Control by SabrinaBurke - Zona

Control by SabrinaBurke - Zona

Lyrics

[Verse 1 — restrained, self-aware]

I see the way I try to hide

Every fracture running through my spine

I say I’m strong, I say I’m leaving

But I fold the second you arrive

I wear my fear like second skin

Tell myself I’ll never let you in

But every promise breaks on cue

The moment I remember you

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[Pre-Chorus — realization]

I don’t fight the way I should

I freeze the moment that I could

My breath gives me away too soon

I know exactly what you do

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[Chorus — confession]

You have control

The quiet kind that pulls me close

I tell myself I’m saying no

But every step is toward you still

You have control

You take your time, you let it show

I come undone when you go slow

I hate how much it feels like home

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[Verse 2 — addiction awareness]

I tell myself I’m not the same

That I don’t crave the way you say my name

But every thought I try to drown

Just circles back to where you stand

You don’t have to touch to win

You read the silence on my skin

And every line I swore I drew

Was only waiting there for you

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[Pre-Chorus 2 — honesty]

I don’t run, I don’t resist

I know exactly what this is

I feel the pull before the fall

And still I don’t let go at all

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[Chorus 2 — deeper]

You have control

The kind that never needs a hold

You let me think I’m on my own

While every step is something you know

You have control

Not loud enough to break my bones

Just deep enough to take my soul

I hate how much it feels like home

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[Bridge — the most vulnerable moment, soft, almost whispered]

Say my name

Don’t say it loud

Say it like a secret I won’t tell

I don’t need you to be kind

I just need you to be real

If I’m giving you my power

Don’t pretend it isn’t stolen

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[Final Chorus — acceptance]

You have control

And I don’t know when it began

Somewhere between your quiet hands

And all the parts of me I am

You have control

And I don’t fight it anymore

I stop pretending I’m unsure

I know exactly what I’m choosing

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[Outro — breath-level]

I know this isn’t safe…

I never said I wanted it to be.