We Both Hold the Match

Verse 1 – You (clean, restrained but heavy underneath)

You say I got your heart
But I’m freezing in the dark
I keep reaching for your body
You keep guarding what’s inside
I don’t want to break you
I don’t want to push too far
But loving you in silence
Is tearing me apart

Pre-Chorus – You

I don’t need perfection
I don’t need control
I just need to feel like
You want me close

Verse 2 – Her (soft, honest, vulnerable)

You think I’m pulling back
But I’m fighting not to run
When you say you need the fire
It feels like I’ve already lost
You move like love is hunger
I move like love is fear
When you step closer to my body
My past is standing here

Pre-Chorus – Her

I’m not trying to withhold
I’m trying to survive
When you ask for more from me
It feels like I might die

Chorus – Together (big, melodic, heavy drums)

We both hold the match
But we’re scared of the flame
You want passion and heat
I just want it safe
If love is still between us
Then we both have to change
I don’t want to lose you
But I don’t know how to stay

Verse 3 – You (stronger, more grounded)

You’re the mother of my son
That will always mean the world
I see your strength in him
I see your heart unfurled
That’s why I’m still standing
That’s why I won’t pretend
That comfort is enough
When I want you as my wife… not just my friend

Verse 4 – Her (firmer now, defensive honesty)

You make it look so simple
Like I just need to choose
But you don’t feel the panic
When I think I’ll lose
Myself inside your wanting
My freedom in your need
When you say you want the fire
I hear I can’t succeed

Bridge – Screams (back and forth chaos)

You:
I WON’T LIVE HALF ALIVE
I WON’T JUST SURVIVE

Her:
I CAN’T JUST TURN IT ON
I’M NOT DESIGNED

You:
IF YOU LOVE ME THEN FIGHT

Her:
I AM — JUST NOT YOUR WAY

Both:
WE’RE BLEEDING IN THE SAME ROOM
BUT SPEAKING DIFFERENT PAIN

Drop – quiet clean vocal

You:
I don’t want to leave
Her:
I don’t want you gone
Both:
But loving each other
Shouldn’t feel this wrong

Final Chorus – hopeful shift, big anthem

We both hold the match
Maybe we learn how to burn
Not from pressure or fear
But from choosing to turn
If love is still here
Then we don’t run from the flame
We don’t blame, we don’t hide
We don’t weaponize pain
We both hold the match
Maybe we build something higher
I don’t just want your heart
I want us learning the fire

End line (layered whisper + growl)

Both:
Don’t let our fear
Put out the flame.

Evanescence, Seven Lions, following in reverse, edm, hip hop