PRETTY LITTLE MAYBE

Intro (breathy stack, intimate)

Mm…

Don’t look at me like that.

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Verse 1

Pastel mornings, wrinkled sheets,

Heart still loud from last week.

Say your name like it’s no big deal,

But it lingers when it starts to feel.

I save things I should erase,

Delete, regret it, same mistake.

Act chill like I don’t care,

But my pulse jumps when you’re there.

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Pre-Chorus (hi-hats fade in, airy)

I tell myself it’s all in my head,

Just late nights and things you said.

But every pause, every “hey,”

Feels like something you won’t say.

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Chorus (glossy, stacked, addictive)

I’m stuck in a pretty little maybe,

Soft on the outside, inside it’s shaky.

You pull me close, then push away,

Like you’re scared of what you might say.

I don’t need love, don’t need saving,

Just don’t touch me if you’re hesitating.

I’m fine right here in between—

But this pretty little maybe is killing me.

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Post-Chorus / Hook (bouncy, sweet)

Mm-mm, don’t say too much

Mm-mm, I feel it rush

Mm-mm, stay that way

You’re a question I replay.

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Verse 2

Lip gloss sweet, but my thoughts run cold,

Every silence gets heavy, gold.

You say “soon” like it’s nothing new,

I laugh it off, but I’m stuck on you.

Friends say, “Girl, you’re glowing lately,”

I smile back like it doesn’t phase me.

They don’t see me check my phone,

Wondering if I read you wrong.

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Pre-Chorus (filtered, closer)

I keep my feelings small and neat,

Fold them up beneath my sleeve.

But every time you lean my way,

I feel how much you won’t stay.

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Chorus (full groove, still gentle)

I’m stuck in a pretty little maybe,

Half of me calm, half of me breaking.

You say my name like you might stay,

Then disappear into yesterday.

I don’t need love, don’t need saving,

Just don’t kiss me if you’re hesitating.

I’m fine right here in between—

But this pretty little maybe is killing me.

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Bridge (nearly a cappella, fragile)

If I asked for more, would you leave?

If I played it cool, would you keep me?

I don’t wanna scare you away…

I just wanna know—

Before I stay.

(breath, silence)

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Final Chorus (lighter beat, heavier meaning)

Still stuck in a pretty little maybe,

Smiling like it doesn’t break me.

You hold me like it’s temporary,

And I pretend that doesn’t scare me.

I don’t need promises or clarity—

Just don’t make a home in me casually.

I’ll stay sweet, I’ll stay easy,

But this pretty little maybe…

Is ruining me.

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Outro (soft, unresolved)

Mm…

If you’re gonna go—

Please don’t stay halfway.