[Intro] [Low filtered female vocal] [FEMALE] You keep looking You keep lurking Mm… I see you But I’m not doing all the work [MALE] I’m not asking you to [FEMALE] Then say something [MALE] I am [FEMALE] No, you’re not [Beat drops] [Verse 1] [FEMALE] You drop a hint I drop one back You circle close Then lose the track [MALE] I say I’m thinking You hear I’m hiding I say I need space You hear I’m leaving [FEMALE] You say enough To pull me under Then go quiet And leave me wondering [MALE] I tell you what I mean You hear something underneath You take my words apart Before I even finish speaking [FEMALE] I know that look I know that tone I know when something’s going on [MALE] I’m not sending you A secret code [FEMALE] Then why do I have to decode it? [Pre-Chorus] [Both trading lines] [FEMALE] I can read a room [MALE] I can tell you what I feel [FEMALE] I can read a look [MALE] But can you hear what’s real? [FEMALE] I shouldn’t need A fucking instruction book [MALE] And I shouldn’t need A fucking translator [BOTH] If you’ve got something That you wanna say— [FEMALE] Then say it! [MALE] I’m saying it! [CHOIR] SAY IT! [Chorus] [Full groove] [FEMALE] Use your words Say what’s on your mind Use your words I’ve already used mine [MALE] I am talking I’m telling you the truth But every time I say it You change what I meant to you [FEMALE] If you wanna see me Tell me you do [MALE] If I tell you I need you Don’t turn it into something I didn’t say [FEMALE] If you’re thinking ’bout me I wanna hear it from you [MALE] Then hear me! [FEMALE] Baby, make it clear [MALE] Don’t translate me! [CHOIR] HEAR WHAT HE SAID! [BOTH] Use your words! [Drop] [808 + funk bass + chopped vocals] [CHOIR] USE! YOUR! WORDS! [FEMALE] Say it! [MALE] I AM! [CHOIR] SAY IT! [MALE] I’M TALKING! [Verse 2] [FEMALE] Don’t send a signal Then disappear Don’t make me wonder Why you brought me here [MALE] Don’t take a sentence And rewrite the rest Don’t make me defend Words I never said [FEMALE] Don’t give me maybe Don’t tell me soon Then leave me decoding Every little move [MALE] I say I’m tired You ask what’s wrong I say I’m okay You tell me I’m shutting you off [FEMALE] Because sometimes “I’m okay” Doesn’t sound okay [MALE] And sometimes “What’s wrong?” Isn’t what I need to hear [FEMALE] So what do you need? [MALE] For you to listen [FEMALE] Then tell me [MALE] I’m trying [FEMALE] Try harder [MALE] There you go again [FEMALE] What? [MALE] Translating me [CHOIR] OOOOH! [Breakdown] [Beat cuts] [MALE - spoken] Look… You asked me to talk. I’m talking. You asked me to be clear. I’m being clear. [FEMALE] Then why does it feel Like I’m still guessing? [MALE] Because you’re looking For something underneath. [FEMALE] Maybe because You don’t always say what’s underneath. [MALE] Maybe. [Beat builds] [FEMALE] There! [MALE] What? [FEMALE] You said “maybe.” [MALE] Oh, come on… [CHOIR] OH COME ON! [MALE] Fine. No maybe. [FEMALE] Good. [MALE] I want you here. [FEMALE] That’s better. [Bridge] [Groove strips back] [MALE] If I say I love you Don’t ask what that means [FEMALE] If I say I need you Don’t make me guess what that means [MALE] If I say I need space That doesn’t mean I’m leaving [FEMALE] If you say you want me Then stop making me believe it [MALE] If you want closer Come closer [FEMALE] If you wanna know me Come show me [MALE] If you wanna come over Just say when [FEMALE] If you wanna hold me— [MALE] Say it again [BOTH] Stop making us Read between the lines [Build] [Choir rising] [CHOIR] Say what you mean! [BOTH] Mean what you say! [CHOIR] Say what you mean! [BOTH] Mean what you say! [FEMALE] I won’t run! [MALE] I won’t hide! [FEMALE] I won’t bite! [MALE] I might! [FEMALE] Oh, really? [MALE] Unless you want me to. [CHOIR] OOOOOH! [Final Chorus] [Full band + horns + choir + 808] [FEMALE] Use your words! [MALE] Don’t translate me! [FEMALE] Say what’s on your mind! [MALE] Hear what I’m saying! [FEMALE] I’ve already used mine! [MALE] I’ve already used mine too! [BOTH] Maybe we just need To listen! [CHOIR] LISTEN! [FEMALE] If you wanna see me— [MALE] Tell me you do! [FEMALE] If you’ve been wanting me— [MALE] I want you too! [FEMALE] Baby, make it clear! [MALE] I’m right here! [CHOIR] HE’S RIGHT HERE! [BOTH] Neither one of us Can read the other’s mind! [Final Drop] [CHOIR] USE YOUR WORDS! [FEMALE] SAY IT! [MALE] HEAR IT! [CHOIR] SAY WHAT YOU MEAN! [BOTH] MEAN WHAT YOU SAY! [ALL] USE YOUR WORDS! [Beat Cut] [FEMALE] I’m listening… [MALE] Me too. [Final bass hit]
