[Short Instrumental Intro]
(electric guitar riff, tight drums)
[Catchy Hook – sung]
He felt like home
He felt like home
[Restrained Verse – sung, rhythmic]
You broke down my walls
Without pushing too hard
You stayed in the quiet
You stayed where you are
I don’t fall and recover
I don’t bounce back clean
I said please don’t let me
Before I believed
[Pre-Chorus – building]
I wasn’t asking forever
I was asking for ground
[Belting Chorus – full voice]
He felt like home
Not the house I grew up in
The place you arrive at
When you didn’t think it existed
And I knew, I knew
Something underneath was wrong
You said I was wrong for feeling it
But my body knew all along
[Instrumental Break]
(distorted guitar carry)
[Restrained Verse – sung, tighter phrasing]
I don’t think you lied
I don’t think you played
I think you meant every word
You said to my face
I think you loved me
I think you still do
I think if your life was cleaner
I’d still be with you
[Pre-Chorus – tension rising]
Love doesn’t live in theory
It lives in what you do
[Belting Chorus – bigger]
He felt like home
And that’s why it destroyed me
Homes aren’t supposed
To come with conditions on them
And I knew, I knew
What I was asking was real
You did the thing I begged you not to
And I was the one who had to feel
[Bridge – emotional, half-sung]
You weren’t cruel
You were crowded
You weren’t false
Just split in two
But I paid the cost
For what you never
Untangled yourself from
[Build]
(drums lift, guitars widen)
[Final Chorus – biggest, belted]
He felt like home
And I defended that feeling
Even when you turned my certainty
Into something needing healing
And I was right
Even if the love was real
You crossed the line I asked you not to
And I was the one who had to feel
[Outro – sung, soft resolve]
He felt like home
He felt like home
[Fade Out]
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