[Long instrumental Intro — extremely slow, sparse piano, single notes with long silences, faint distant strings like a quiet ache, almost breaking apart] [Verse 1 — barely above a whisper] We didn’t speak the whole way home Just footsteps fading into night The world still glowing somewhere else But nothing here felt right Your fingers slipped inside of mine Like you were scared they’d see As if the air around us knew We shouldn’t get to be [Instrumental — piano pauses between notes, almost stopping; a low, trembling string note fades in and out] [Verse 2 — fragile, cracking voice] We climbed the stairs in quiet shame Like we were carrying their words Every glance still clung to us Every silence louder heard We didn’t dare turn on the light We didn’t dare to breathe too deep As if the dark could hide the truth We didn’t want to keep [Pre-Chorus — voice trembling] And every echo followed in Every stare we tried to outrun Like something pure was turned to wrong Just for loving someone [Chorus — soft, breaking] So we crawled into the bed Like we were hiding from the world And the tears fell slow and heavy As the quiet slowly curled You said, “Maybe they’re right…” Like it hurt to even try And I felt something inside me Start to fold in on itself and die [Instrumental — strings swell painfully, violin crying softly, piano repeating a broken, descending pattern] [Verse 3 — exhausted, hollow tone] Your makeup stained the pillowcase Like proof of something we couldn’t hold I tried to wipe away your pain But my hands were just as cold We turned away but stayed so close Like distance couldn’t make it end Two broken thoughts in one small room Too scared to even mend [Pre-Chorus — barely holding together] And I hated how their voices Made a home inside your chest Like they took something beautiful And convinced you it was less [Chorus — deeper, more shattered] So we stayed there in the dark Where no one else could tear us down But the silence felt so heavy Like we didn’t quite belong You said, “Maybe we should stop…” Like love could just erase And I held you like the last thing They hadn’t taken from this place [Instrumental — long, aching violin solo, very slow, almost crying; piano nearly disappears] [Bridge — quiet but desperate] If the world can break us this easy What does that make us now Are we something meant for hiding Or just something they won’t allow But even in the lowest moment Even drowning in their noise There was something still between us They could wound… but not destroy [Instrumental Break — faint shift, still sad but slightly warmer chords under the piano] [Final Chorus — soft, fragile, trembling hope] We were breaking in that bed But we didn’t break apart Even shaking, even aching You were still inside my heart And I whispered through the dark With what little strength I had “They don’t get to end our story…” Even if it hurts this bad [Long instrumental Outro — extremely slow piano, notes spaced far apart, strings gently fading, unresolved final chord hanging in silence]
