Hey Its Me

Lyrics

[Intro: child voice, dry and close, no music]
“Ten...”
“Nine...”
“Eight...”
“Seven... six...”
(a music box starts, slightly wrong)
“Five... four...”
(sub bass swells underneath, rising)
“Three... two...”
(everything cuts out)
“One.”

[DROP: full wobble bass, screech lead, a kick like a door being slammed]

Verse 1: male, breaking, voice cracking
I told them I was fine, I told them I was sleeping
I told them it was stress, I told them it was grief
But you’re sitting on my bed with your hands still full of soil
And you’re smiling like you never ever left

I carried your coffin, I felt the weight of it
I felt the weight of it
So why can I hear you breathing in the dark?
Why can I hear you breathing in the dark?

[Pre-drop: male, sobbing, then screaming, pitch rising]
Stop saying my name
STOP SAYING MY NAME
You’re not here, you’re not here
You’re not here
(riser, glitching, the child counting backwards under it)

[Chorus: DANNY, pitched down, doubled with a whisper, cold reverb]
Hey, it’s me, don’t cry
Come on down, it’s warm inside
Everyone’s been asking for you
Mum made tea, there’s room for two
Hey, it’s me, don’t cry
You were never meant to stay up high

[Drop: 16 bars, heavy growl bass, Danny’s laugh chopped and stuttering across the beat]

[Verse 2: male, wrecked, almost whispering then exploding]
I found your number in my phone and I rang it just to hear it
And it rang in the wardrobe, and it rang beneath the floor
Then you picked up, and you said nothing
Just the sound of dirt falling, and the sound of someone sobbing, and it was me

I’m not sleeping, I’m not eating
I put a chair against the door
But the chair is on the other side
And the door is open, and the door is open

Pre-drop 2: male, raw, voice shredding
I can’t tell what’s real
I CAN’T TELL WHAT’S REAL
You’re holding out your hand
And I’m taking it
(riser, reversed piano, the child’s counting speeds up)

[Chorus: DANNY, closer, the whisper now ahead of the voice instead of behind it]
Hey, it’s me, don’t cry
Come on down, it’s warm inside
Everyone’s been waiting for you
Grandad’s here, he’s missed you too
Hey, it’s me, don’t cry
Close your eyes and say goodbye

[Drop 2: harder, distorted, Danny’s voice stretched and glitched across the screech lead, a heartbeat in the sub that slowly stops]

[Bridge: all sound cuts, just Danny, quiet, close to the mic]
“Remember when we were kids?”
“You always hid in the same place.”
“I always found you.”
“Ready or not.”

[Final Chorus: Danny and the child singing together, the man sobbing underneath, everything detuning]
Hey, it’s me, don’t cry
You’re already down here with us
(the man’s voice, barely audible: “...I know...”)
Hey, it’s me, don’t cry
Count me home

[Outro: music box winds down, the heartbeat stops, the child’s voice reverses to count “one... two... three...” upward, a door closes, silence]