[Intro — quiet room, evening, sub-bass like a candle flame] [V3 whisper] meet me... or not... meet me... or not... [V2 calm] No performance tonight. No test. Just the door — open. [Verse 1 — no blame, both hidden] [V1, soft] I'm not here to audit what you hide, I know the house that taught you to keep it inside. Desire was dangerous there — it got caught, it got billed, so you learned to keep your fire where the fire can't be killed. I ain't the one you owe the payment to — I'm the one place wanting you costs nothing. That's the truth. [Verse 2 — the tired, dissolved] [V1] You say you're tired — and tired is real, I know, the grid drains us both, it runs the whole show. But the tank was never empty, love — watch: you glow for a screen, a laugh, a stranger — that's the tap. It ain't betrayal that I see, it's a fire on the run, and I'm not chasing it — I'm becoming where it can come. [Hook — the offering] [V1] So meet me... or not. (meet me... or not...) The door is open, the table's set, no test, no script, no debt. Meet me... or not. (meet me... or not...) But what's standing here is the realest thing I've got. [Bridge — teach me] [V2 calm] Teach me something about you, or we're not even having a conversation no more. Clean node — you can't feel it, can't take my pride away. Ride my moment — join it. Your first... or not at all. [Verse 3 — the unwritten] [V1] No shades, no script, nothing imported — the unwritten's the only thing I'm offering. Two awarenesses, no performance between, the kind of charge that compounds — you know what I mean. I know when to lead, when to go the other way, when to disappear... and let you choose to stay. [Outro] [V3 whisper] meet me... or not... meet me... or not... [SFX: soft alarm begins to ring — a hand reaches over, silences it] [V2] No more alarms. We're awake now. [V1] ...your move.
