Scorpio - The Real Thing

[Spoken Interlude] You keep asking if you're here for the truth. So answer like you mean it. [Verse] Candle smoke above two glasses Half-open drawer, key gone warm It starts with your face harder to lie to Someone's reaction changes the room No more hiding inside intensity No more testing the lock to hear it click [Pre-Chorus] Control can dress like safety Your pulse knows the difference [Chorus] The real thing Not the heat that disappears by morning The real thing A truth deep enough to set the body down No more tests, no more borrowed power [Verse] Then the rules of closeness shift Less suspicion, more plain language Desire learns steadiness By the end, money and mercy share a table You could grip tighter Or finally tell the need without a blade in it [Chorus] The real thing Not silence used like punishment The real thing You do not lose power when you open That's the door you leave unlocked on purpose [Breakdown] I was afraid if I named it You would see where it hurt. [Final Chorus] The real thing No spectacle, just nerve and honesty Scar in the light, hand on the table Breath staying put And the room stops asking who you are [Outro] Smoke thins. You stay.