Spotlight on Me

Intro - Soft synth chords, light electric piano, gentle percussion)

(Ooh, yeah... hmm, yeah)

Zayden

Looking back, I see a kid in the rush

Chasing ghosts, and a simple touch...

(Verse 1)

Crepe-soled shoes on the hallway floor

Dancing past the gymnasium door

spotlight on me, yeah, just a boy at play

Dreaming ’bout the magic I could make one day

Lights down low, the crowd is just a haze

Lost inside the rhythm of those younger days

Searching for the pieces, trying to align

Just a shadow looking for the sun to shine.

(Pre-Chorus)

(Ooh) They say "why, why?" do you want it all?

(Ooh) Tell 'em that I'm waiting for the call

Trying to be the man I need to be...

(Is it human nature... to wanna see...)

(Chorus)

Now the spotlight is on me (on me, oh)

From the locker rooms to the center stage, yeah

Walking far, turning every page

Now the spotlight is on me (it’s on me, baby)

I’m breaking down the walls, I’m finally free

To be the man, the man I need to be.

(Verse 2)

Looking out from the center stage

The crowd is screaming, I’m unlocking the cage

(I like livin' this way)

See the man I’ve become, not just the dream

Stronger than the boy upon the basketball team

I’ve had to break, I’ve had to bend

To find the strength that I didn’t know I had within.

(Pre-Chorus)

(Ooh) They say "why, why?" do you work so hard?

(Ooh) Tell 'em I’m playing all my cards

Trying to be the man I need to be...

(Is it human nature... to want the key...)

(Chorus)

Now the spotlight is on me (on me, oh)

From the locker rooms to the center stage, yeah

Walking far, turning every page

Now the spotlight is on me (it’s on me, baby)

I’m breaking down the walls, I’m finally free

To be the man, the man I need to be.

(Bridge - Music slows slightly, bassline takes over)

I remember the silence in the gym alone...

Dancing with my shadow, paving my own road

I never knew... I never knew...

That the dancer would become the king of the room.

(Spotlight, yeah, it’s on me)

(Guitar Solo - Melodic, similar to Steve Lukather in Human Nature)

(Chorus)

Now the spotlight is on me (on me, on me)

From the locker rooms to the center stage, yeah

Walking far, turning every page

Now the spotlight is on me (it’s on me, baby)

I’m breaking down the walls, I’m finally free

To be the man, the man I need to be.

(Outro - Ad-libbing, fading out with synthesizer)

Looking at the stage...

It's just me now...

Spotlight on me...

(Yeah, I like it this way)

(High school dancing)

(Oh, yeah)

(Fade out)