[verse 1 | vocals: intimate, breath-led, low register, tender but controlled | instrumental: sub bass, muted electric guitar, slow tight drums, sparse dark textures | energy: low, warm, uneasy] you fix the collar smooth the line press my hair back into place say it's better when i look calm say it's easier this way [pause 0.8s] your hands are careful down to the inch like you can love what you can trim [pre-chorus | vocals: close-mic, softer, lingering breath | instrumental: bass swells, guitar tension rising, kick deepens | energy: building, intimate] easy now you say it sweet like comfort with a hidden seam i almost lean i almost rest then something cold moves through it [chorus | vocals: sensual, restrained, darkly tender | instrumental: heavy low-end, slow drums, wide muted guitar bloom | energy: heavy, suspended] almost gentle until you feel the edge almost heaven with a hand around your neck almost mercy in the way you keep me still almost gentle almost kind enough to kill [verse 2 | vocals: breath-close, tender, faintly haunting | instrumental: tom pulse, pressing bass, soft guitar scrape | energy: low, invasive] you bring the blanket tuck it close dim the light like that helps talk so soft around the bruise like naming less could make it heal [pause 1.0s] you call it care the way you shape what gets to live and what looks safe [chorus | vocals: fuller, sensual, low harmony support | instrumental: heavier drums, bass dominant, guitar widening | energy: dense, inescapable] almost gentle until you feel the edge almost heaven with a hand around your neck almost mercy in the way you keep me still almost gentle almost kind enough to kill [bridge | vocals: near-whisper, intimate, breath on consonants | instrumental: drums pulled back, sustained sub bass, distant guitar drone | energy: suspended, sinister] you make it neat you make it clean you make it easier to believe [pause 0.9s] that care can cut without a sound that love looks best when lying down [final chorus | vocals: fuller, dark sensual power, stacked whispers | instrumental: hardest drums, saturated bass, slow wide electric guitar | energy: maximal, crushing] almost gentle until you feel the edge almost heaven with a hand around your neck almost mercy in the way you keep me still almost gentle almost kind enough to kill almost holy in the way you lower me almost tender while you take the shape from me almost gentle [outro | vocals: fading, close-mic, breath trailing | instrumental: bass decay, guitar drone, drums stripped away | energy: falling, haunted] easy now [pause 1.1s] almost gentle [pause 1.4s] almost
