Throw Caution

[Verse 1]
You trace the cracks
In your coffee cup
Say you’re too used
To just giving up
I see the tremor
In your steady hands
You speak in exits
I hear second chance
[Chorus]
So throw caution to the wind with me
Let it tear right through your careful plans
If it hurts
Then let it hurt completely
Take the fall and reach for my hand
Give in
Give in
Give in and love me
[Verse 2]
You count the reasons
This could come undone
Name every ending
We haven’t even begun
You build your limits
Like a fortress wall
But your eyes
They wander
Every time I call
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
What if this time
It doesn’t break you
What if this time
It finally saves you
[low vocal register] You’re standing on the edge
Already halfway through
[crescendo] If you’re gonna be afraid
Be afraid with me too
[Chorus]

Melancholic piano and close-mic’d solo violin, raw and intimate. Female raspy vocals sit right on the edge of breaking; soft pads bloom in the chorus for lift, then fall back to bare piano on the verse endings. Subtle string swells and a distant cymbal roll build into the bridge, then everything strips back for a final fragile hook, almost whispered., ballad, violin