Aveux à Minuit by Loreli

[Intro] (just soft piano, distant rain on the window, breathy voice barely above a whisper) Mmm… It’s late… And I don’t usually do this… But tonight… I might. [Verse 1] You looked at me like you could see through the smoke Like the red lipstick and the heels were just a joke I laughed, I turned away, I played the game I know But something in your eyes made the walls start to show I don’t let people close, I keep them at a distance It’s safer in the shadows, it’s safer with resistance Yet here you are… still standing in my light And for the first time in forever… I don’t want to fight [Pre-Chorus] My voice is steady but my hands are not I’m used to being the one who calls the shots But you’re looking at me like I’m something real And baby that’s the part I’m scared to feel [Chorus] (soft, intimate, almost breaking) Aveux à minuit… confessions in the dark I almost let you in, I almost left my mark You’re the one who almost got me, the one I almost chose The one who made me wonder if I could let go Aveux à minuit… I don’t say this often But tonight the mask is slipping and the truth is calling You’re the almost that haunts me… The almost that I wanted… [Verse 2] I’ve ruined men before, I’ve left them on their knees I’ve smiled while they begged and I did it with such ease But you… you make me pause, you make me hesitate You make me wonder what it feels like to be safe I trace your jaw with fingers that have done much worse And for one dangerous second I forget the curse Of being who I am, of living in this role Of always being fire and never being whole [Bridge] beat almost disappears — just piano and raw breath Tell me, chéri… Do you know what you’re asking for? Because if I let you see behind the door There’s nothing left but me… raw and real and scared And I don’t know if I can bear To be that girl again… [Final Chorus] (bigger, more vulnerable, still soft but fuller) Aveux à minuit… confessions in the dark I almost let you in, I almost left my mark You’re the one who almost got me, the one I almost chose The one who made me wonder if I could let go Aveux à minuit… I’m saying it out loud For once I’m not performing, for once I’m not proud You’re the almost that haunts me… The almost that I wanted… ad-lib, voice cracking just a little Et si je te disais… que tu es le premier… Le premier qui m’a fait peur… de la bonne façon… [Outro] piano fades to nothing, just breath and the faintest echo Mmm… Don’t tell anyone I said that… The night’s still young… And I’m still dangerous… But tonight… I was almost yours.