[Intro] [instrumental indie rock intro, clean electric guitar arpeggios over warm bass, light drums building slowly] [Verse 1] You brush past me in the hallway Eyes on the floor, but you still look back We talk safe about the small things Hide the sparks between the laughs Every joke is loaded silence Every smile a step too close I feel gravity get louder Pulling us where we can’t go [Pre Chorus] We’re pretending we don’t notice How the room starts spinning slow All the words we’re never saying Are the only ones I know [Chorus] This forbidden love is burning in the dark We’re a match they never meant to leave a mark Every stolen glance is writing us in neon above We don’t say it out loud, but it’s love, it’s love This forbidden love, this forbidden love [Verse 2] You sit next to me at midnight On a couch that suddenly feels small Your hand brushes mine by accident You pull away like it meant nothing at all But your pulse is like a drum line I can hear it in the quiet air If the world was not between us Would you let me keep it there? [Pre Chorus] We’re pretending this is harmless Just a phase we’ll outgrow soon But I feel it in the static Every time you leave the room [Chorus] This forbidden love is burning in the dark We’re a match they never meant to leave a mark Every stolen glance is writing us in neon above We don’t say it out loud, but it’s love, it’s love This forbidden love, this forbidden love [Bridge] If I said your name too softly Would it still be just a friend? If I traced the line between us Would the whole thing have to end? We’re a secret in the back row We’re a silence in the noise You and I were never given Any choice [Chorus] This forbidden love is burning in the dark We’re a match they never meant to leave a mark Every stolen glance is writing us in neon above We don’t say it out loud, but it’s love, it’s love This forbidden love, this forbidden love [Outro] Quiet streetlights fade behind us As we walk away alone This forbidden love still flickers Like a house that could be home
