Love Fables (My Body Betrays)

[Intro: Melancholic acoustic guitar picking & heavy, slow 808 sub-bass] (Isochronic tone pulsing faintly in the background) (Heavy, shaking breath into the mic) (Six months wasted... did you think I was blind?) (Yeah... empty fables.) (Listen to me...)

[Verse 1: Intimate, close-mic conversational R&B flow] Every time he whispers in my ear, telling me what I want to hear Always telling me, "I will be home to hold you in my arms, keep you near" "I will always be here with you," casting his easy, hollow charms But it's just a script, another story that ends up doing harm You took away six months that I could have used to heal and grow But instead I was getting in too deep, caught in your midnight show You called me beautiful, made my heart soar, told me what I needed to survive While you played me like a fiddle, just to keep your own ego alive! (Played me like a fiddle, yeah!)

[Pre-Chorus: Rhythmic Handclaps & Heavy Bass Swells] It's always me, being with me, sleeping with me, eating alone While you're just a shadow sitting on a temporary throne (Stutter: F-f-fables, empty fables!) My mind is fighting me, screaming to take flight But my body betrays me, running back into the night! (Break it down!)

[Chorus: Explosive Soaring Gospel-Soul Belt & Full Harmonies] These are the empty words that turn to fables! (Turn to fables!) Disorganized life with a taste of bitterness on our tables! When all I want is your touch, no, not your love in the dark Sensation shooting through me, but you're stepping on my spark! (Yeah, just your touch!) My love comes from above, but with you it's a cold design I'm zipping up my dress, taking my heart back off the line! (No more fables, yeah!)

[Verse 2: Snappy, rhythmic Neo-Soul cadence] Don't you know a woman's worse gift comes between her thighs? Oh, the shame, the manipulation, wrapped in your spiritual lies A man manipulates, a woman gives too much, so much emotion in the space At the moments spent with you, I feel the shadows take your face Love based between the thighs, but God never intended it this way I've asked for forgiveness more times than my lips can ever say You think your camouflage is perfect, think your walls are standing tall But you wanted the climax while keeping your heart behind the wall! (Oh, the shame... wash it away!)

[Pre-Chorus: Rhythmic Handclaps & Heavy Bass Swells] I was fixed on the adrenaline, chasing what wasn't reachable or clear Setting you up on a pedestal while my boundaries disappeared (Stutter: C-c-cold turkey, c-c-cold shoulders!) But every other time when I bow my head to pray I feel like I am at the right place, washing the gray away! (Purified from the inside out!)

[Chorus: Explosive Soaring Gospel-Soul Belt & Full Harmonies] These are the empty words that turn to fables! (Turn to fables!) Disorganized life with a taste of bitterness on our tables! When all I want is your touch, no, not your love in the dark Sensation shooting through me, but you're stepping on my spark! (Yeah, just your touch!) My love comes from above, but with you it's a cold design I'm zipping up my dress, taking my heart back off the line!

[Verse 3: Intense Storytelling. Drums Drop Out, Cello & Bass Pulse Remain] I offered my time, tried to step in the steam, but you shut the glass door Left me standing barefoot on this cold wooden floor How much more of my soul do I have to pour? I'm taking my heart back off the line, it's mine, it's all mine! Go find your revival by your own damn self, I am fully through! I don't have the time to be half-loved by you! (Yeah, watch the glass shatter!)

[Bridge: Bass aggressively swells back in, Isochronic tone pulses loudly] (Rhythmic Vocal Stutters: P-P-Played me! F-F-Fiddle!) (Yeah, break 'em down, shoo-wop, break 'em down!) I'm reeling it in! I'm cutting the line! No more begging for a heart that ain't mine! (That ain't mine, no!)

[Chorus: Stripped-Back Acapella Breakdown to Full Force Crash] [Acapella] These are the empty words that turn to fables... Disorganized life with a taste of bitterness on our tables... [Full Heavy Bass, Drums & Choir Harmonies Crash In] When all I want is your touch, no, not your love in the dark! Sensation shooting through me, but you're stepping on my spark! My love comes from above, but with you it's a cold design! I'm zipping up my dress, taking my heart back off the line!