[Intro - Staccato Synth Rhythm]
Oh — Ray-mond...
Where — have — you — gone?
[Verse 1]
Oh Raymond, where have you been?
I'm wondering if you're still my friend
I walk the streets we used to own
Your sweater hangs like a memory on a telephone
I can't recall your laughter, can't find your plea
Only the afternoons we burned into me
[Pre-Chorus]
Checked the corner cafés, the deli sign,
Called your number — just a lonely line
No footprints on the avenue, no echo where you stood
[Chorus]
Where have you gone, Raymond? (where have you gone?)
Where have you gone, Raymond? (where have you gone?)
I wander through our old hangouts
No one left asking your whereabouts
Where have you gone, Raymond?
I hope you're by some windowlight
Or in a small café, holding somebody tight
[Verse 2]
I miss your face, that crooked grin
Your scattered maps, the mess you lived in
I need to find you, need to know you're okay
You always had plans — did one carry you away?
[Pre-Chorus]
The mailbox by the squaee, the bus stop sign
A photo on my phone that keeps sliding out of time
I'm calling into static and noise, but I'm not giving up
[Verse 3 - Reveal]
Found a postcard from Nevada, tucked in a coat
Two stamps, a ticket stub, a note that said "I'm afloat"
You chased the sun, it called your name, a street that felt like a fault
Maybe you left to find the light — or maybe you lost your way
[Chorus]
Where have you gone, Raymond? (where have you gone?)
Where have you gone, Raymond? (where have you gone?)
I wander through our old hangouts,
No one left asking your whereabouts
Where have you gone, Raymond?
I hope you're warm beneath some neon glow
Wrapped in my jacket, dry from the snow
[Pre-Drop Chant (2 bars)]
Raymond — come back
Raymond — come back
[Build / Beat Drop]
(4-bar riser, snare roll into drop)
[Beat Drop]
(Full production hits here — heavy sidechained sub-bass, chopped vocal micro-samples)
[Bridge - background music fades and song slows]
Through the silence, through the doubt
I'm lifting my voice — I'm calling out
Come back to me, Raymond — come back home
Don't carry this night alone
[Chorus - Final / Dance Peak/background music comes back in full volume]
Where have you gone, Raymond? (where have you gone?)
Where have you gone, Raymond? (where have you gone?)
I wander through our old hangouts— I need you here with me
No one left asking your whereabouts
Where have you gone, Raymond?
Be by some windowlight, safe and free in the night
[Tag]
Raymond, figure it out — come back into the light
Go back to the village, find your way tonight
[Outro - Staccato Synth Rhythm]
Oh — Ray-mond...
Where — have — you — gone? [hold the last note for 2 bars as the music Crescendos to one big finish]
