Title: “Just Conversations” [Intro – soft piano, low hums, distant harmony pads | :00–:25] (spoken, intimate, almost whispered) At first… it was just conversations taking place. Nothing heavy. Nothing promised. Just words… finding their way to each other. [Verse 1 – groove settles in | :25–1:05] At first it was just conversations taking place, Exchanges of thoughts, ideas— and you keeping a smile on my face. Hearing from you every day Fueled my desire, my want for you in every way. I told myself, “Relax… it’s innocent.” Just two souls talkin’ through the night, laughin’ at things nobody else would get. But somewhere between your “good mornings” and the way you remembered what I said… my heart leaned in before my mind could catch it. [Refrain – light background vocals “ooh / ahh” | :05] (spoken, rhythmic) Funny how a voice can become a home… Funny how words can start to feel like touch. [Verse 2 – fuller instrumentation | 1:10–1:55] Yes, I know… we’re just friends. Two people engaged in emotions even I can’t comprehend. I say that out loud like it makes it true, like my feelings listen to reason the way I do. I often find myself sittin’ here, hours on end, wanting to hear your voice again. Ignoring all around me as if I even have a choice. The world goes quiet when I replay the sound of you. [Pre-Chorus – chords lift slightly | :15] (spoken, softer, vulnerable) I didn’t plan to feel this deep. Didn’t ask my heart to memorize your tone, or the way you say my name like it means something… but here I am. [Chorus – melodic spoken phrase, repeatable | 2:10–2:40] (half-spoken, half-sung — this is the hook) And I barely eat… I can’t sleep… ‘cause I miss you way too much. The look in your eyes, your smile— so I imagine your touch. I tell myself it’s harmless, tell myself it’s safe… But I’m fallin’ in between the lines of every word you say. (background vocals echo last line) “Every word you say…” [Bridge – music strips down, strings swell | 2:40–3:05] (spoken, confessional) Tell me… When did “just friends” start feelin’ like this? When did your absence weigh more than the things I already miss? I ain’t askin’ for promises, ain’t askin’ for forever tonight… I just need to know I’m not the only one feelin’ this pull… this quiet fight. [Vamp – groove returns, call-and-response feel | 3:05–3:25] (spoken with rhythmic repetition) Just conversations… that turned into cravings. Just conversations… now my heart’s misbehavin’. Just conversations… but they linger on my skin. Just conversations… tell me how this ain’t somethin’. (background vocals softly repeat “just conversations…”) [Outro – instruments fade, last line dry | 3:25–3:35] (spoken, resolved but open-ended) At first… it was just conversations taking place. But now… they live in me. And I don’t know how to un-feel that.
