[Verse 1] [Breathy, close-mic, intimate] Your hands around my throat — I never felt safer Three little words and suddenly you're a stranger Put your mouth where the conversation should've been Knew my body but you never let me in [Chorus] [Explosive, layered harmonies] Safeword was I love you (I love you) That's why we're over Could break each other beautifully Couldn't get no closer [Verse 2] [Building, raw intensity] Left marks like love letters you couldn't write Held me down but couldn't hold me through the night Brave with your hands, a coward with your mouth Worshipped me in private, wouldn't say it loud [Chorus] [Full, anthemic] Safeword was I love you (I love you) That's why we're over Could break each other beautifully Couldn't get no closer [Bridge] [Stripped bare, barely audible, shaking] I whispered it once — you flinched like I'd hit you Funny, you never flinched when I actually did That's when I knew [Final Chorus] [Everything, all layers, cathartic] Safeword was I love you (I love you) That's why we're over Could break each other beautifully Couldn't get no closer (Couldn't get no closer) [Outro] [Fading echoes, dissolving] (I love you) (I love you) (I love you)
