Read Receipts

[Verse 1 – Him]
Kitchen light at 2 a.m
Face down phone
Your lock-screen grin
Thought I knew the codes you’d hide
Thumbprint shake
My stomach climbs
Scroll too fast
My chest caves in
Your name with his
That stupid grin
“Can’t wait till he falls asleep”
Every word cuts in too deep
[Pre-Chorus – Him]
Typing out a thousand lines
Backspace every single time
Do I wake you up or lie here?
Heart in my throat
You in my ear
[Chorus – Both]
How do I say it?
How do I say it out loud?
I saw the messages bleeding
All of the secrets you’re proud of somehow
Do I scream
Do I leave
Do I break down in the hallway?
You’re right there breathing my air
And I don’t know how to say
I know now
(I know now)
[Verse 2 – Her]
You’re too quiet
Coffee cold
Eyes won’t land
Your jaw looks broke
Ask me
“You sleep good?” I choke
Swear I feel my cover smoke
Saw my name lit up last night
Wrong time
Wrong thread
Wrong life
He was just a stupid high
Why does silence sound like “goodbye”?
[Pre-Chorus – Her]
I keep talking
Change the frame
Weather
Work
My hair
The day
But you flinch at every ping
Guess you saw the hidden thing
[Chorus – Both]
How do we say it?
How do we say it out loud?
You saw the messages bleeding
Every “baby” I typed in the cloud
Do you scream
Do you leave
Do you throw my clothes in the driveway?
I’m right here breathing your air
And I don’t know how to say
I’m so wrong
(so wrong)
[Bridge – Him & Her]
[Beat drops
Mostly vocal]
[Him]
Do I ask you “who is he?”
Or will that make him real to me?
[Her]
Do I blame it on the drinks?
Or own the way I let us sink?
[Him]
Do I pack a bag and go?
[Her]
Do I beg you
Say “don’t go”?
[Both]
Phone face down between our hands
Words unread
We just pretend
[Chorus – Both]
How do we say it?
How do we tear this mask down?
You had a second life breathing
Right in my blind spot
Right in my house
Do I trust
Do I cut
Do I walk us back from the runway?
We’re right here breathing this ache
And I finally have to say
I know now
(you let me down)
I know now
(we’re crashing out)

pop, Dark pop duet with male and female vocals, moody synth pulses and a tight, modern drum groove. First verse minimal and tense; pre-chorus adds plucky arps and distant vocal chops, chorus explodes with stacked harmonies and a distorted bass swell. Bridge strips back to filtered keys and close-mic whispers, last chorus hits harder with octave-doubled leads and ad-lib runs on top.