Hold Me Close
R&B melodic rap with a deep-pocket syncopated kick-snare, live bassline, Rhodes piano stabs, and analog pad swells; verse rides sparse drums and intimate half-sung bars, pre-chorus opens with stacked octave harmonies and lifted chords, chorus lands on a repeating emotional hook. Stereo slapback on ad-libs, plate reverb on the lead, tape saturation, sidechain pump, glossy but warm mix., emotional, deep, r&b, vocal, rap, bassline
Hold Me Close
R&B melodic rap with a deep-pocket syncopated kick-snare, live bassline, Rhodes piano stabs, and analog pad swells; verse rides sparse drums and intimate half-sung bars, pre-chorus opens with stacked octave harmonies and lifted chords, chorus lands on a repeating emotional hook. Stereo slapback on ad-libs, plate reverb on the lead, tape saturation, sidechain pump, glossy but warm mix., emotional, deep, r&b, vocal, rap, bassline
Lyrics
Verse 1
You left your coat by the door
Still smells like rain and you
I keep your name in my mouth
Like something I can’t undo
Count the steps to your room
Then stop at the frame and stare
I act like I’m fine in the day
Then fold when the night’s there
Pre-Chorus
Say you’ll come back, come back
Don’t leave me in the dark
I’m right here, right here
With my hands on my heart
Say you’ll come back, come back
I can’t take the space
If you need a place to land
Baby, I kept your place
Chorus
Hold me close
Don’t let go
I been lost
Since you said no
Hold me close
Hear me out
I’m still here
Calling out
(hold me close)
(hold me close)
Verse 2
Your text still sits on read
Like a wound I keep clean
I wear that same old smile
But it cracks at the seams
Your perfume on the scarf
Your laugh in the hall
Every little thing you touched
Still answers when I call
Pre-Chorus
Say you’ll come back, come back
Don’t leave me in the cold
I got this ache in my chest
And it won’t let go
Say you’ll come back, come back
Before the morning breaks
If you need a place to land
Baby, I kept your place
Chorus
Hold me close
Don’t let go
I been lost
Since you said no
Hold me close
Hear me out
I’m still here
Calling out
(hold me close)
(hold me close)
Bridge
If you walked in right now
I’d forget how to breathe
All this pride on the floor
Where you used to leave me
Come a little nearer
Let the hurt unwind
One more night with you
Could change my mind
Chorus
Hold me close
Don’t let go
I been lost
Since you said no
Hold me close
Hear me out
I’m still here
Calling out
(hold me close)
(hold me close)