The No-Kiss Rule (So Close)

​[Intro]

(Soft acoustic guitar picking)

(A lone cello note hums in the background)

(Spoken whisper)

It’s the one thing you wouldn’t give me.

Just one thing.

Mmmm...

​[Verse 1]

Morning light hits the dust on the floor

I’m tracing the steps back to your front door.

I skipped out on life, I paused the whole world

Just to be your secret, just to be your girl.

You held me close, I heard your heart beat fast

I tried to make a singular second last.

It felt like safety, like a warm winter coat

But there was a lump of silence stuck in my throat.

​[Chorus]

'Cause we did everything, but we didn't kiss.

How can we get so close and still miss?

You gave me the climax, you gave me the skin

But you never opened the door to let me in.

I wake up wanting your body, heavy and real

But I’m starving for something that I can actually feel.

​[Post-Chorus: The Hook]

(Vocal layering, soft harmony)

Lips sealed shut.

Eyes wide open.

It’s the only rule that we haven’t broken.

(So close, so close)

But you won’t cross the line.

(No, no)

Body is yours... but the mouth is mine.

​[Verse 2]

You looked at the ceiling while I looked at you

Tracing the lines of a face I hardly knew.

It’s a strange kind of distance, lying cheek to cheek

Giving me the strong, but withholding the weak.

If our lips touch, does the wall fall down?

Are you scared that the "playboy" acts gonna drown?

So we keep it technical, we keep it precise

Burning in the fire, but engaging on ice.

​[Chorus]

'Cause we did everything, but we didn't kiss.

How can we get so close and still miss?

You gave me the climax, you gave me the skin

But you never opened the door to let me in.

I wake up wanting your body, heavy and real

But I’m starving for something that I can actually feel.

​[Bridge]

(Building up, drums kick in - Emotional Peak)

Was it control? Was it fear?

Was it 'cause you knew the end was near?

You used your hands, you used the toy

You played me like a broken joy!

I wanted your mouth, I wanted your breath

But you guarded that gate like a matter of death.

Yeah, you guarded your heart like a matter of death!

​[Scat Solo / Vocal Run]

(Wailing, emotional ad-libs)

Ooh-whoa-oh-oh!

Why won't you kiss me?

Da-da-da-da-mm-hmm...

Just one touch!

(So cold, so cold...)

Yeah-ee-yeah!

​[Verse 3]

(Music strips back to just guitar)

I’m driving home and the radio’s down

I’m the loneliest woman in this whole town.

The taste of you isn't even on my tongue

Just the wasted air in my tired lungs.

I got what I came for, but lost what I need

I’m a garden of flowers just covered in weeds.

​[Outro]

Now the bed is empty.

The coffee is cold.

And the "sweet and gentle" story...

Is getting old.

But I still want you here.

(I still want you here.)

Just... kiss me.

(Fade out)