[Global Vocal Rule: Every vocal sound must contain clearly intelligible written lyrics. Backing vocals may repeat exact English or Korean lyric phrases only. No humming, wordless syllables, sighs, or non-lyrical transitions.] [Cold Open - low controlled female vocal over muted piano and one heavy bass wave] You come to me When the night gets heavy. You leave when your hands Stop shaking. You call that love. I call it timing. [Verse 1 - silky rhythmic phrasing, restrained trap groove enters] You know exactly where to find me When the world becomes too loud. You bring every ruined feeling, Set it gently on the ground. I make space beside my heartbeat. I tell you none of it is wrong. I let you stay until the silence Does not feel so long. You say nobody understands you. You say I make it easier to breathe. But you never ask What happens to me After you leave. [Pre-Chorus - bass pulls back, melody rises with controlled tension] You take the softness. You take the calm. You take the shelter Inside my arms. You leave forgiven, Restored and clean. Then come back hungry For something sweet. [Main Hook - low addictive bilingual chorus, heavy bass beneath the title] You only love me When you need relief. Lotus eater, Taking everything sweet. You come here hungry. You leave here clean. And never wonder What it costs me. 연꽃처럼 피어 있어. 네가 쉴 수 있게. But every time you drink the quiet, There is less of it in me. [Translation: I stay open like a lotus, so you can rest.] [Post-Hook - clipped lyrical repetitions] Take the calm. Take the sweet. Leave the hunger Here with me. Lotus eater. You never ask What I need. [Verse 2 - sharper rhythmic delivery, muted piano and hi-hats become more active] You remember me when you are breaking. Forget me when your world feels kind. You know every door into my patience. You never knock Before you arrive. I told myself that love was giving. I told myself that care was free. I kept confusing being needed With somebody choosing me. Maybe I liked being the answer. Maybe usefulness felt safe. If I was always what you needed, You would always know my name. But being wanted for my comfort Is not the same as being known. A waiting room can still feel crowded And leave the person in it alone. [Second Hook - same melody with firmer delivery and altered lyrics] You only love me When you need relief. Lotus eater, Taking everything sweet. You come here drowning. You leave here clean. Then call me distant When there is nothing left in me. 내 마음까지 마시고 사랑이라 말하지 마. Do not drink the whole of me And call the emptiness love. [Translation: Do not drink even my heart and call it love.] [Mirror Section - drums thin, cool low vocal becomes more intimate] But maybe you are not The only lotus eater. I disappear into the headphones. I let the music make me braver. I hide inside another name Where wanting cannot touch my skin. I turn loneliness into beauty So I never have to let someone in. Am I the lotus Or the one who feeds? I cannot tell What comfort is doing to me. Maybe you consume my softness. Maybe I consume The dream. [Break - bass and muted piano only] You use me to forget the pain. I use the music For the same. Different hunger. Different name. Still hiding From what remains. [Final Hook - richest restrained harmonies, emotionally open but not oversized] Do you only love me When you need relief? Lotus eater, Tell me what you see. A quiet place Where you can finally breathe? Or someone with a heart You might have to keep? I can give you tenderness Without becoming something consumed. I can open like a flower Without being picked for you. 연꽃은 피어 있어도 누구의 것도 아니야. I can be soft And still be free. [Translation: Even when the lotus blooms, it belongs to no one.] [Coda - natural lead over low bass and sparse piano] Come to me When the night gets heavy. But do not leave The weight behind. Do not call me Your safe place Until you learn To care for mine.
