INCEPTION [Intro — piano loop, slightly off-time] One, two, three. One, two. One, two, three. One, two. Don't say it. I know. --- [Verse 1] In the real world we know the rules. We talk for hours, we play it cool. You stop a sentence. I let it go. You know I heard it. I always know. We leave the words where they can't hurt. Safe in the space between us first. But close your eyes. There's somewhere else. One floor down beneath ourselves. --- [Pre-Chorus] Don't wake up. Not yet. There's another level left. --- [Chorus] We don't say it. We don't say it. But I know. You know. We don't say it. We don't say it. But down here— we can. --- [Verse 2 — another layer enters] One floor down, you stay with me. No careful words. No boundaries. Another floor. The ceiling bends. The night begins and never ends. We build a place no one can find. Your impossible thoughts fit into mine. You ask me why. I ask you when. We lose the answer. Start again. --- [Pre-Chorus] Don't wake up. Not yet. There's another level left. Take my thought. I'll take yours. There's no gravity anymore. --- [Chorus] We don't say it. We don't say it. But I know. You know. We don't say it. We don't say it. But down here— we can. --- [Instrumental — piano motif reversed] One, two, three. One, two. One, two, three— fall. --- [Bridge — almost spoken] How far down do you want to go? One more dream? One more? Okay. Here, there's nothing to protect. No right time. No wrong life. No sentence we have to stop. No word we have to swallow. Just you. Just me. And everything we never say. [Silence] I love you. [Beat] I know. --- [Final Chorus — rhythm becomes perfectly even] We don't say it. We don't say it. But I know. You know. We don't say it. We don't say it. But down here— we can. We can stay. We can fall. We can have all of it. You and me. No waking up. Not yet. Not yet. Not— --- [Sudden cut] [Outro — original uneven piano loop returns] One, two, three. One, two. Morning light. Same two chairs. Same two lives. You look at me. I look away. Neither of us says a thing. [quietly] See you tonight. [click]
