[Intro] [Rhodes + that wet black room tone. No drums. You breathing, but your breath is cold enough to hear.] [Verse 1 - long, narrative, almost spoken] You don't knock, you seep Through the crack in the door No light when you enter No heat anymore Your hands find my chest I can't feel my own skin Mouth like winter glass You kiss me like sin [Pre-Chorus - drums FINALLY enter, just kick + snap] You don't breathe but you sigh You don't live but you lie [Chorus - short, unresolved, first touch] It's a cold touch And I wait for it Cold touch And I ache for it (let it breathe 4 bars, just bass + that brushing fabric sound ear to ear) [Verse 2 - shorter, more exposed] I leave the window open When it's snowing in So I can pretend you left Instead of never been You trace my crosses backwards Like you own the ink [Chorus - same melody, higher falsetto] You never warm up And that's why you stay If you got warm, you'd be real And real things go away [Bridge / Breakdown] [Drop drums again, just bowed sub + detuned] (whispered, overlapping) Stay cold Don't you dare get warm on me Stay cold If you're cold, you can't leave me (then full voice, ad-libs) I shiver when you hold me / I shiver when you don't [Final Chorus] This ain't love, it's frostbite And I keep coming back Heaven never held me Like your cold hands on my back Cold touch Keep it cold Don't you ever get warm on me (outro fade on ice crackle + one Rhodes note that never resolves)
