[VERSE 1] Soft voice Hard grip Nice smile Loose lip You always knew exactly How to make a cage look intimate Small talk Big hook One glance I’m cooked You could turn a warning sign Into a second look Keep me close Keep me guessing Keep your hand Around the question Every answer Comes with tension Every kindness Has conditions ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS — BUILDING] Easy now Not too tight Just enough To blur the light Easy now Count to ten You let me breathe— Then pull me back again ⸻ [CHORUS — HUGE / MELODIC] CHOKEHOLD YOU LOVE ME WITH YOUR HANDS CLOSED CHOKEHOLD SWEET WORDS WITH A BAD TASTE You keep me near So I can’t leave Give me just enough air To make me need— YOU AGAIN CHOKEHOLD I KNOW THE SHAPE OF YOUR LOVE NOW ⸻ [VERSE 2] Good cop Bad kiss Half truth Full twist You could make a loaded room Feel like I imagined it One step Two back White flag Black fact You keep changing what happened Till the story fits your hands Say my name Then correct me Break the rule Then inspect me Hold the door Then don’t let me Call it care— IF IT HELPS YOU SLEEP ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS — BIGGER] Easy now Not too tight Just enough To kill the fight Easy now Count to ten You let me breathe— Then take the room again Closer Closer Make it small You never needed chains YOU JUST NEEDED CONTROL ⸻ [CHORUS] CHOKEHOLD YOU LOVE ME WITH YOUR HANDS CLOSED CHOKEHOLD SWEET WORDS WITH A BAD TASTE You keep me near So I can’t leave Give me just enough air To make me need— YOU AGAIN CHOKEHOLD I KNOW THE SHAPE OF YOUR LOVE NOW ⸻ [BRIDGE — HAUNTING / ESCALATING] You never raised your voice You never had to You made the room quieter And somehow— That was worse You never slammed the door You just stood in it Never said “Don’t go” You just made leaving Feel impossible That’s the trick That’s the trick That’s the trick of it Make the leash invisible Then call it Commitment Make the fear feel normal Make the normal feel kind Keep one hand on my throat And the other— ON MY MIND ⸻ [BUILD — RISING HARD] Loosen Tighten Loosen Tighten Smile when I panic Then tell me I’m frightening Loosen Tighten Loosen Tighten You call it love I call it— SURVIVING ⸻ [BREAKDOWN — SIMPLE / BOUNCY] GRIP LET GO GRIP LET GO That’s your whole language That’s all you know GRIP LET GO GRIP LET GO You keep my pulse ON A REMOTE CONTROL ⸻ [FINAL BUILD — HAUNTING TO HUGE] No bruise No rope No witness No joke Just a perfect little circle Where my choices used to go No scream No scene No obvious crime Just your fingerprints All over EVERY DECISION OF MINE And now I see it Clear as day You never kept me safe You just kept me IN YOUR WAY ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS — BIGGEST] CHOKEHOLD YOU LOVE ME WITH YOUR HANDS CLOSED CHOKEHOLD SWEET WORDS WITH A BAD TASTE You kept me near So I couldn’t leave Gave me just enough air To make me believe— I NEEDED YOU CHOKEHOLD NOW I KNOW WHAT YOUR LOVE WAS CHOKEHOLD A PRETTY NAME FOR CONTROL You kept your hand Around my life Now watch me pull it off— ONE FINGER AT A TIME ⸻ [FINAL HIT] CHOKEHOLD
