[Intro | whisper, intimate, close-mic] Streetlights blur like a long goodbye Shadows dance on your dashboard light Your hand’s on the wheel but your mind’s on me In the glass I fade, then I come back, slowly (soft “mm-mm” harmonies under the synths) [Verse 1 | vulnerable vocals, soft, breathy] You say you’re fine, but your jaw is tight Eyes on the road, but they flinch at every light We’ve been burned in a thousand ways Still we circle back like a song that always plays I trace a heart in the window mist You watch it drip like the words we’ve missed Every red light feels like a dare To turn this ride around or vanish in the air [Pre-Chorus | build, rising tension, more drums, more synth layers] You turn the volume up so you don’t have to speak But the bassline’s telling me everything you think Your fingers twitch like they’re reaching for mine Then you pull away right before the line [Chorus | hook, head-bobbing groove, breathy but confident] You’re so hot-blooded for a cold goodbye Say you’re letting go with your hand on my thigh Night runs fast but we move slow Every mile we swear that we’ll let this go But we don’t, no, we don’t, no, we never do Keep on driving through the things we said we’d undo If this is goodbye, then why does it feel Like we’re falling back in, like none of it’s real? [Verse 2 | whisper in the first lines, then open up slightly] Neon flickers on a roadside sign Open all night, like this heart of mine You take the exit like you always do Same old parking lot with the broken view You kill the engine, and the world goes hushed I hear your breathing underneath the crush Of all the reasons we should walk away But your lips find mine and the rules decay [Pre-Chorus 2 | build, harmonized, more reverb on vocals] You say “last time” with a shaking voice Like we ever had a different choice We’re a loop that never really fades Just a ghost of love in electric shades [Chorus | slightly bigger drums, layered background-vocals] You’re so hot-blooded for a cold goodbye Say you’re letting go with your hand on my thigh Night runs fast but we move slow Every mile we swear that we’ll let this go But we don’t, no, we don’t, no, we never do Keep on driving through the things we said we’d undo If this is goodbye, then why does it feel Like we’re falling back in, like none of it’s real? [Bridge | quiet arrangement, intimate, close-mic] Under sodium skies, you say my name Like a secret code only we can claim Mon amour, you breathe it low Like you’re scared to stay, scared to let me go If we crash this time it won’t be the car It’ll be the truth that we’ve taken too far But in this moment, bathed in blue I only know I’m still pulled to you [Chorus (soft first half → big second half)] (soft) You’re so hot-blooded for a cold goodbye Whisper “this is it” but your eyes don’t lie Night runs fast but we move slow Every mile we swear that we’ll let this go (full) But we don’t, no, we don’t, no, we never do Keep on driving through the things we said we’d undo If this is goodbye, then why does it feel Like we’re falling back in, like none of it’s real? [Outro | whisper, fading, reverb-tail] Streetlights fade, and the dawn breaks through Another goodbye that still feels like you If this is the end, then let it be One more hot-blooded memory
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