Cannot get enough of this. Literally.
I have a rather good library of your stuff (about 20-25, but that pales in comparison to all you've uploaded here), and I always find myself trying to come back to this one. I usually dislike any lyric-based songs in my Newgrounds playlist, but the way you chopped it up and made it instrumental was absolutely amazing. It's what I've been looking for in a song for a long time.
My interpretation of the song, now that you've mixed it up, is as follows:
1:21
Don't you leave me hanging
Don't you leave me broken
(I [feel] so alone...)
Don't you leave me, here...
Don't you leave me hanging
Don't you leave me changed
(I [feel] so alone...)
Don't you leave me, here...
2:30
Each (ch ch)...
x3
(Quieter)
2:48
- (leave) me hanging...
x2
3:36
Don't you leave me hanging
Don't you leave me frozen
(I'm so cold...)
Don't you leave me here...
Don't you leave me hanging
Don't you leave me changed
(I'm so alone...)
Don't you leave me here...
That probably took up a lot of space... but anyways. I absolutely love everything you did with this song: The little effects added, the general tempo, again, the edited lyrics... Also, I'm always a fan of the way your drums can either be steady or absolutely chaotic, it's probably the main reason I love your stuff you make. I'm crazy about the beats and the effects. And while I love the absolutely crazy stuff you create (Say, the Control series), I think this drum tempo was one of my favorites you've ever composed. It's steady, rhythmical, but still holds that slightly chaotic feel. Best one I've heard from you.
Try replicated this song as best you can in your later works. Try different variants of lyric chopping especially, and never forget those effects. I hear every one of them and that is what usually makes a song for me. Great work you've done here Waterflame, absolutely superb.
A very satisfied fan, Rocker.