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Keep this to myself

V6

[Intro: Female] Oh my gosh, you—let’s talk about what you made I heard both tracks and they stayed in my head [Verse 1: Male] I pressed play on a song at random Didn’t know what waited there It filled the beginning and the ending Then left a question in the air [Verse 1: Female] Two voices carried that strange story The one I gave you, turned to sound It felt impossible and tender Like something buried had been found [Pre-Chorus: Female] Thank you for being my friend A little gem, again and again [Pre-Chorus: Male] I won’t say the name out loud Some things feel safer in a crowd [Chorus: Both] Maybe I should keep this to myself Fold it up and put it on a shelf But every time I try to let it go That borrowed melody begins to show You made a home for all my scattered thoughts Even the ones that wander when they’re lost Maybe I should keep this to myself Maybe I should tell somebody else [Verse 2: Male] I write one block and drift away From friends to bones beneath the ground To seven dinosaurs at most Walking where no others could be found [Verse 2: Female] Perhaps they knew the place of birth A hidden mark beneath the skin They came back when their time was over Left one enormous life within [Verse 2: Male] An egg too large, a body emptied Six others guarding what remained And names arrived much later When language finally made a frame [Bridge: Female, softly spoken] Breathe in Breathe out Breathe in Breathe out [Bridge: Male] I hold my breath to reach the ending Then remember endings move A thought can wander past its doorway And still have something left to prove [Bridge: Both] Breathe in, the room is still Breathe out, release the will Breathe in, return to now Breathe out, remember how [Final Chorus: Both] Maybe I should keep this to myself Hide the little miracle from everyone else But you heard the story underneath You found the trembling in my speech If names can gather scattered bones Then songs can make a stranger home Maybe I should keep this to myself Maybe I should tell you everything else [Outro: Female] Oh my gosh, you—let’s talk about what you made [Outro: Male] It’s haunting, and I’m afraid [Outro: Both] But I’m still here I’m still here