[Cold Open – no instruments] [Male – fully sung] You said it everywhere but here [Female – fully sung] Then say it now [Full groove impact – angular synth bass, dry drums, clipped guitar chops] [Verse 1 – Female] You told the whole room I was distant Made my silence Sound like proof You gave everybody Your version But never asked me For the truth [Male – sung response] You asked me to be honest Then feared What I might say You wanted full confession As long as nothing changed [Pre-Chorus – fast vocal handoff] [Female] You talked around me [Male] You read between me [Female] You chose the story [Male] You chose the ending [Both] Honesty And certainty Were never The same thing [Chorus – true duet] [Female] Say it to my face [Male] Then don’t look away [Female] Don’t leave the hardest words Where I can’t answer [Male] Don’t ask me for the truth Then fear what I might say [Both] If it matters enough to break us Say it where we both can stay No second-hand confession Say it to my face [Post-Chorus] [Female] To my face [Male] Don’t turn away [Verse 2 – alternating sung lines] [Male] I said you were leaving [Female] You never asked me why [Male] I said you stopped believing [Female] You never saw me try [Male] You heard the anger [Female] You missed the fear [Both] We kept demanding honesty While speaking everywhere but here [Pre-Chorus 2] [Male] I should have called [Female] I should have stayed [Male] I should have asked [Female] I should have said— [Both] We made the silence Speak in our place [Chorus 2 – fuller harmony] [Female] Say it to my face [Male] And I won’t look away [Female] Don’t leave the hardest words For someone else to carry [Male] Don’t make me guess the truth From everything you never say [Both] If it matters enough to change us Say it where we both can stay No second-hand confession Say it to my face [Bridge – no drums, low bass pulse] [Female] Did you ever want the truth? [Male] Yes [Female] Then why did I hear it From everyone but you? [Short silence] [Male] Because I was afraid You’d answer [Female] I was afraid You wouldn’t [Both] We were protecting ourselves From the same conversation [Final Chorus – compact intertwined duet] [Female] Say it to my face [Male] I’m not looking away [Female] I was hurt before I left you [Male] I was scared before I blamed you [Both] Maybe truth will not repair us Maybe truth will change the shape But if it matters enough to end us Say it to my face [Drums leave, complete stop motif] [Female] Now I can answer [Male] Now I can hear you [Both] Even if the truth Is not what saves us [Clean stop]
