[Verse 1] Signed up on a sleepy Tuesday Scrolling through the stranger’s smiles Your profile like a late-night secret “Professional cuddler I’ll stay awhile” You messaged “Hey I’ve got a window If you’re cool I’ll swing on by” I cleaned the couch Lit one small candle Tried to calm my racing mind [Verse 2] Your van idled by the driveway Basement door That creaking frame You text a pic “If I go missing This is where they’ll trace my name” You stand there weighing every instinct Phone in hand That nervous laugh I’m on the stair I say “It’s safe I swear” You say “Okay… I’ll take that chance” [Chorus] Basement cuddles Hearts on hire Two shy bodies One strange flyer Thought it’d just be arms and quiet Turned into you and me on a riot Talking past the paid-up time All the walls we left behind Fell asleep inside your questions Woke up tangled in connection [Verse 3] We set the rules like gentle fences “Nothing more than we agreed” You lay your head against my shoulder My chest forgot how to breathe We counted scars like constellations You traced the shape of every year Somehow all those broken chapters Sounded better whispered here [Chorus] Basement cuddles Hearts on hire Two shy bodies One strange flyer Thought it’d just be arms and quiet Turned into you and me on a riot Talking past the paid-up time All the walls we left behind Fell asleep inside your questions Woke up tangled in connection [Bridge] Then your screen lit up the darkness You said “I hate that I should go” You hugged me twice out in the stairwell Said “I’ll be back Just so you know” Days of memes and midnight check-ins Voice notes Coffee plans half-made Felt like maybe this was something Felt like maybe I was safe [Verse 4] Then one night your text came different “Hey I owe you honesty…” You said “My ex and I are talking Guess it’s where I need to be” Now I still pass that crooked doorway Hear your laughter in the halls Funny how a simple cuddle Built a world and dropped it all [Chorus] Basement cuddles Hearts on hire Two shy bodies One strange flyer Thought it’d just be arms and quiet Turned into you and me on a riot Now I’m lying where you slept Holding space for what we left Just a stranger from the website Who turned into my almost-right [Outro] Spooky stairs and soft confession Paid-by-the-hour Unpaid lesson You were warmth in winter’s breath You were almost Almost Almost Then you went back to the past instead
