[Drums: a slow, deliberate heartbeat kick. Synth: low and pulsing, like a held breath. Guitar: clean arpeggios, then a faint crackle of distortion waiting.] [Verse 1] You asked if I was nervous I said I’m never nervous We both knew that was a lie Your hand on the back of the couch Your thumb tracing the thread I stopped counting the minutes Started counting the space Between your mouth and mine [Pre-Chorus] You leaned in like a question I answered before you asked The fabric of your jacket The small of my back And then— [Chorus – drums crash in, synth expands, guitar snarling] You were on top of me Like you belonged there Like gravity had a name And it was yours On top of me I stopped pretending I’m not the kind of steady That can stay still When you’re on top of me [Verse 2] I’ve spent my whole life learning How to hold myself together Hands in fists, teeth clenched A closed door in any weather But you pulled the latch so quiet I didn’t hear it give Now I’m shaking underneath you And it’s the first time I’ve lived [Pre-Chorus] You said my name like it was yours to keep Like it was something you’d been saving I stopped thinking I stopped braced I just— [Chorus] You were on top of me Like you belonged there Like gravity had a name And it was yours On top of me I stopped pretending I’m not the kind of steady That can stay still When you’re on top of me [Bridge – drums drop to half-time, synth breathes, guitar feedback swells]] I always thought surrender meant losing Turns out it means finding out What my hands do when they’re not holding on What my mouth sounds like when it’s not biting down You’re not holding me down You’re holding me up And I can’t tell where you end And I begin Fuck [Breakdown – drums frantic, then cut to silence except a single synth note] On top of me On top of me On top— [Drums kick back in, full force] ON TOP OF ME LIKE YOU BELONGED THERE LIKE GRAVITY HAD A NAME AND IT WAS— [Final Chorus – all instruments, vocals raw and breaking] On top of me I’m not pretending I’m not the kind of steady That can stay still When you’re on top of me When you’re on top of me When you’re— [Outro – music cuts to just kick drum and synth, fading] You said my name You said my name And I— [Synth holds, then dissolves into static.]
