[Intro — Female, spoken, dry, over sparse island drums, slow dark piano, deep sub bass, single steelpan note] (spoken) Three takes of a laugh, 'cause the first one was true. (whispered) Love me, love me in the edit (whispered) If it looks like love, then who's to say it wasn't [Verse 1 — Female, half-rapped, conversational, crisp dry drums, steelpan sparse] White sand, red light, "tell me your type" Funny, that was mine when they asked last night Hand on my waist, little turn to the right If you're gonna break my heart, get my good side Two drinks, one straw, sunset on cue Three takes of a laugh 'cause the first one was true They asked for a secret, I gave 'em you Said I came for love, and baby, that's true Never said whose [Hook — Female, whispered, sub bass only, no drums] Love me, love me in the edit Leave in the kiss, cut out the deal Love me, love me in the edit Put a little music under how I feel [Verse 2 — Male, rapped, tighter, drums a touch busier, piano darker] She told me a secret, I told it to you Now it's got subtitles, that part's on me too You said "no drama," you meant "not yet" Watched you fix your face when they showed you that text Your ex at the gate? I'd have swung for free I practiced that look too, they just didn't film me Mic pack's on, so I smile through the wait Hate that I'm counting the days till we wrap You call it a setup, I'll call it a date We can fall apart after episode eight [Hook — traded, whispered, steelpan returns, kick starts to pulse underneath] (Female) Love me, love me in the edit (Male) Leave in the tears, cut out the wait (Female) Love me, love me in the edit (Both) I can do forever if we wrap by ten [Bridge — confession, everything drops to piano only, alternating, spoken then sung] (Female) When you brushed my hair back, nobody said "Go" (Male) No one moved a light, how was I supposed to know? (Female) Contract says I'm fine, and I signed it, so I'm fine (Male) One take. No laugh. And the whole thing was true. (Female) I nearly said something I couldn't undo (Both) Then the red light blinked (Both) And I looked at you [Transformation — kick enters four-on-the-floor, tempo climbs, riser, vocal filtered and repeating, steelpan becomes a synth stab] (Both, repeated, building) And I looked at you, and I looked at you, and I looked at you, and I looked at you [Chorus — Both, techno drop, first time the hook is sung full-voice, strained vocal layers] Love me, love me in the edit Say it like you mean it, let the whole world get it You can take it back, but the cameras said it Love me, love me in the edit Cut to the moon, cut back to your mouth Leave that little part about the money out Love me, love me in the edit If it looks like love, let 'em sweat it [Drop — Male, vocal chops, chanted over instrumental peak] In the edit, in the edit If it looks like love, let 'em sweat it In the edit, in the edit (Female, strained) Love me, love me [Verse 3 — alternating, rapped fast over the techno groove, trading every two lines] (Male) Cameras off and I still hear the count (Female) Three, two, one, and I'm laughing out loud (Male) Say it again but a little more sad (Female) That's the best take of my life that you had (Male) You call it a setup (Female) I call it a date (Both) We can fall apart after episode eight [Final Chorus — Both, biggest drop, strained, layered, ad-libs, off-mic screams] Love me, love me in the edit Say it like you mean it, let the whole world get it Cut to the moon, cut back to your mouth Leave that little part about the money out Love me, love me in the edit If it looks like love, let 'em sweat it [Drop — Both, vocal chops, full] In the edit, in the edit If it looks like love, let 'em sweat it In the edit, in the edit Love me, love me [Outro — beat cuts dead, back to island drums and piano, whispered, steelpan single note] (Female) Leave in the kiss (Male) Cut out the deal (Female) Leave that bit in (Both) That bit was real © 2026 NextOath
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