SONG 3 — “Cold Hands, Warm Lies”

Intro [piano hush] [whispered harmony] Your hands were cold But your lies were warm --- Verse 1 [guitar pluck tension] You touched my shoulder lightly As if guilt could hide in softness Your voice stayed perfectly calm But your heartbeat told the story [soft bass swell] You said you were just tired You said it wasn’t about me But your eyes shifted sideways Like the truth was hard to keep --- Pre-Chorus [double-layered vocal] And the way you held your breath Was louder than your words I felt the gap between us Stretch like a quiet warning --- Chorus [FX vocal rise] Cold hands, warm lies You sold me comfort at a price Every touch felt borrowed Every truth disguised [shadow octave voice] You whispered love like routine And I trusted it every time But warmth means nothing When the hands are cold And the heart is not mine --- Verse 2 [bass pulse] You hugged me like a stranger Trying not to shake too much Your lips said “It’s okay” But your silence broke the trust [guitar resonance] I memorized your patterns The way your voice bends truth You lied with gentle kindness As if kindness made it smooth --- Pre-Chorus 2 [whispered backing] And I asked myself quietly If I was losing you tonight Not because you wanted distance But because you’d already left inside --- Chorus [FX pitch fall] Cold hands, warm lies You gave me half of your goodbye I held on to the version of you You weren’t trying to revive [double-layered chorus] And love becomes unbearable When truth wears a disguise Cold hands telling warm lies Is the slowest way to die --- Bridge [sub-bass + slow kick] You weren’t cruel, just absent You weren’t angry, just gone You didn’t push me away You just didn’t pull me along [guitar swell] And the warmth you performed Couldn’t hide the freeze inside You weren’t breaking up with me You were breaking off the light --- Final Chorus [FX vocal lift] Cold hands, warm lies Your softness felt rehearsed You held me out of duty But the truth hit me first [shadow voice low] If love has a temperature Ours dropped below goodbye Your hands were freezing But your lies stayed warm For one last time --- Outro [piano fade] Soft hands, empty heart That’s how you said goodnight