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Anchor

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[Intro - high-pitched melodic, synth pad fade in] Yeah, yeah (ooh) You said you'd stay, huh, that's a lie though You said you'd stay, huh, that's a lie though [Verse 1 - melodic rap, autotune, syncopated] You said you'd stay till it hurt, yeah, I believed that (I believed that) Promises dyin' like flowers, in the dirt, yeah (in the dirt) Learned your silence, learned to read it, learned the room (learned the room) You don't say bye, you just ghost me 'fore the noon (gone, gone) Stopped textin' first, stopped waitin' on my phone (stopped waitin') You keep comin' back but it ain't never been a home (never home) Oh lover, don't smile like nothin' ever broke (nothin' broke) Some things hit harder when it's left unspoke (left unspoke) [Chorus - high-pitch hook, synth-heavy, ad-libs] (Ooh) Can't keep fixin' what you love to break (love to break) (Ooh) You take what's real, you make it fake (make it fake) Thought you was my anchor, turned out just a weight (just a weight) Tell me is this love or you too stubborn to be hate? (yeah, yeah) (Ooh) Can't keep fixin' what you love to break (Ooh) You take what's real, you make it fake Thought you was my anchor, turned out just a weight Tell me is this love or you too stubborn to be hate? [Verse 2 - faster flow, more clipped, ad-libs between lines] You good with apologies, better with repeats (repeat, repeat) Fold me back in soft words and them sheets (in them sheets) Know the pattern now, the warmth before the wall (before the wall) Way you hold me tighter right before I fall (right before) Call it passion, I just call it tide (call it tide) In and out and in, ain't nowhere left to hide (nowhere, no) Hate that I know you, hate what that mean (what that mean) Hate that I stay, act like I ain't seen (like I ain't) [Chorus - repeat, high-pitch, synth swell] (Ooh) Can't keep fixin' what you love to break (Ooh) You take what's real, you make it fake Thought you was my anchor, turned out just a weight Tell me is this love or you too stubborn to be hate? (Ooh) Can't keep fixin' what you love to break (Ooh) You take what's real, you make it fake Thought you was my anchor, turned out just a weight Tell me is this love or you too stubborn to be hate? [Bridge - stripped back, half-sung, vulnerable] You don't say you need me (need me) Just make sure I know it (know it) Way you go quiet When I stop the show, yeah Tell me I'm readin' too much (too much) Then tell me why your touch Always feel like somethin' I ain't meant to hold (meant to hold) [Final Chorus - full synth, layered ad-libs, high-pitch out] (Ooh) Can't keep fixin' what you love to break (Ooh) You take what's real, you make it fake Thought you was my anchor, turned out just a weight Tell me is this love or you too stubborn to be hate? (yeah) (Ooh) Can't keep fixin' what you love to break (Ooh) You take what's real, you make it fake Thought you was my anchor, turned out just a weight Tell me is this love or you too stubborn to be hate?