[Intro – ritual whispers, distant pads, faint chimes] (female whisper, wide and ghostlike) you don’t have to hide… i see you… even now… (soft acoustic guitar begins, sparse notes) [Verse 1 – acoustic arpeggios + low drone] (male, close and intimate) You learned to fade in a crowded room Say less, feel more, let it pass through you Every word like a risk you weighed So you gave them fragments… and called it safe (light tom heartbeat enters) They touched your skin but they missed your depth Fell for the outline, ignored the rest You wore your silence like it was gold But I saw the cracks you don’t show [Pre-Chorus – strings swell, percussion deepens] (male + distant female echo) Something in the way you pull away Like being known might make you break But I’m not leaving at the edge I want the parts you never said (female whisper underneath) don’t hide… [Chorus – fuller guitars, strings, tribal rhythm] (male lead, female harmonies bloom behind) I see you in the dark you never show In every quiet place you had to go They never stayed long enough to know But I do… I do You don’t have to hide in my hands I want every part they didn’t understand No more disappearing when you’re close I see you… more than they ever could (female layered, ritual-like) you don’t have to hide… I see you… [Verse 2 – added bass movement, subtle electric swells] (male, slightly more open, still controlled) You speak in pieces, like it’s safer that way Like truth might scare me if it’s not restrained But I’ve been listening between your lines There’s a whole world there you’ve kept inside (low choir pad enters subtly) You’re not the ghost that they made you be Not just the shadows they chose to see You’re every fire you had to tame Every scar they refused to name [Pre-Chorus – stronger percussion, tension rises] (male + fuller female echoes) You hesitate like love’s a test Like I’ll disappear like all the rest But I’m not scared of what you hide I’m standing here… there's no divide [Chorus – wider, more orchestral weight] (strings and choir deepen, guitars swell) I see you in the dark you never show In every quiet place you had to go They never stayed long enough to know But I do… I do You don’t have to hide in my hands I want every part they didn’t understand No more disappearing when you’re close I see you… more than they ever could (female harmonies rise like a veil lifting) you don’t have to hide… I see you… [Bridge – stripped ritual → slow, powerful rise] (almost a cappella with low drone + distant drum hits) If no one ever held you like you’re real Then let me be the first thing that you feel Not surface, not borrowed, not pretend I’m here for where you start… and where you end (drums build, strings swell darker) I’m learning you faster than I can defend Every wall I built, I’m letting you in If loving you means I come undone Then I’m already… already gone [Final Chorus – full ritual intensity, layered voices + choir] (male powerful, female + choir enveloping) I see you in the dark you never show In every broken place you had to go They never stayed long enough to know But I do… I do You don’t have to hide in my hands I want every part they didn’t understand Let the world miss what I hold close I see you… I see you… (female + choir repeating, hypnotic) you don’t have to hide… i see you… i see you… [Outro – fading acoustic + whispers + distant chimes] (female whisper dissolving into silence) you don’t have to hide… i’ve got you…
