[Intro — 8 bars] [No vocal. Close, physical instrument. A beautiful unresolved figure repeats, never landing exactly where the ear expects. Leave air between phrases.] [Verse 1] I wish you hadn't. [2 bars] No... that's not true. [2 bars] I just wish I had something I could do for you that felt like what you did for me. [Instrumental space — 4 bars] [Verse 2] You never asked me to make it even. I know that. [2 bars] But knowing doesn't stop me from wanting to. [4 bars — no vocal] And I hate that something this good can make me feel this guilty. [Instrumental passage — 8 bars] [Do not decorate the silence. Let the harmony carry the conflict. A second human-played instrument enters with one incomplete melodic thought.] [Refrain] Don't let me take this from me. [2 bars] Don't let what I can't give back take away from what you give. [6 bars instrumental] [Verse 3] Maybe that's what I've been doing. Turning kindness into something I have to answer. [2 bars] Before I even let myself feel it. [4 bars] [Refrain — more open, not louder] Don't let me take this from me. I still wish I could give you what you've given me. [2 bars] I do. [6 bars] [Bridge — arrangement becomes most exposed] Because if it were you... [long space] If you couldn't give it back— [2 bars] I wouldn't want you hurting over what I chose to give. [4 bars] I wouldn't want your guilt. [2 bars] I'd want you to have it. [8 bars — instrumental realization] [Final movement — voice freer, fewer words] So maybe I can have this. [3 bars] Maybe it can mean everything... without becoming something I owe. [4 bars] I still wish I could give you what you've given me. [2 bars] But I won't let that wish take this away from me. [Outro — 24–32 seconds] [Instrumental Outro — sparse, unresolved figure resolves, percussion fades]
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