LOVE NEGOTIATIONS [Intro] [silky Rhodes, warm bass, muted guitar, dusty R&B drums] Yeah... Ooh... Baby... We keep going back and forth... Like love got a price... Like feelings need a contract... [Verse 1] [smooth male R&B vocals] You say you need some space, I say I need you close, We keep trying to figure out which one matters most. You want a little more, I wanna give you everything, But somewhere in the middle, we forgot what love should mean. You count the times I hurt you, I count the times I tried. You tell me what you're missing, I tell you what I sacrificed. We keep bringing up the past Like we can make it change, But every time we get too close, We start negotiating love again. [Pre-Chorus] [layered harmonies, subtle strings] How much do I give? How much do you take? How many promises Do we have to make? If love is supposed to feel this good, Why does it feel like we gotta bargain? [Chorus] [big layered R&B vocals] We're having love negotiations, Trying to put a price on what we're feeling. You give a little, I give a little, But somewhere along the way We stopped just believing. Love negotiations... Back and forth, no resolution. You want your way, I want mine, But at the end of every night We still come back to the same conclusion: I don't wanna lose you. [Verse 2] [bass gets deeper, guitar accents] You say, "Prove it," I say, "Watch me," Then you question every move. I say, "Trust me," you say, "Show me," Like I've got something to prove. We keep setting expectations, Drawing lines around our hearts. Making rules for something That was never meant to have a chart. Maybe love ain't about winning, Maybe love is letting go Of the need to keep a scorecard Every time emotions overflow. [Pre-Chorus] How much do I give? How much do you take? How many promises Do we have to make? If love is supposed to feel this good, Why does it feel like we gotta bargain? [Chorus] We're having love negotiations, Trying to put a price on what we're feeling. You give a little, I give a little, But somewhere along the way We stopped just believing. Love negotiations... Back and forth, no resolution. You want your way, I want mine, But at the end of every night We still come back to the same conclusion: I don't wanna lose you. [Bridge] [beat drops, Rhodes and falsetto] Maybe we don't need another promise... Maybe we just need the truth. Maybe I stop keeping score, And you stop questioning what I do. Take your walls down... I'll take mine down too. No more negotiations... Just me loving you. [Final Chorus] [full contemporary R&B arrangement, stacked harmonies] No more love negotiations, No more putting conditions on the feeling. I give you all of me, You give me all of you, And maybe that's the only deal worth keeping. No more negotiations... No more trying to keep love even. 'Cause if I get to have your heart, And you get to have mine, Then baby, that's a deal worth believing. [Outro] [Rhodes fades, soft vocal ad-libs] Yeah... No fine print... No conditions... No keeping score... Just love... Just us... No more negotiations.
