[INTRO – BEAT DROPS: HEAVY 808 BASS, SLOW TRAP HI-HATS] (Female – breathy, layered over vinyl crackle) I tasted something strange... On your lips tonight. A little bit of heaven, With a thousand shades of lies. (Male – low ad-libs, distant echo) (Yeah... look...) (Listen to me...) [VERSE 1 – FEMALE, DEEP, BREATHY, CONTROLLED] You left your shadow in my bed, A thousand words you never said. I saw the silence in your eyes, The perfect mask, the sweet disguise. Your fingerprints were on my skin, But I could feel the cold within. You held me close, you played your part, While someone else was in your heart. [PRE-CHORUS – FEMALE, SLOW, TENSION BUILD] Don't touch me... Don't call my name. I know the truth, I know your game. I used to burn, I used to care. Now there's nothing For you there. [CHORUS – FEMALE, LOW AND HYPNOTIC, LAYERED HARMONIES] I can taste your lies, Like poison in my mouth. You built a paradise, Then burned it to the ground. I can see your face, But I don't see you anymore. You gave me love, I gave you everything... What was it all for? [DISTANT FEMALE WHISPERS & MALE AD-LIBS] Female: All for nothing... Male: (No, no, wait...) Female: All for nothing... [VERSE 2 – MALE RAP, MELODIC FLOW, DEFENSIVE & REGRETFUL] (Beat switches – heavier snare, dark piano loop) Yeah, I walked in late with the guilt on my coat, Every excuse getting stuck in my throat. You looking at me like you reading my mind, Tracing the mess that I left behind. I played with fire, yeah, I crossed the line, Swore she was nothing, swore you were mine. Now I’m standing in the ashes of the trust I broke, Watching everything we built turn into smoke. You ain't even yelling, that's the part that stings, Just silence in the room where you took off your rings. I built a kingdom just to watch it fall, Had the realest in my corner, risked it all for nothing at all. [PRE-CHORUS 2 – DUO INTERACTION, TENSE] Female: Don't touch me... Male: (Just let me explain, baby) Female: Don't say you're sorry. Your beautiful lies Are getting boring. Female: I see you now, Without the light. Male: (I'm still right here...) Female: And I don't miss you Here tonight. [CHORUS – WIDER, FEMALE HARMONIES + MALE LOW HARMONIES] Female: I can taste your lies, Like poison in my mouth. Both: You built a paradise, Then burned it to the ground. Female: I can see your face, But I don't see you anymore. You gave me love, I gave you everything... What was it all for? [BREAKDOWN – HALF-TIME, BEAT CUTS OUT TO JUST SUB-BASS] Female (whispered): One... Little... Lie... Male (low, rhythmic): (I messed up, I know I messed up) Female (whispered): Two... Different... Lives... Male (low, rhythmic): (Can’t take it back, no) Female: You were never mine. [BRIDGE – DUO SPOKEN WORD / FAST RAP TRANSITION] Female (almost spoken, cold): I don't hate you. That's the strangest part. You didn't break me... You just showed me who you are. Male (melodic, fading beat): And I gotta live with the ghost I became, Every time the rain falls, whispering your name. You walked out clean while I drown in the past, The best thing I had was never meant to last. [FINAL CHORUS – DEEP, MULTI-LAYERED VOCALS, FULL BEAT] Female: I can taste your lies, Like poison in my mouth. Both: You built a paradise, Then burned it to the ground. Female: I can see your face, But I don't see you anymore. Male: (I'm right here, I'm right here...) Female: You gave me love, I gave you everything... But I won't give you more. [OUTRO – BEAT FADES TO SOLO PIANO & BREATH] Female (whisper): The taste is gone... The scars remain... I won't remember Your name again. Male (distant echo): (All for nothing...) Female (distant whisper): Your name... Your name...
