cut the cord… [FEMALE LEAD] we built a house from habits half-truths and tangled traffic two ghosts learning choreography inside a burning attic [MALE FEATURE] your name still stains the silence like smoke inside my lungs we kept pulling roses from places roses never come from [FEMALE LEAD] I wore your love like armor til the metal started rusting funny how “forever” turns fragile when you touch it ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS — BOTH/DUET] [FEMALE LEAD] I kept trying to water what was already gone [MALE FEATURE] some things die slowly with the lights still on ⸻ [CHORUS — BOTH/DUET] cut the cord before we lose ourselves completely love shouldn’t feel like holding broken glass so deeply we were fireworks in closed hands beautiful but doomed to burn sometimes letting go is the only way the soul returns cut the cord… ⸻ [POST-CHORUS — BOTH/DUET] mm-mm-mm cut the cord… mm-mm-mm cut the cord… ⸻ [VERSE 2 — BOTH/DUET] [FEMALE LEAD] your shadow sleeps beside me even when the bed is cold funny how absence can weigh more than a soul [MALE FEATURE] I memorized your damage til it started sounding like mine we called chaos “chemistry” just to keep the spark alive [FEMALE LEAD] and every conversation felt like walking through a warzone two hearts speaking different languages through cracked headphones ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS — BOTH/DUET] [FEMALE LEAD] I kept trying to save what never wanted saving [MALE FEATURE] you can drown beside someone and still die waiting ⸻ [CHORUS — BOTH/DUET] cut the cord before we lose ourselves completely love shouldn’t feel like holding broken glass so deeply we were fireworks in closed hands beautiful but doomed to burn sometimes letting go is the only way the soul returns cut the cord… ⸻ [POST-CHORUS — BOTH/DUET] mm-mm-mm cut the cord… mm-mm-mm cut the cord… ⸻ [BRIDGE — BOTH/DUET] [FEMALE LEAD] maybe we were only meant to teach each other how to leave [MALE FEATURE] maybe love isn’t always meant to stay to mean something ⸻ [CHORUS — BOTH/DUET] cut the cord before we lose ourselves completely love shouldn’t feel like holding broken glass so deeply we were fireworks in closed hands beautiful but doomed to burn sometimes letting go is the only way the soul returns cut the cord… ⸻ [POST-CHORUS — BOTH/DUET] mm-mm-mm cut the cord… mm-mm-mm cut the cord… ⸻ [OUTRO — FEMALE LEAD ONLY] [FEMALE LEAD] I loved you enough… to leave.
