Body To Keep You Warm

[Verse 1]
You walk in like every answer
Tailored suit
Crooked grin
Say the right thing in the right order
Like you rehearsed it all again
You trace my spine like dotted lines
Sign your name across my skin
You hold me like I’m already yours
But you won’t let the future in
[Chorus]
You check all my boxes
Baby
Every want
Every wild little storm
But I’m done with the games you’re playing
Done lying here
Trying to conform
I’m not your late-night
Lonely habit
Or a body to keep you warm
You can have me
Or you can leave me
But I won’t bend to fit your form
[Verse 2]
You call when the dark gets heavy
When your bed feels too big
Say you “hate the word forever”
But you love the way I give
You want the thrill
Not the morning
All the taste and none of the name
I see the pattern in the ashes
You light a match
Then blame the flame
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] I used to fold myself smaller
Just to fit inside your hands
Now I’m standing in the doorway
Heart steady
Making other plans
[soft harmony] If you can’t say that you want me
In the quiet and the light of day
Then keep your touch
Keep your stories
I’m walking out
I’ll be okay
[Chorus]

Smoky, intimate piano ballad in a slow 6/8; sparse left-hand chords and a lyrical right-hand top line. Female vocals up close and breathy in the verses, opening into a richer belt on the chorus with soft stacked harmonies. Subtle upright bass and brushed kit slide in on the second verse, with a swelling string pad under the final chorus. Roomy reverb, lots of air around the vocal, let the piano and voice own the record., ballad, warm