[Verse 1] The room is still recovering, My heartbeat hasn’t caught up yet. You’re pulling blankets over me Like nothing reckless just happened. That voice goes soft against my ear, Your hand comes careful through my hair— And somehow all that tenderness Still leaves electricity there. [Pre-Chorus] It’s not the heat that gets me most, Not the losing of control— It’s how quickly all that hunger Turns to hands that bring me home. [Chorus] It’s the aftercare, The water waiting by the bed, Your fingers tracing quiet circles While I’m coming back again. How you can leave me breathless, Then make breathing feel so safe— Anybody can want somebody, You know how to stay. [Verse 2] You never treat the quiet Like the ending of the scene. You read the room that’s left behind, Check every part of me. No rush to make the moment smaller, No distance once the fire burns low, You hold me through the tenderness Like that’s the part you need the most. [Pre-Chorus] Because desire isn’t finished When the room stops spinning slow— Sometimes loving someone deepest Is refusing to let go. [Chorus] It’s the aftercare, The water waiting by the bed, Your fingers tracing quiet circles While I’m coming back again. How you can leave me breathless, Then make breathing feel so safe— Anybody can want somebody, You know how to stay. [Bridge] There’s something sacred in the landing, In the quiet after flight, When there’s nothing left to perform And nothing left to get right. You don’t disappear when wanting Has already had its say— You make tenderness feel just as intimate As everything that came before the fade. And maybe that’s what trust is: Not just how far we dare to go, But knowing when I’m coming back, I won’t come back alone. [Final Chorus] It’s the aftercare, The water waiting by the bed, Your arms around the aftermath, Your heartbeat near my head. You can set my whole world spinning, Then hold it steady in its place— Anybody can want somebody, You know how to stay. It’s the aftercare— The proof beneath the play: You don’t only know how to want me. You know how to stay
