Tell Me It’s Not True

[Verse 1]
Saw your car outside that bar
Thought
"She said she’s home"
Peeked through stained glass
Froze in place
You weren’t there alone
Hands on your waist like they used to be
Face in your neck where I used to breathe
My name on your phone lighting up that screen
While you laughed
While you laughed
[Pre-Chorus]
I walked back slow
Chewing my tongue
Heart in my throat
Taste of rust in my lungs
Do I burn this down
Do I play it cool?
If I say what I saw
I’m losing you
[Chorus]
Tell me it’s not true
Lie to me
Lie to me
Even if you do
I don’t wanna know
I don’t wanna picture his hands on you
Tear me in two
If I let you go
I’m losing me too
So tell me it’s not true
Tell me it’s not true (oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
You crawl in bed
Smell like smoke
Say you’re “tired
Long night”
Trace my chest
Ask
“What’s wrong?”
I flinch at your light
His cologne still hanging off your hair
I bite my lip till the copper’s there
You fall asleep on the lie you swear
And I shake
And I shake
[Pre-Chorus]
I rehearse the words under my breath
"Baby I saw you" but I choke on the rest
If I call you out
I break my own world
If I let it slide
I hate this boy you turned
[Chorus]
Tell me it’s not true
Lie to me
Lie to me
Even if you do
I don’t wanna know
I don’t wanna picture his hands on you
Tear me in two
If I let you go
I’m losing me too
So tell me it’s not true
Tell me it’s not true (yeah, yeah)
[Bridge]
I’d rather drown in this denial
Than taste the word goodbye
I’ll wear your sin
I’ll fake a smile
If it keeps you on my side
Is it love
Or is it fear
That keeps me here
Keeps me here?
[Chorus]
Tell me it’s not true
Lie to me
Lie to me
I’ll believe you
I don’t wanna know
I don’t wanna see what you put me through
Tear me in two
If I walk away
I’m losing me too
So tell me it’s not true
Tell me it’s not true
(just say it, just say it)
Tell me it’s not true

pop, Dark, edgy pop with male vocals; crisp programmed drums and gritty bass synth drive the verses, guitars adding tense stabs. Pre-chorus strips to pulsing low end and filtered vocal; chorus explodes with wide pads, detuned lead, and stacked harmonies. Bridge pulls back to a haunting vocal over sparse keys, then final hook hits hardest with extra ad-libs and pitched vocal chops.