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ILLENIUM

Needed You

Release date: 21st September 2017

From Awake
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About This Track

'Needed You' features Dia Frampton on vocals, anchored by a refrain that tallies emotional loss. The track moves through regret and absence, asking the counterfactual question of what might have been had the other person shown up when it mattered. The lyric structure repeats the central tension: "where would I be / what would I do / if you were there when I needed you", a simple but effective inversion of presence and its weight. The song builds through its arrangement, moving from refrain into a rhythmic drop that emphasises the titular phrase. It sits within a framework of electronic production, the vocals carrying the emotional argument whilst the instrumental rises and falls around them.

"Needed You" is a track by ILLENIUM, from the album Awake, released 21st September 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

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ILLENIUM

ILLENIUM

Lyrics

Needed You

[Refrain]

I could count them if I want to

All these years I've wasted on you

You gave up, I, I grew up

Oh, I can't help but wonder

[Chorus]

Where would I, where would I be?

What would I do?

If you were, if you were there when I needed you

Where would I, where would I be?

What would I do?

If you were, if you were there when I needed you

[Build]

What would I–

I do, I do, I do

Needed you

I do, I do, I do

Needed you

What would I–

[Drop]

[Refrain]

I could count them if I want to

All these years I've wasted on you

You gave up, I, I grew up

I can't help, but wonder

[Chorus]

Where would I, where would I be?

What would I do?

If you were, if you were there when I needed you

Where would I, where would I be?

What would I do?

If you were, if you were there when I needed you

[Build]

What would I–

I do, I do, I do

Needed you

I do, I do, I do

Needed you

What would I–

[Drop]

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Track details

From Awake

2017
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Dia Frampton, ILLENIUM, Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel “Lindgren” Schulz
    Producer
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