[Intro – Riff] [bass ostinato, rim-click; harp breath ghosts the tonic, one low draw bend] [Verse 1] [Harp sigh answers the last word.] You fold my name like paper in your palm, set it on the table, say “be calm.” Steel in your whisper, cool as rain, trace a little circle right over the vein. [Refrain] Six edges of a look you wear, one for doubt and one for dare, one to nick, one more to twist— two left hiding in your fist. [Short harp reply—two notes, then hush.] [Melodic Interlude: Harmonica] [Verse 2] [Harp draw-bend, barely above a whisper.] You talk in half-truths, measured and slow, open every question, never let it flow. A glint in the doorway, night on your breath, cut me by inches instead of a death. [Refrain] Six edges of a look you wear, one to numb and one to sting, one to press, one not to bleed— two I never get to see. [Harmonica Solo – 8 bars] [hand-cupped, reedy tone; draw bends and tiny swells, guitar answers with palm-muted double-stops] [Breakdown] [bass + rim-click; soft harp tremolo under the voice] [Verse 3] I count your tells like notches in wood, read what you’re hiding better than I should. If love is a blade you keep up your sleeve, I’ll hand you the handle and quietly leave. [Final Refrain] Six edges pointing where you choose— none of them I care to use. Keep your shine, keep your proof— I walk out under a different roof. [Cold Stop] [one dry rim-click; harp breath cuts—dead silence]
