[Intro: detuned piano, vinyl crackle] (one-one-one...) (choose... choose...) [Sub-bass swell, heartbeat kick] [Verse 1: rhythmic melodic rap] I built a kingdom out of paper hearts Every room a different work of art Every touch a truth I can't erase Every love a home, a time, a place (hold on, hold on) [Pre-Chorus: rising falsetto, stutter] If I pull one card from underneath How many hearts collapse with me? (fall-fall-falling) [Chorus: soaring layered vocals, heavy 808] How do I choose who gets to stay? When every yes takes love away One heart saved, another breaks One little choice, a thousand aches (oh-oh-oh) I see the cards begin to fall To save one love, I lose them all [Drop: chopped vocals, sliding bass] (choose-one, lose-one) (hearts-fall-down) (bmm-ka-tss, bmm-ka-tss) [Distorted cowbell, syncopated breaks] [Verse 2: double-time, whispered doubles] Every smile's a promise I can't keep Every goodbye's a ghost that doesn't sleep They say a choice is how you prove you're true But what if truth is loving more than two? (more-more-more) [Bridge: beat cuts, fragile falsetto] I'm not afraid of being alone I'm scared of breaking every home I'd rather carry all this pain Than watch their tears fall like rain [Final Chorus: octave harmonies, halftime] How do I choose who gets to stay? When every yes takes love away One heart saved, another breaks One little choice, a thousand aches (choose-one, lose-one) I feel the cards begin to fall And I'm the hand that drops them all [Outro: tape slowdown, whispered] (one... one... none...) [Silence]
