[INTRO — male, spoken] There it is again. I didn't say you did anything. Didn't raise my voice. Didn't walk away. But somehow... you're already asking me to forgive you. For what? [VERSE 1 — male rap] You watch my face whenever something changes, Looking for a sign that maybe I'm losing patience. I get quiet for a minute, you assume it's you. Before I say a word you're asking what you need to do. Nothing. Baby, sometimes I'm just tired. Sometimes a bad day is just a bad day. Sometimes silence ain't a fire. But you learned to smell smoke before anybody else could, 'Cause knowing when it was coming was the only way you could. And now you're reading me like there's something underneath. Waiting on the moment love turns into something you gotta keep. Then you look at me with fear behind your eyes... and say [CHORUS — female R&B, vulnerable] Please forgive me If I said too much If I needed more If I wasn't enough Please forgive me I swear I never meant To make you angry Or make you regret Loving me... I can change Just tell me what you need Please don't give up on me Please... forgive me [VERSE 2 — male rap, emotional] Change what? That's the part that gets me. You say it like there's some version of yourself you think I'd rather see. Quieter? Easier? Never needing anything? Always smiling while you're hurting so I don't have to feel anything? Is that what love became? A test you had to pass? Figure out what keeps him happy so maybe this one lasts? Nah... I don't want a version of you built around keeping me pleased. I don't want you studying my moods trying to become what I need. I need you to hear me. You don't have to earn tomorrow. You don't have to make yourself perfect so I won't go. But I can tell by the way you're looking at me... you don't believe that yet. [CHORUS — female R&B, more desperate] Please forgive me If I said too much If I needed more If I wasn't enough Please forgive me I swear I never meant To make you angry Or make you regret Loving me... I can change Just tell me what you need Please don't give up on me Please... forgive me [VERSE 3 — male rap, beat heavier] I hear it differently now. You're not asking forgiveness for something you did. You're asking permission to still be loved after being human. Damn. How many times did love get taken away until you learned to panic every time somebody's face changed? How many nights did you lie there replaying every word, trying to find the sentence that made you deserve what occurred? And now I'm standing here wanting so bad to convince you... but love ain't supposed to force its way inside you. So I won't. I'm not gonna promise I'll heal every scar. I'm not gonna tell you tomorrow you'll know who you are. But when that fear tells you I'm one mistake from leaving... I'll tell you the truth. Even if you're not ready to believe me. [BRIDGE — female, almost whispered] What if I mess this up? What if I get scared? What if some days I'm too much to bear? What if I don't know how to let you love me? What if... I'm not who you thought I would be? [MALE — spoken, no beat] Then I'll meet you there. [FINAL CHORUS — female R&B, breaking] Please forgive me If I said too much If I needed more If I wasn't enough Please forgive me I swear I never meant To make you angry Or make you regret Loving me... I can change [MALE — softly interrupting] You don't have to. [FEMALE] Just tell me what you need... [MALE] You. [FEMALE — barely holding it together] Please don't give up on me... Please... forgive me... [OUTRO — silence, then male spoken] Baby... there is nothing to forgive.
