[WHO’S GONNA SAVE ME NOW] Oooooooh --- [Verse 1 – Rhodes keyboard + distant vinyl crackle, airy layered harmonies underneath lead] I can’t stop crying— (tears run wild and free…) I’m trapped, can’t run, (and fate’s abandoned me…) Didn’t have much, but I paid the fee— Hopeless, no one’s coming for this stray but me --- [Pre-Chorus – soft stacked harmonies, light vocal runs, finger snaps + heartbeat-style kick] Who’s gonna save me? (Mmm, even heroes need rescue…) Who’s gonna save me? (My heart’s still beatin’—barely pullin’ through) (Save me… now…) --- [Chorus – Group lead with adlibs, call-and-response gang vocals, 808 drop + vocal runs layered in] Who’s gonna save me, save me now? (Save me now…) I gave my life, I laid it down (Laid it down…) Who’s gonna hold me, hold me now? (Ooh, hold me now…) I’ve been sacrificed, I’ve hit the ground (Tell me whoooo…) Ooooooh—save me now Ooooooh—hold me now --- [Verse 2 – vocal lead riffing gently, harmonies building in the background, lo-fi snare loop] These words keep echoin’ in my head My shadow’s dancin’ in this empty bed Fate’s so cruel—yeah, I begged for better But don’t fight for me… I ain’t got no fight left, ever --- [Pre-Chorus – more intense vocal layering, short runs between each line] Who’s gonna save me? (I said who? I said who…) Even the brave get lost sometimes (Even the strong break down inside…) Who’s gonna save me? (Oooh, I’m tryna hold on…) No heartbeat left to underline (Can you feel me fading?) (Save me… now…) --- [Chorus – Adlibs go higher, gang vocals stronger, more call-and-response echo layering] Who’s gonna save me, save me now? (Save me now, oh—yeah…) I gave it all, can’t turn around (No more time… no more time…) Who’s gonna hold me, hold me now? (Arms so cold, soul shut down…) I’m breakin’ down without a sound (I can’t even cry out loud…) Ooooooh—save me now Ooooooh—hold me now --- [Bridge – whispered background vocals, Jason-style falsetto overtop, background harmony echoing “alone”] We laughed, we cried, we danced, we sung… But now I feel so alone Ooooooooooooooooh I feel lost at home Ooooooooooooh I’m alone (So alone… someone save me…) --- [Outro – harmonized gang vocal chant, sparse beat, soft reverb fades out] Save me now… (save me…) Save me now… (who gon’—who gon’…) Save me now… (oooooh…) Hold me now… (Mmm, can you save me now?)

Whos gonna SAVE ME?