THE THIEF WITH MY KEYS [Intro — whispered over solo Spanish guitar] Who gave you the keys? Who let you inside? Ay, amor… What have you done to me? [Verse 1] I built you a palace on golden sand, Every room drawn by your hand, I knew the tide, I knew the sea, Still I believed what you promised me. You found every door I had locked away, Walked through my walls like you owned the place, Carved your name where my blood runs deep, Then changed the heart I was trying to keep. [Pre-Chorus — palmas enter] Now I want what I used to refuse, I kiss the fire I used to accuse, Tell me, corazón, tell me true— What kind of spell did he put on you? [Chorus — explosive flamenco lift] Oh, love, you thief with my keys, You brought my reason down to its knees, Now I run to the ones I once ran from— Ay, qué hiciste de mí? Oh, love, what did you change? My north is south, my blood feels strange, I hate what I held, I hold what I hated— Who rewrote the heart in me? [Flamenco break] Ay, ay, ay… Mi corazón… Who rewrote the heart in me? [Verse 2] Faces I passed without turning my head Now leave their footsteps inside my bed, The little things that once drove me away Pull like a magnet stronger each day. And those I carried for half of my life, Through every winter, every night, Something in me now turns away— How can a lifetime change in a day? [Pre-Chorus] Was I blind then, or am I blind now? Was that love, or is this somehow? If this is magic, break the spell— If this is truth… then don't tell. [Chorus] Oh, love, you thief with my keys, You brought my reason down to its knees, Now I run to the ones I once ran from— Ay, qué hiciste de mí? Oh, love, what did you change? My north is south, my blood feels strange, I hate what I held, I hold what I hated— Who rewrote the heart in me? [Bridge — guitar drops to sparse rasgueado] Maybe you never changed my heart… Maybe you tore the curtain apart. Maybe the stranger living in me Was always there, where I couldn't see. Or maybe, love, you're just a liar Dancing barefoot across my fire, Changing the names on every door Till I don't know myself anymore. [Flamenco instrumental — guitar + cajón + palmas] Olé… Ay, amor… Dime quién soy… Dime quién soy… [Final Chorus — full passionate vocal] Oh, love, you thief with my keys, You brought my whole world down to its knees, Now I love what I hated, Hate what I treasured— Ay, qué hiciste de mí? Oh, love, if this is your art, Don't give me back my old, old heart— Just tell me before You walk out that door: Did you change me… or show me who I am? [Outro — solo guitar, slowing] Ay, amor… Dime quién soy… Who gave you the keys?
