[Intro — distant, exhausted] Will the siren leave me... Afraid I'll see what she fears herself? Will the reflection shatter everything? Or were we always just scared... of being seen? [Verse 1] You knew the song that held me. I knew the voice beneath. You sang the same old lies you once used to help me breathe. Lie after cry, the siren's beat... You thought I chased the music. I was listening underneath. I knew what I was chasing. You thought I couldn't see. But I wasn't chasing sirens... I was chasing who you'd be when you didn't have to sing to me. [Pre-Chorus] So tell me— Is this a game of thrill? Or a game of running scared? Why do we keep testing love just to see if it's still there? You pull away. I chase the sea. I get too close. You disappear from me. And somewhere in between... We forgot how to just be. [Chorus] Can't we just be we? You and me? Twisted shadows, siren and sailor, loving through everything. You afraid I'll see too much. Me afraid you'll leave. Both terrified of finding what the other one believes. Can't we just be we? No chase. No sea. No song you have to sing to keep a hold on me. I already see you. Will you see me? Can't we... just be we? [Verse 2] I chose to love the siren. Not because I couldn't see. I saw the storm behind your eyes. I heard the fear beneath. I saw what made the madness. I saw what made you flee. And somewhere in your broken song... I heard a piece of me. But love isn't drowning to prove that I can swim. And love isn't bleeding so you'll let somebody in. I don't need to save you. You don't need to save me. Maybe we just stop pretending we're what we're afraid to be. [Pre-Chorus] No more testing. No more signs. No more hiding truth between another thousand lines. If you're scared... say you're scared. If you love me... let it be there. Maybe love was never fearless. Maybe love is staying when fear says: Disappear. [Chorus] Can't we just be we? You and me? Twisted shadows, siren and sailor, finally learning how to breathe. You afraid I'll know your darkness. Me afraid you'll disappear. Both of us loving each other through everything we fear. Can't we just be we? [Bridge — everything falls away] What if there was never a siren? What if there was never a sailor? No monster in the water. No hero coming to save her. No victim. No villain. No winner. No blame. Just two people calling fear by different names. You sang. I chased. You ran. I broke. I screamed. You hid. And somewhere underneath it... two frightened hearts were asking the same thing: Will you still love me when you know who I am? [Break — nearly spoken] Yes. But I can't keep drowning to answer you. And you can't keep disappearing to answer me. So come out of the water. I'll step off the shore. Meet me somewhere neither of us has stood before. [Final Chorus — full release] Can't we just be WE? Not who you were. Not who I thought I had to be. Not siren. Not sailor. Not hunter. Not sea. Just your hand reaching honestly for mine... And mine reaching back because I am free. I don't want your perfect. Don't ask it from me. Bring the shadows. Bring the scars. Bring the things we're scared to see. If the reflection shatters— LET IT SHATTER. Maybe breaking the illusion is how we finally see. No more siren. No more sailor. Just you. Just me. No more chasing across an endless sea. If we're going to love... then love me awake. And I'll love you awake. No spell. No chase. No game. No escape. Just... be... we. [Outro — the melody from the beginning returns, but peaceful] The ocean never needed another body underneath. The siren never needed another sailor to believe. The sailor never needed a siren he could save. They only needed somewhere they were both allowed to stay. So the sailor left the shoreline. And the siren left the sea. And somewhere between who they were and who they were afraid to be... There was no siren. There was no sailor. There was only— we.
