Don’t ruin us

Verse 1
You walk in like you always do
No knocking, just straight to my room
You talk like nothing’s ever changed
But I swear nothing feels the same

You’re in my hoodie on the floor
Like you’ve been here a thousand times before
And I keep acting like it’s fine
Like you’re not always on my mind

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Pre-Chorus
I don’t know when it started
But I can’t stop it now

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Chorus
I don’t wanna ruin us
Don’t wanna be the reason
You don’t show up anymore

I don’t wanna say too much
And watch you pull away
Like I’ve seen you do before

‘Cause you’re not just someone I could lose
You’re every part of “home” I’ve known
So I’d rather keep this killing me
Than risk being alone

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Verse 2
They joke about us all the time
Say “you guys would make sense, right?”
And I just laugh it off like you
Like it’s something we’d never do

But it’s in the way I look at you
Then look away like I’m supposed to
Like if I stare a second more
You’ll see everything I’m hiding for

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Pre-Chorus
And I think you feel it too
But neither of us moves

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Chorus
I don’t wanna ruin us
Don’t wanna cross that line
And lose the only thing that’s real

I don’t wanna mess it up
Turn everything we are
Into something we can’t heal

‘Cause you’re not just someone I could choose
You’re the one I can’t undo
So I’ll keep pretending I don’t
Feel the way I do

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Bridge (low, breaking a little)
If I told you, would you stay?
Or would everything just change?
Would your mom still call me over?
Would your dad say my name the same?

Would we still sit in your driveway
Talking till like 2 AM?
Or would I lose you all at once
Just for telling you how it’s been?

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Final Chorus (more vulnerable)
I don’t wanna ruin us
But I don’t know how to keep
Feeling this and staying quiet

‘Cause every time you’re close to me
It’s getting harder just to be
Someone who can keep denying

And maybe I’m a little selfish
‘Cause I want you more than this
But I’d give up everything I feel
If it means I don’t lose you in it

Indie Acoustic / Emotional Alt-Pop (male perspective)