UNLOCKED [Intro – near-silence, warm sub pulsing slowly; male tenor enters close and dry, almost fragile] I knew better. Still left it open. [Verse 1 – intimate high tenor, restrained ache; soft low-octave bass breathes in quarter-note pulses, minimal kick, no bright instruments] You said you were nearby I said I didn't care Then I checked the hallway Twice before you got here You don't have to tell me What this isn't gonna be I can read the room I just don't always leave [Pre-Chorus – bass LFO slows, thin mournful keyboard tone appears; vocal begins lifting into falsetto] I know better I do I know better Than you [Chorus – falsetto opens, layered ghost harmonies spread wide; sparse drop stays deep and empty] Still left the door unlocked Still let you come inside Still knew what this would cost Still didn't change my mind You don't have to lie I wasn't gonna ask I like you better When I don't believe you back [Post-Chorus – beat nearly disappears; one low bass pulse, distant falsetto double] Don't explain it. [Verse 2 – lower chest voice at first, then cracks upward; syncopated bass pulse changes rate, soft distortion blooms briefly] You took your shoes off slow Like you planned to stay I watched you get comfortable Didn't tell you not to You talk like you're careful You touch like you're not I know what I'm doing That's the worst part [Pre-Chorus – soft guitar smear enters far back in the mix; tenor becomes strained, harmony blooms then vanishes] I know better I do I know better Than you [Chorus – same melody, fuller falsetto stack, still restrained; no huge drums] Still left the door unlocked Still let you come inside Still knew what this would cost Still didn't change my mind You don't have to lie I wasn't gonna ask I like you better When I don't believe you back [Bridge – percussion drops out completely; bass slows to whole-beat swells, vocal turns raw and exposed] If I wanted clean I'd have closed the door If I wanted safe You wouldn't be here [Brief silence] So don't make this Something it isn't [Final Refrain – soft falsetto, almost weightless; bass and vocal pulse together] Still left it unlocked Still left it unlocked I knew better Still left it unlocked [Outro – falsetto harmony dissolves into stereo space; final sub pulse] I knew better.
