📀 Duet Not a Game V15.2.9 ✨ [Intro: piano Soft brushes Distant Saxophone phrase] Mmm… Mmm… Mmm… [Verse 1] I’m not here, for a weekend… I’m here for the end, of my days… You’re sitting there… Sleeves pulled over, your hands… Hiding, your gaze… I’ve broken… I’ve bled, for the wrong ones… I’ve watched the best parts, of me fade… But when you laugh… All the ruins, in my chest… Start shifting, in place… (Mmm)* [Chorus 1 - Duet, dynamics build subtly into each Chorus, Saxophone, then pull back to a fragile, whispered Final refrain] — I’m dying, for you… Love… Every breath, already yours… If you, let me… I’ll be… The key, to every locked door… I’m falling, like I’ve waited… My whole life, for your name… But I’ll hold, this fire gentle… Slow burn… Not a game… [Verse 2] — You talk like you’ve, already chosen… (Mmm)* Like I’m the last page, in your book… But I’ve been promised, forever before I still flinch, at the hook… Someone Promised, they would stay… Then left their echo, in my bed Now any time a heart, runs toward me… I’m bracing instead… (yeah)* [Chorus 2 - Duet, Saxophone, dynamics build subtly into each Chorus, then pull back to a fragile, whispered Final refrain] — I can’t, be your whole world… When I’m still learning, my own… I hear you say, “I’m dying” But I’ve survived, on my own… Let’s start with quiet, mornings… Coffee… Inside jokes… And space… If love, is really patient… It can learn, my pace… [Bridge - “Male Voice” Deep and Close to the Mic, Hushed and Confessional; “Female Voice” Soft, Breathy, Slightly Hesitant. “Saxophone” slips in on turnarounds and a short middle-section riff] — I don’t want, to rush you… I don’t want, to run… I can be, your shelter… I still hide, from the sun… So I’ll call you, my friend… Just a friend, for now… If this is something sacred… We’ll find out somehow… (Ohh) [Chorus 3 - Duet, Saxophone, Dynamics build subtly into each Chorus, then pull back to a fragile, whispered Final refrain] — I’m dying, for you… Love… But I’ll breathe, and let you choose… I’m scared, of how this feels… But I don’t want, to lose… We’ll walk, instead of jumping… We’ll learn, each other’s names… If friendship lights, the candle… Love, can feed the flame… [Outro] — So sit, with me… Tell me stories… Of the boy you, used to be… If it’s real… It won’t be hurried You can take your time with me (mmm)* [Saxophone Outro over soft Piano Chords]
