[Verse 1]
(Male)
You hang white dresses in your head
I hang my doubts above the bed
Five years of coffee
Cracked plates
Fights
You say “forever”
I just hear “life sentence” in the night
[Pre-Chorus]
(Male)
What if I turn out like my dad did
Ring on his hand
Eyes on the exit
Every promise that he ever twisted
Burns my throat when you say my name
[Chorus]
(Female lead, male backing)
Are you scared of the vow or me?
Tell me which ghost you really see
I’m not your cage
I’m standing at the door
You keep talking like the end is near
But I’ve been right here
Year after year
If this is love
What are you waiting for?
(What are you waiting for?)
[Verse 2]
(Female)
You flinch when someone tosses rice
Laugh in the car
But your knuckles are ice
I wear this patience like a bruise
You say “I love you”
But you say it like a last excuse
[Pre-Chorus]
(Female)
I’m not a trap with a pretty grin
Not some game you’re too afraid to win
Every future that you never pictured
Hangs like thunder over our bed
[Chorus]
(Female lead, male backing)
Are you scared of the vow or me?
Tell me which ghost you really see
I’m not your cage
I’m standing at the door
You keep talking like the end is near
But I’ve been right here
Year after year
If this is love
What are you waiting for?
(What are you waiting for?)
[Bridge]
[Music drops to clean guitar and low toms]
(Male)
I’m scared I’ll break you
Scared I’ll break like him
Scared that “forever”
Means “who I am can’t shift”
(Female)
I don’t want perfect
I want you honest
Flawed
A ring won’t fix us
But it proves you’ll face the odds
[Chorus]
(Both, trading lines then together)
(Male) Yeah
I’m scared of the vow and me
(Female) But I’m the one down on my knees
(Both) We can be brave or we can stay unsure
(Female) Tear up the script you thought you knew
(Male) I’ll write “I choose this
I choose you”
(Both) If this is love
What are we waiting for?
What are we waiting for?
[Outro]
(Male, rough)
Hand me the fear
Hand me the ring
(Female, soaring)
If we go down
We go down as a living
Breathing thing
(Both)
If this is love
Then let it roar