[HERE I FOUND YOU After Hours – LIVE: OFF THE CHAIN VERSION
Massive Crowd, Full Band, Crying Sax, Explosive Drums, Gospel B3, 4-Part Harmony, Lead Whining, Running, Talking to Crowd, Testifying]
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[Lights low. Crowd humming. Piano alone.]
[Lead – whisper, trembling]
Mmm… yeah…
Didn’t even know I was empty…
till you walked in…
[Crowd: “Yeeeah!”]
I said… I didn’t even know I was empty…
till you walked in!
[Band Energetic Explosion, Crowd erupts]
Woo!
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Verse 1
The beauty you have is for certain
A treasure to see
The love in your heart is for certain
A treasure to seek
[Lead crying]
Every smile you give me feels honest
Every touch feels true
Every night I laid awake lonely
Was just God leading me to YOU!
[Crowd screams]
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Pre-Chorus – Band Building
I been searching…
Here… and all over the world
For a love that could make me brand new
I been searching…
Every heart… every girl
Still my soul never felt nothing true
[Lead shouting]
NOTHING felt like this!
[Crowd: “NOTHING!”]
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CHORUS – FULL BAND EXPLOSION (Drums slam, B3 screams, Bass walks, Sax wails)
[Crowd on feet, clapping, singing]
And HERE… GIRL I FOUND YOU!
I DON’T NEED NOBODY ELSE!
Thank God for the moment
When your love saved me from myself!
Yeah HERE… GIRL I FOUND YOU!
I DON’T NEED NOBODY ELSE!
Your love is the greatest gift
HEAVEN EVER LEFT!
[Lead running, ad-libs]
“Saved me!”
“Found me!”
“Lifted me!”
“Love don’t do this to everybody!”
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[Breakdown – Drop to Half-Time, Heavy Drums, Organ Swells]
I was broken… before your touch
I was numb… before your name
Every prayer I whispered in the dark
Feels answered every time you say my name!
(Lead to crowd)
Say it again!
(Crowd yells the name back)
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[Chorus Reprise – DOUBLE TIME ENERGY]
Here… girl, I found you!
I ain’t searching no more!
I been running my whole damn life
Didn’t know what I was running for!
Yeah HERE… GIRL I FOUND YOU!
AND I’M RIGHT WHERE I BELONG!
Your love is the greatest gift
I WAITED MY WHOLE LIFE LONG!
[Group stacking harmonies, gospel runs, key change feel]
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[Bridge – Testimony Moment (Band Drops, Crowd Silent]
[Lead, crying]
I searched the world…
I searched myself…
Didn’t need nobody else…
[Beat comes back under softly]
You don’t even know what you did for me…
I was tired…
I was tired of looking…
[Lead screams]
I FOUND YOU!
[Crowd explodes]
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[FINAL CHORUS – KEY LIFT, MAXIMUM ENERGY]
HERE… GIRL I FOUND YOU!!!
I DON’T NEED NOBODY ELSE!!!
Thank God for the moment
When your love saved me from myself!!!
HERE… GIRL I FOUND YOU!!!
I DON’T NEED NOBODY ELSE!!!
Your love is the greatest gift
HEAVEN EVER LEEEEEFT!!!
[Lead wailing, sax screaming, band going crazy, crowd singing every word]
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[Outro – Victory Lap]
(Lead over music)
I was empty… now I’m full!
I was lost… now I’m home!
I was searching… now I’m FOUND!
(Crowd chanting: “FOUND! FOUND! FOUND!”)
[Lead Falsetto, Crowd Erupting)
I Found You….
[Band Exploses To Close, Crowd Roars]
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