[Spoken Intro – soft, close, three voices overlapping lightly] There’s a thin line…. [It’s a thin line] Mmm… It’s late. And some of y’all still don’t understand how quiet a woman can get right before the line disappears….. I need you to hear me now……. Don’t play with me tonight [Verse 1] I pressed your shirt at midnight While you were pressing against somebody else Starch in the collar, crease in the sleeve Treating your lies like they were just wrinkles I could iron out The porch light stayed on Not for you For the girl I used to be The one who believed love was a lighthouse Not a warning sign I swallowed every apology Till my throat was full of stones Watched you sleep peaceful While I counted cracks in the ceiling Praying God would tell me How to love a man who only loved my silence [Chorus – full trio] There’s a thin line between love and hate Don’t think you can keep tearing her apart There’s a thin line between love and hate And she gon’ watch you fall from grace There’s a thin line between love and hate Believe it… believe it… believe it She gon’ show you one day [Verse 2] I kept your dinner warm While your heart grew cold in stranger’s hands Seasoned the greens with tears you never saw Set the table for two While you made reservations for one I was the ghost in my own house Haunting the halls of a marriage That died quiet No funeral Just me Sweeping up the ashes The mirror started showing someone I didn’t recognize Eyes hollow like burned-out churches Smile stitched on like a wound I was a woman made of porcelain Pretending I couldn’t feel the cracks spreading [Spoken Monologue – one voice, then the others join softly underneath] Look… He thought the silence meant she was weak. Thought the smile meant she didn’t see it. Thought coming home at three in the morning with no explanation was just how it was supposed to go. But some women don’t argue. They just wait. And when they finally move… it’s already too late. I didn’t wake up hating you. I woke up realizing the love was already gone. And hate? Hate was just the echo Of all the love you threw away. [Verse 3] Now the rain won’t stop falling And I’m standing at the edge of the line The same hands that held you tender Now hold the weight of everything you broke I’m not angry, baby I’m just done The Delta taught me patience But the Delta also taught me That floodwaters don’t ask permission To wash away what don’t belong You built your house on my back Now feel the ground give way [Chorus – full and heavy] There’s a thin line between love and hate Don’t think you can keep tearing her apart There’s a thin line between love and hate And she gon’ watch you fall from grace There’s a thin line between love and hate Believe it… believe it… believe it She gon’ show you one day [Outro – soft, fading trio] It’s a thin line… It’s a thin line… Between love…. Hate… And regret… Don’t cross it. Mmmmmmm Oooooohhhhhh….. This Is G&G Entertainment Group
