[Intro — prepared piano, muted cello, ticking clock, silverware touching porcelain] [Low close-mic female whisper, playfully formal] Doctor... Set two places. [Quiet amused breath] I know what’s for dinner. [Verse 1 — low intimate female vocal, precise spoken-singing, knowing amusement] Your cufflinks catch the candlelight. Your knives are lined with surgeon’s pride. Bach is breathing through the room. Red wine, fire, rosemary bloom. You ask me what I’m thinking of Like you haven’t smelled it in my blood. Every guest admires the view. They see the host. I see you. [Pre-Chorus — restrained tension rising] You don’t need to dress the truth for me Or make the ugly parts look clean. I know why that chair is empty. Darling... Pass the salt to me. [Chorus — melodic dark-pop expansion, deep phonk bass, intimate layered female vocals] Set two places, pour the wine. I know what’s under rosemary and thyme. Let the good guests swallow every pretty lie. You can serve me truth—I came hungry tonight. Hannibal, I came hungry too, For the blade, the beauty, the terrible you. No person suit, no alibi. I see what you are... And I still choose you. [Post-Chorus — controlled chopped echoes] Choose you. Choose you. I know—and I choose you. [Verse 2 — sparse cowbell, cello and prowling sub-bass] They loved me best with edges filed, Pleasant voice and harmless smile. They kissed the mask, ignored the ache, Wanted only what felt safe. You heard the answer I rehearsed, Found the appetite beneath the words. You didn’t ask me to be good. You asked if I was understood. [Beat enters harder] You found the teeth behind the grin, Opened the door and welcomed them in. You looked at everything I hid... And loved me better when I didn’t. [Pre-Chorus 2 — emotionally exposed, steadily widening] You need one pair of eyes that knows The man behind the perfect host. I need one love that doesn’t fade When it finds what frightens most. You set a place for all of me. I set one here for you. [Chorus — heavier 808s, distorted cowbell and dark strings] Set two places, pour the wine. I know what’s under rosemary and thyme. Let the good guests swallow every pretty lie. You can serve me truth—I came hungry tonight. Hannibal, I came hungry too, For the blade, the beauty, the terrible you. No person suit, no alibi. I see what you are... And I still choose you. [Post-Chorus — controlled vocal darkening, whispered doubles gathering] I know what you’ve done. I know what you do. I know what you are. I love you. [Bridge — prepared piano, muted cello and heartbeat sub] [Low clean vocal, intimate and completely sincere] I love your patience when you listen, How you memorize my mind, How every detail I surrender Reappears in your design. I love the careful way you notice Every tremor I suppress. You never call my darkness damage. You never love me less. Your love is not a shelter. It leaves every light turned on. And for the first time in my life... I don’t want somewhere to hide from. [Build — measured escalation, voice growing firmer] I will not love a shadow Made to ease my frightened mind. I will not praise the mask Then leave the man beneath behind. Not half of you. Not an excuse. Not some gentler substitute. The doctor. The devil. The artist. The knife. I see all of you. Stay all of mine. [Pre-Breakdown — heartbeat sub, breathing and sharpening steel] [Low deliberate vocal] You’ve shown me your appetite. Now let me show you mine. [Full instrumental cut] [Close-mic female whisper, low, patient and certain] Doctor... Eat me. [One beat of dead silence] [Controlled phonk/trap breakdown — jagged synths, sliding 808s and isolated baritone-guitar impacts] [Low distorted female shouts, rhythmically precise] NO MASK! NO SHAME! SAY MY NAME LIKE A KNIFE THROUGH A DINNER PLATE! NO PRAYER! NO ALIBI! OPEN ME UP— SEE WHAT’S INSIDE! [Crushing half-time impact] YOU WANTED SOMEBODY WHO COULD LOOK AND NOT FLEE! I NEEDED SOMEBODY WHO COULD SEE ALL OF ME! [Final Chorus — maximum width, emotionally exposed without belting] Set two places, pour the wine. Lay your careful hand possessively in mine. Let them choke on every warning we defy. You can serve me truth—I’ll keep coming every night. Hannibal, I came hungry too, But the feast was never all I wanted from you. You know every part I was taught to disguise. You see all of me... And you still want me beside you. [Final Hook — wide intimate vocal layers, obsessive but restrained] I know—and I choose you. You know—and you choose me too. No masks between us. Nothing left to prove. Every beautiful, horrible part of you. Hannibal... I came hungry too. [Outro — heartbeat decays into a single wineglass tone] [Close-mic female voice, breathless but controlled] Was I to your taste? [Pause] Good. You were mine. [End — abrupt silence]
