INTRO (Atmospheric – House + Afro fusion)
(Soft pads + distant steel drum echoes + filtered kick pulse)
(Vocal chop repeating: “closer… closer… closer…”)
(Spoken / melodic whisper)
Yeah…
Don’t let me drift too far…
VERSE 1 (R&B → Afro bounce switch)
(Kick + rim + soft bassline enters)
You draw me closer…
But I feel in the way (in the way now)
Used to feel like sunshine
Now it’s cloudy all day
I used to run to your love
Now I run away (run away, yeah)
Tracing every promise
We ain’t ever say
(Afro bounce tail)
Too many nights, I dey overthink
Heart too loud, I no fit sleep
You say “stay” but your actions weak
Now we dancing on broken beats
PRE-CHORUS (Melodic lift – house build)
(Chords rise, hi-hats open)
Don’t let me fade now…
I’m still right here…
Say what you mean now…
Make it real clear…
CHORUS (House + Afro + R&B fusion — BIG + REPEATABLE)
(4-on-the-floor kick + bass + steel drums accent)
Draw me closer (closer)
I’m fighting to stay (to stay)
Help me help us
I’m losing my faith
You were my warm sky
Now it’s all gray (all gray)
Draw me closer
Before I fade…
Before I break…
(Drop groove — repeat hook chant)
Closer… closer… don’t let me fade…
VERSE 2 (Rap + melodic blend)
(Beat strips slightly — deeper bass, trap hats layered with Afro percussion)
I talk in circles, you hear what you fear
Try to get close but I disappear
You reach for me, I’m switching gears
Too many ghosts been living here
Yeah…
I seen how it ends, I been through the pain
Love turn cold, hearts rearranged
Still got a key but I’m guarding the door
‘Cause loving you feel like risking it all
(Afro cadence switch)
I dey hold back but I still want more
Body dey here but my mind at war
Say you for stay when it’s not secure
Or you go leave like the ones before?
PRE-CHORUS (Repeat with intensity)
Don’t let me fade now…
I’m still right here…
If I open up now…
Would you stay near…
CHORUS (Full energy — layered vocals)
Draw me closer (closer)
I’m fighting to stay
Help me help us
I’m losing my faith
You were my warm sky
Now it’s all gray
Draw me closer
Before I fade…
Before I break…
BRIDGE (Breakdown — steel drums + ambient)
(Beat drops → just pads + steel drums + sub bass pulse)
If I let go of the past…
Would you meet me halfway…
If I open these scars…
Would you stay…
Would you stay…
(Soft chant builds)
Stay… stay… stay…
RAP BREAK (Emotional peak — minimal beat)
Say you choose me over ego
Not just love me when it’s easy
Hold me down when I’m unstable
Not just there when you need me
I ain’t perfect, I admit it
But I’m trying, can you feel it
If we break, can we rebuild it
Or we done and just conceal it?
FINAL CHORUS (Anthem — FULL fusion)
(Everything in: house kick, Afro percussion, bass, steel drums, harmonies)
Draw me closer (closer!)
I’m fighting to stay
Help me help us
Teach my heart it’s safe
You were my warm sky
Now through the rain
Draw me closer
Through cloudy days
Help me stay…
Help us stay…
OUTRO (Fade — house loop)
(Loop: “closer… closer…”
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