[Intro: sharp piano stabs, finger snaps] [Spoken] You should probably know this before you clear a drawer. [Drum hit] [Verse 1: fast, playful] I like the spark I like the chase I like the look before we name the place I like your clothes On my bedroom floor I just get nervous when you say “Forevermore” [Backing Vocals] Uh-oh! [Lead] You say, “Stay” I hear, “Build a fence” You say, “Us” I start losing common sense It’s not that I don’t feel it God, I feel it way too much I just panic when affection Starts discussing joint accounts [Pre-Chorus: drums building] Don’t mistake my running For an empty heart Sometimes I leave Because I care enough To fear the part— [Chorus: huge guitars] DON’T GIVE ME A KEY I MIGHT LOVE YOU AND LEAVE I’M GREAT AT THE FIRE I’M BAD AT THE EVE I can promise you tonight I can mean every word But ask me where we’ll be in five years [Music cuts] And suddenly I haven’t heard [Backing Vocals] Run! Run! Run! [Lead] I want the love I fear the cage I’m still learning How to stay [Verse 2: bouncing piano and bass] I know the drill I’ve seen the scene Two toothbrushes And a matching washing machine Sunday brunch A little dog A shared account And matching monologues [Brass flourish] And maybe that’s beautiful Maybe I’m strange But every time things settle I start craving a change I love being chosen That’s the terrible twist The second I feel owned I start checking the exits [Pre-Chorus] I don’t want less feeling I want room to breathe Can you hold me Without asking me To promise I won’t leave? [Chorus] DON’T GIVE ME A KEY I MIGHT LOVE YOU AND LEAVE I’M GREAT AT THE FIRE I’M BAD AT THE EVE I can promise you honesty I can promise I care But if love means disappearing Into somebody else’s chair— [Backing Vocals] No! No! No! [Lead] I need a door I need a name That still belongs to me [Bridge: piano only] [Soft Vocal] Maybe commitment Isn’t chains Maybe staying Isn’t losing Maybe choosing you tomorrow Means tomorrow I keep choosing [Strings rise] Not because I have to Not because I swore But because every morning I still want to Open your door [Drums explode back in] [Final Chorus] SO MAYBE GIVE ME A KEY BUT DON’T THROW OUT MY SHOES LET ME STAY BECAUSE I WANT TO NOT BECAUSE I CAN’T REFUSE I may always need a window I may always fear the wall But maybe love is not a prison [Choir] IF THERE’S ROOM TO MOVE AT ALL! [Outro: piano and handclaps] [Lead] I’m hard to settle [Backing Vocals] We noticed! [Lead] Hard to own [Backing Vocals] Good! [Lead] But maybe I can learn To make a home Without becoming One. [Final piano crash]
