Look at Me When I Scream

[Intro (Drums + Bass only)]

[Four bars of just kick drum and walking bass — tense, quiet.]

[Aimee (spoken, slow):]
"You keep walkin'.
Keeep walkin'.
Like you didn't hear me."

[(Bass stops. Silence.)]

[Aimee (whispered):]
"Look at me when I scream."

[(Full band explosion — distorted guitar, horns stab, drums crash)]

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[Verse 1]

[(Snarled, rhythmic — almost spoken word)]

You got two good legs
And I got two good hands
One of us is leavin'
The other one makes plans

You think if you don't look
I'll just go away
But I followed you for three miles, buddy
I got nothin' else today

[(Horn hit on "today")]

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[Chorus]

[(Full gang vocals on the call-and-response)]

[Aimee:] LOOK AT ME WHEN I SCREAM!
[Gang:] (WHEN I SCREAM!)
[Aimee:] LOOK AT ME WHEN I SCREAM!
[Gang:] (WHEN I SCREAM!)
[Aimee:] I don't need a reason
[Gang:] (NO REASON!)
[Aimee:] I just like the way you look when you are rearranged!

[(Horns play a short, jagged melody — three stabs, then rest)]

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[Verse 2]

[(Faster, syllables crammed together)]

I saw you flinch when I pulled out the blade
That's the cutest little flinch that any psycho's ever made
You're tryna be a hero — that's adorable, sweetheart
But heroes on Pandora just get taken apart

[(Drum fill — snare rolls into the chorus)]

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[Chorus (Repeat)]
[Same as above, but Aimee adds a giggle after "rearranged."]

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[Bridge (Tempo cuts in half — heavy, sludgy)]

[(Aimee, almost conversational)]

"You ever wonder what your face looks like
From the inside?
No?
Well, I got time."

[(Single horn note holds. Guitar feedback builds.)]

[Aimee (screaming):]
"LOOK AT ME — LOOK AT ME — LOOK AT ME WHEN I —"

[(Full tempo return, no warning)]

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[Horn Solo (16 bars)
Trumpet and trombone play a chaotic, carnival-like melody — think drunk New Orleans street band being chased by a skag.
The guitar plays muted upstrokes underneath.
Aimee shouts random encouragements: "BLOW IT, YOU FREAK!" — "LOUDER, I BARELY HATE IT!"]

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[Chorus (Twice — faster, falling apart)]
[Second time through, the horns start missing hits. Drums push ahead.
Aimee's voice cracks on "rearranged" — she laughs.]

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[Outro (Call-and-response breakdown)]

[(Aimee, spoken over a single snare hit every two beats)]

[Aimee:]"I said LOOK AT ME —"
[Gang: (whispered)] "Look at her."
[Aimee:] "WHEN I SCREAM —"
[Gang: (whispered)] "When she screams."
[Aimee:] "NOW RUN —"
[Gang: (silence)]

[(One final, massive horn stab. Then nothing.)]

[(Three seconds of silence.)]

[(Aimee, distant, like she's walking away from the mic:)]
"Told you I had nothin' else today."

Aggressive Ska-Core, female