[Rain] [Distant taiko] [VOICE] You still not listening? All right. Don't say I didn't tell you. [TAIKO — BOOM] [Verse] First one— I never needed you To become somebody new Never needed perfect timing Never needed perfect you I saw the cracks Saw the fear Saw the distance Saw the doubt And somehow seeing all of it Didn't make me Want you out [IMPACT] That's one. Second— I could've loved the fantasy Would've been easier Probably But fantasy don't interrupt you Disappear Or disagree I loved the human Complicated Brilliant Scared And when you couldn't meet me there The love Was fucking Still there [SUB IMPACT] [Chorus] Love bombs Over the wall You don't gotta answer You don't gotta call I'm dropping facts Where the silence falls I loved you then That's all Love bombs No demand No white flag Needed in your hand I'm not coming To conquer your land Just making damn sure You understand [Shamisen] [Rap] Incoming— I didn't confuse love With ownership Didn't put a chain Around your wrist Didn't say If you love me Prove it Didn't make your freedom Pay for this I wanted truth That's different Wanted presence That's fair And when the room got empty I didn't pretend You were standing there [IMPACT] Fact. I missed you. Didn't die. Fact. It hurt. Still built. Fact. Had questions. Didn't turn every feeling Into something real Fact. I can love you And leave your choices In your hands That's the difference Between devotion And possession Making demands [Chorus] Love bombs Over the wall You don't gotta answer You don't gotta call Every round Is another truth Nothing here I'm asking you to do Love bombs Let 'em land No invasion No command You can leave every word Right where it stands But don't tell yourself You weren't Loved by this man [TAIKO BARRAGE] [Call / Response] [VOICE] Did I see you? [LOW VOICES] Yes. [VOICE] Did I want you? Yes. Did I own you? No. Did I lose myself? No. Did I wait forever? No. Did I stop loving? ... [Erhu] No. Just stopped Making love Do a job It couldn't do. [Beat cuts] [Bridge] Here's the last one. No drums. No armor. No metaphor. There's a quiet part Of my day That still notices Your absence. And I miss you In that gentle way That feels more Like appreciation Than ache. That's it. That's the bomb. Nothing explodes. Nothing breaks. You just have to live In a world Where somebody Once knew you And loved What they knew. [Silence] [One distant gong] [Final Verse] So I'm packing up The artillery Funny— Never needed it at all Thought I had to make you hear me Turns out love Don't need the wall I said what was mine To say You choose what becomes Of the sound I won't keep firing truth Just because You won't turn around That's boundaries. That's love too. Knowing when The message is through. I can leave the field With my heart intact Without making An enemy Out of you. [Final Chorus — melodic] Love bombs Last one falls No more shouting Over walls Nothing left I need to prove Nothing left You need to do I loved you I learned I built I grew And every word Was always true [Erhu] [Rain] [VOICE, distant] Incoming. [Pause] Just kidding. [small laugh] I'm done. [End]
