[Verse 1 – male lead, dusty beat, clean guitar] Checked in for one night, but I never leave Same old key on a plastic sleeve Room on the left says “old routine” Room on the right says “washed up clean”I keep my suitcase in the hallway line One foot shuffling all the time I swear I’m done with the midnight call Then I hear it whisper through the wall[Pre-Chorus – female lead, airy harmonies] Two voices in a paper-thin room One calling me back, one pulling me through I’m split right down this narrow floor Can’t live in both wings anymore[Chorus – both, call-and-response, bigger guitars] I’m stuck in a split-heart motel Half heaven, half my old hell One hand on the light switch, one hand on the door I do what I hate, then I hate it more I’m stuck in a split-heart motel Know the truth but I still rebel I’m caught in a fight that I’m bound to lose Till Someone stronger steps in and moves[Verse 2 – female lead, male echoes, slightly more intensity] I make my vows in the morning glow By dusk I’m back in the undertow I talk like I’m free when the sun is high Then I chase old ghosts when the well runs dryYou say I’m more than the things I choose But I keep walking in worn-out shoes There’s a better song in another room But I keep dancing with my doom[Bridge – spoken/murmured male, soft female oohs, beat drops] This isn’t who I want to be I feel a different law in me I reach for light and trip on wires I’m torn between these deep desires[Final Chorus – both, layered, then drop to almost a whisper] I’m stuck in a split-heart motel Half heaven, half my old hell One hand on the light switch, one hand on the door I do what I hate, then I hate it more I’m stuck in a split-heart motel Know the truth but I still rebel If there’s a strength beyond my own will Pull me out past this cheap windowsill
