dark, I don’t survive

Silence cuts me like a knife

I need noise to feel like life

Turn it up, don’t let it die

If it fades, I fade inside

I got a stage addiction

I need the noise, the friction

The lights, the love, the fiction

It’s my religion

Stage addiction

No cure for this condition

Applause is my prescription

Don’t take it from me

Every cheer, I breathe it in

Every clap beneath my skin

If they stop, I start to shake

Like I’m someone I can’t face

Backstage feels like a void

Pretty mask, but I’m destroyed

I don’t rest, I don’t come down

I just chase another crowd

Turn it up, don’t let it die

If they leave, I lose my mind

I got a stage addiction

I need the noise, the friction

The lights, the love, the fiction

It’s my religion

Stage addiction

No cure for this condition

Applause is my prescription

Don’t take it from me

Who am I when it’s quiet?

…Tell me

Who am I without the riot?

(Silence…)

No—no—turn it back on!

I got a stage addiction

Don’t cut the sound, I’m slipping

If I fall, I’m nonexistent

Keep me living

Stage addiction

I need the full conviction

The crowd, the loud collision

Don’t take it from me

(VIPER! VIPER! VIPER!)

…okay.

I’m okay.