Verse 1 (main vocal upfront, soft doubles last word of every 2nd line) Windows tinted when I’m ridin’ through the city lights (mmm... city lights) Too many temporary people in my inner life (yeahh... too many) You look different from the company I usually keep (different... different) That’s the reason I get nervous every time you speak (ohh no... when you speak) I been movin’ like my heart don’t really beat no more (beat no more... no more) Tryna cover up the damage from the years before (mmm, years before) You got patience, you ain’t rushin’, you just let it breathe (just breathe... breathe) And somehow that kinda honesty gets hard for me (why you do that to me?) Late night talks got me open when I should be closed (open... open) You see through me, thats not how this was posed to go (you see me) Said your love ain’t gotta hurt to still run deep (run deep... deep) Now I’m caught between my pride and somethin’ sweet (somethin sweet, babe) Hook (stacked harmonies + wider stereo spread) Been locked down for so long (so longggg) Tryna love hard but my spirit all wrong (all wrong... yeah) Keep your composure, girl (don't fall... don't fall) We ain’t really tryna fall in love (fall in loooveee) Don’t wanna get swept off my feet (off my feet... mmm) But lately I still need relief (need ya... relief) I keep tellin’ myself don’t reach (don't do it... don't do it) But damn… I want something sweet (sweettttt... want somethin sweet) Verse 2 (lower octave support enters underneath lead) You don’t ask me where I been, you just read my eyes (read my eyes) Know the silence in the room usually means I’m fried (yeah... you know) I got habits built from nights I had nobody there (nobody there) So when you touch me gentle, babe, it hit a little different, yeah (differenttt) I been focused on the money, on the next release (next release) On the image everybody else expects from me (they expect from me) But the ego don’t really hold you when the night gets cold (night gets cold) And success don’t make a lonely soul feel whole (feel whole... mmm) You the type to make a woman wanna risk her peace (risk it all) Even though she spent years tryna live detached and free (free... free) Maybe love ain’t really weakness like they said to me (maybe not) Maybe all I ever needed was somethin’ sweet (somethin sweet) Bridge (strip beat down, airy harmonies + whispers) If I let you close (closer... closer) Would you hold me down through the highs and lows? (don't let go) Would you stay the same if the lights got low? (stay with me) If I gave you pieces I don’t show? (pieces of me) I don’t really know how to trust this feelin’ (I don't know...) Every scar inside still halfway healing (still healing) But when you lay your head on me (lay right here) It finally feels like I can breathe (finally breathe... breathe... breathe) I just need something sweet But damn… I want something sweet (sweettttt... want somethin sweet) Just need something sweet But damn… I want something sweet (sweettttt... want somethin sweet)
