Cut You Out

[sg1-tay-po-ft-babd-02-14] [LS.v3.3.2026.0718RR] [Intro Chorus] [steady_centered_lead, even_medium_projection] [close_double_enters_after_first_line] [muted_kick_and_snare_enter_halfway, low_guitar_pulse_begins_quietly] Cut you out, don’t leave a trace, Your name don’t get to take up space. Cut you out, this time it’s clear, You don’t get close, you’re not staying here. [background_response_below_lead] (Not this time.) [Verse 1] [close_word_forward_lead, tight_kick_and_snare] [electric_bass_foundation, muted_rhythmic_guitar] [restrained_dark_synth_support] You were the friend I called my family, Knew what I’d lived through, knew what it cost me. Then at Kelly’s party, you told the whole room, Used my worst night just to make them laugh with you. [Pre-Chorus] [brief_synth_guitar_lift, more_connected_lead_phrasing] [slight_drum_gather, close_double_on_final_line] I saw your face. You knew what you did. [Chorus] [first_half_reduced, close_vocal_doubles] [second_half_expansion, firmer_bass_and_drums] [wider_muted_guitar_body, dark_midrange_synth_support] [selective_background_responses, muted_rhythm_details] Cut you out, don’t leave a trace, Your name don’t get to take up space. Cut you out, this time it’s clear, You don’t get close, you’re not staying here. [background_response_below_lead] (Not this time.) [Verse 2] [retained_bass_and_guitar_pulse, reduced_drum_body] [sparse_delayed_vocal_responses, slightly_firmer_low_end] You told our friends I’d taken it wrong, Kept them all around you like nothing went wrong. So I left half that circle and the plans we made, Let them call me cruel while I walked away. [Pre-Chorus] [brief_synth_guitar_lift, stronger_drum_gather] [low_supporting_double] It cost me people. I paid it anyway. [Chorus] [first_half_reduced_but_heavier, close_vocal_doubles] [second_half_full_pop_rock_body] [wider_guitar_support, firm_bass, restrained_electronic_percussion] [stronger_background_responses, low_midrange_percussive_accents] Cut you out, don’t leave a trace, Your name don’t get to take up space. Cut you out, this time it’s clear, You don’t get close, you’re not staying here. [background_response_below_lead] (Not this time.) [Bridge] [major_arrangement_withdrawal, exposed_centered_lead] [low_sustained_guitar_or_synth_tone] You knew it would hurt me. You did it for the laugh. [sparse_snare_enters, close_double_on_final_words] I meant what I said. [Final Chorus] [full_pop_rock_return, strongest_bass_and_drum_body] [wider_rhythmic_guitars, dark_synth_support] [organized_vocal_doubles, independent_background_responses] [restrained_electronic_percussion, muted_rhythm_details] Cut you out, don’t leave a trace, Your name don’t get to take up space. Cut you out, this time it’s clear, You don’t get close, you’re not staying here. [progressive_instrument_withdrawal] Cut you out, don’t leave a trace, I won’t rewrite what you did to save your face. [Ending Tag] [rapid_instrument_withdrawal, exposed_centered_lead] I meant what I said. [distant_quiet_background_response] (Not this time.) [clean_terminal_stop] [end]