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The Portuguese Letters

[Intro | smoky intimate torch vocal | sparse piano and space | raw vulnerability] You came into my room like salvation. You left me with nothing but your name. [Pre-Verse | soft confessional delivery | warm piano-led intimacy] I gave myself to you completely. I would do it again. [Verse 1 | sensual storytelling with blues ache | subtle bass and guitar textures | emotional honesty] You overcame me with your patience, kindled my body with your heat. Your hands knew exactly where to go. Your mouth made promises my skin believed. Now the same mouth is silent, and this room still smells like you. [Chorus | emotional build-up | aching vocal intensity | subtle dynamic swells | honest torch delivery] Shall I never see you again with all the ardour you once showed? My heart tries to tear itself out of my chest just to go and find you. I still crave that sweet corruption — the one that tasted like salvation. [Pre-Verse | aching intimate delivery | warm piano and low-end weight] I gave myself to you completely. I would do it again. [Verse 2 | building jealous intensity | atmospheric textures | raw emotional delivery] I stand on the balcony and the wind hits me with every place your mouth once touched. I am furiously jealous of the air in France that gets to touch your face without wanting to die. I hate every pleasure that reaches you while I lie here tasting only your absence. [Chorus | emotional build-up | aching vocal intensity | subtle dynamic swells | honest torch delivery] Shall I never see you again with all the ardour you once showed? My heart tries to tear itself out of my chest just to go and find you. I still crave that sweet corruption — the one that tasted like salvation. [Bridge | raw emotional peak | desperate honesty | vocal-led dynamic build] I lost my honour in this bed. I would lose it again if you asked. I send you my sighs like prayers because at least they keep your name inside my body. I find a sick pleasure in this ache — it proves you were once here. [Chorus | final emotional release | powerful aching vocal | full dynamic build | honest torch peak] Shall I never see you again with all the ardour you once showed? I would open the door right now if you came. I would let you ruin me twice. I still crave that sweet corruption — the one that tasted like salvation. [Outro | pleading raw vocal | minimal fading arrangement | desperate longing | reverb tail] Come back. Even if it's only to leave again. I don't care anymore. Just come back and touch me so I can remember how to breathe. [END]