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Cheap Pretty Words

[INTRO | DISTORTED CALLIOPE | LOW DRUMS | FEMALE WHISPER] Funny... You keep asking for the truth while doubting every word I say. So this time, don't listen. Watch. [VERSE 1 | LOW FEMALE RAP] You say you've been trying, I say I can't see it. Maybe we're both tired of explaining what we mean. You say I pushed you away, I say I've been waiting. Two people at the same door with fear doing the translating. I wasn't asking you to save me, wasn't asking you to fall. I needed somebody beside me, and that ain't physical at all. I can build my own foundation. I can carry my own name. But if we're talking about forever, then show me you're in the frame. [PRE-CHORUS | DRUMS BUILD] I've heard promises before. Pretty words don't build a floor. If you mean it, make it real. Don't tell me. Show me how you feel. [CHORUS | HEAVY ROCK + DUBSTEP] Words are words and talk is cheap. Don't tell me I'm the one you need. Show me you care. Stand next to me. Be the man you claim to be. I won't shrink to make you stay. I already gave too much away. Meet me standing, not on my knees, and you'll find who I always was underneath. [DROP | INDUSTRIAL DRUMS | DISTORTED CALLIOPE] Talk. Talk. Talk. Cheap. Actions make the truth speak. [VERSE 2 | FAST FEMALE RAP] Don't confuse my boundaries with leaving you behind. I stopped setting myself on fire just to ease somebody's mind. Yeah, I forgave the history. That doesn't make me blind. Forgiveness doesn't mean I surrender peace another time. You fear you'll be what hurts me. I fear you'll disappear. So we brace for an impact that ain't even fucking here. Push away. Pull me back. Same old ride around the track. Both waiting for the other one to prove they won't repeat the past. I'm done living like that. [BREAK | MUSIC CUTS | HEARTBEAT DRUM] [FEMALE SPOKEN] Standing beside me isn't always physical. It's choosing us when fear gives you a hundred reasons not to. I don't need rescuing. I need consistency. [CHORUS | BIGGER DRUMS] Words are words and talk is cheap. Don't promise what you cannot keep. Show me you care. Stand next to me. Be the man you claim to be. I won't shrink. I won't disappear. I won't build my life around your fear. If you want me, come honestly. Not with promises. With consistency. [BRIDGE | DARK CARNIVAL BUILD] Maybe the monster wasn't you. Maybe the monster wasn't me. Maybe fear kept pulling levers while we blamed what we could see. But I stepped off that ride. I know my worth tonight. You can meet me in the middle, but I won't abandon mine. [FINAL CHORUS | MASSIVE DRUMS + ROCK] Talk is cheap. So make it count. Love ain't measured by the words coming out. Build with me or let me build. Either way, I'm standing still. I won't beg. I won't chase. I won't make myself small to keep my place. If you show me your words are true, you won't meet somebody new. You'll meet the woman who was always there... before she learned to disappear. [OUTRO | DRUMS SLOW | CALLIOPE FADES] [FEMALE SPOKEN] I didn't become somebody else. I remembered who I was. My name is Mynx.