[High-Pitched Sample] "Love me right / love me right / love me right now..." [Verse 1] Taught not to tangle with tenderness Swallowed the sun just to end the mess Sick from the sweet, still I sip finesse Bitter on the tongue where the red moon rests Candle in a cage of a metal lung Choke on the smoke where the letters hung Told her I’m numb, but I never was Told her I’m numb, but I never— wait wait wait Run-run-run from the root of the ache Fake-face faith when the fluid breaks Tried to write vows with a toothpick blade But the ink ran out on the fourth mistake (If I fracture, would you vow to vow?) (Or just trace me in chalk when I’m underground?) You—folded my pride like a paper note Tucked in a coat that your ex-boy wrote Said “love ain't neat,” but you still took quotes From the mess of a man tryna read footnotes Cut. Start. Bleed. Mark— I been sleeping in the quiet of a question mark I been leaking little pieces of a softer art I been keeping all the letters in a weathered jar Waiting for the day you say my name like a sudden start [Bridge] Let me be less than the sum of my tension Let me be more than a manic confession Let me be limbs in the lake of your blessing Let me be wrong in the rightest direction Your silence bends like a cello in flame I say your name in a temple of shame If I’m not enough, then reduce me again If I’m not enough—then just use me as rain (Touch me where the damage won’t shout) (Or leave me where I finally drown) [Outro] Love— the kind that cuts clean. The kind that— takes time then rips at the seams. Hold me. Don’t hold me. Hold me. Hold me Hold me Hold me
