[Intro, spoken, half-sung]
[Dry vocal, almost conversational]
I’ve been thinking…
Well—no—overthinking
And I’ve come to a conclusion
[pause]
It wasn’t the kiss
[Band drops in]
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[Verse 1]
You didn’t say much, you didn’t say please
You just leaned back laughing, stealing the breeze
Eyes doing circles, shoes out of line
You tilted your head like you’d already won time
I was minding my business, minding my drink
When you smiled like you knew exactly what I’d think
It wasn’t romantic, it wasn’t a scene
Just a moment too loud to stay in between
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[Pre-Chorus]
I replay it backwards, I slow it right down
Like a crime I committed in a friendly town
If love’s a trick, then I fell for the misdirection
‘Cause I missed the crime but caught the intention
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[Chorus]
It wasn’t the kiss that got me like this
It was the way you bit your lip
It wasn’t the night or the moonlit bliss
It was the wink you tried to skip
You barely did nothing, but nothing went wrong
Now I’ve been humming your face all along
It wasn’t the kiss—no, it wasn’t the kiss
It was everything else you did
[Big brass hit at the end]
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[Verse 2]
You tapped your fingers twice on the bar
Like Morse code flirting, subtle but sharp
You laughed at a joke that I never said
Then looked away first—yeah, that messed with my head
I’ve seen fireworks, I’ve heard big words
I’ve had dramatic exits, promises blurred
But you just stood there, calm as could be
Making chaos quietly out of me
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
I didn’t fall fast, I slipped on grace
On the way that you stood in my personal space
If love’s a crime, I demand a retrial
‘Cause it happened somewhere between a nod and a smile
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[Chorus, add gang vocals on last lines]
It wasn’t the kiss that got me like this
It was the way you bit your lip
It wasn’t the night or the moonlit bliss
It was the wink you tried to skip
You barely did nothing, but nothing went wrong [gang:] (“Nothing went wrong!”)
Now I’ve been humming your face all along
It wasn’t the kiss—no, it wasn’t the kiss
It was everything else you did
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[Middle 8 / Breakdown, chaos moment]
[Music strips back: bass, drums and vocal ad-libs]
A shrug, a pause, a look too long
A step away that felt too wrong
You tied my thoughts in a polite little knot
Then smiled like you knew exactly what you’d got
[Brass stabs return, building tension]
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[Final Chorus, Bigger, faster, unhinged joy]
It wasn’t the kiss that got me like this
It was the way you bit your lip
It wasn’t the night or the moonlit bliss
It was the wink you tried to skip
You barely did nothing, but nothing went wrong
Now I’ve been humming your face all along
It wasn’t the kiss—no, it wasn’t the kiss
It was everything else you did
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[Outro, spoken chaos, fade out]
Just saying…
If you’d actually kissed me…
I’d be in serious trouble.
[Brass riff and laughter to fade]
JonnyOnit
